United Nations, Dec 28 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a global "wake-up call" on the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, which is observed annually on December 27.

Tokyo, Sep 19 (IANS) At least two people were killed in Japan and some nine million others asked to evacuate from their homes after super typhoon Nanmadol, deemed to be one of the worst, made landfall ...

Dublin, March 26 (IANS) The Irish Department of Health has reported an additional 9,324 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19, the highest figure since the country scrapped the mask mandate at the end of ...

Paarl (South Africa), Jan 20 (IANS) The Sunrisers Eastern Cape banked on their spin bowlers to become the first team in the SA20 to achieve a hat-trick of wins when they overcame the Paarl Royals by ...

New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Congress has constituted three committees as was decided during its 'Chintan Shivir' in Udaipur -- political affairs group, Task Force 2024 and committee for 'Bharat Jodo ...

New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a 32-year-old illegal arms supplier and seized 15 High quality semi-automatic pistols of .32 bore with 45 live cartridges from ...

New York, Oct 4 (IANS) Eight Indian-Americans will be honored at an award ceremony in New York this month for achievements in their respective fields and for their service to the society. The Indian ...

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Highlighting the need to create a new overarching strategy for road transport that can boost transition to Electric Vehicles (EV), G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO, ...

Tripoli, Aug 12 (IANS) Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah said that his government would stand against "anyone trying to renew military violations and reinforce division" in the country.

New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the Indian contingent that recently created history at the Paris Paralympics, winning the country’s highest ever medal, at his residence ...

Moscow, Sep 10 (IANS) Flights were delayed at three major Moscow airports after a drone attack in the Moscow region on Tuesday, the state media reported.According to information on Vnukovo Airport's ...

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The currently available vaccines against Covid-19 appear to be effective against the newly detected omicron Covid variant, South Africa's health minister has said. The new ...