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Geneva: The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO's green light.The UN health agency signed off on the two-dose vaccine, which is already being...

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally soared to 27,272 on Tuesday as 322 more people tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said.The state's coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 115 as no fresh COVID-19 fatality was reported...

Madrid: The EU held a closed summit last week after the Ryanair incident, where several European leaders expressed fears over the possibility that Russia could take advantage of the situation and "absorb" Belarus, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported...

New Delhi: India's economy contracted by less-than-expected 7.3 per cent in the fiscal year ended March 2021 after the growth rate picked up in the fourth quarter, just before the world's worst outbreak of coronavirus infections hit the country.The...

Murmansk: Sweden has demanded clarifications from the Danish Defense Ministry following media reports that Denmark assisted the US intelligence in spying on leading European politicians, Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said.On Sunday, a European media investigation demonstrated that the...

Washington: The managing editor of the Associated Press (AP) news agency, Brian Carovillano, clarified in an interview to CNN that journalist Emily Wilder was fired by AP over showing a bias in "one of the most divisive and difficult...

Berlin: A Ryanair plane made an emergency landing in Berlin following a telephone notification that the Irish airline received, Berlin police announced on Monday."The Krakow-bound Boeing 737-800 aircraft that departed from Dublin made an emergency landing at the BER...

Fatehpur (UP): Six more bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims were found floating in the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, the PTI quoted an official as saying on Monday.Fatehpur Sadar Tehsil Sub-Collector (SDM) Pramod Jha said he was informed about the...

New Delhi: India reported the lowest daily new coronavirus infections in 50 days with 1,52,734 cases, taking India's total tally to 2,80,47,534, while the active caseload further declined to 20,26,092, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on...

Gangtok: The Sikkim government on Sunday extended its statewide lockdown for another week -- till June 7 amid the surge in COVID-19 cases.The Himalayan state reported 264 more COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 15,171, while three fresh fatalities...