Agencies

Moscow: An attempt was made to send an e-mail with a virus to Russia's submarine developer Rubin, Russian National Computer Incident Response Center Deputy Director Nikolay Murashov confirmed on Tuesday, refuting media reports about China's involvement. "Many of you remember...

Vienna: The Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs on Tuesday summoned the Turkish Ambassador after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "cursed" Vienna for raising the Israeli flag over government buildings in solidarity with Israel. "After these absurd statements by...

Moscow: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergey Naryshkin expressed the belief that US spy agencies could be behind the hacking attack on US tech firm SolarWinds. "I do not want to claim that the hacking attack was carried out by...

Tokyo: Japan's pandemic-hit GDP in fiscal 2020 fell by 4.6% in real terms from the previous year, which marked the sharpest decline since data began to be compiled in 1955, the Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday, citing preliminary...

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh recorded its highest single-day spike of 304 new COVID-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 22,106, while four more fatalities raised the toll to 85, a senior official said here on Tuesday. Accordingly, the number of active...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 death toll climbed to 2,78,719 with a record 4,329 fresh fatalities, while the single-day rise in coronavirus cases stood at 2.63 lakh, the lowest in 28 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated...

Gaza: The Israeli authorities have blocked a fuel shipment for the Gaza power station, Raed Fattouh, Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in the Gaza Strip, told Sputnik. On Monday, local media reported that the Israeli authorities...

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during phone talks with Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib, offered to hold intra-Afghan talks in China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry informs. "The Chinese side is ready to facilitate internal inter-Afghan negotiations, including creating...

Washington: The Biden administration approved a $735 million sale of precision-guided missiles sale to Israel and awaits approval from the House of Representatives, the Washington Post reported citing sources familiar with the matter. The White House has officially notified the...

Chennai/Tiruchirappalli: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday boycotted an online meet by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on the National Education Policy 2020, saying it did not get a favourable response from the Centre for a ministerial-level discussion...