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Finance Minister Rajapaksa. (AP Photo)

Sri Lanka announces USD 1 billion economic relief package; says won-'t...

People owning land below one acre would be given 10,000 rupees (USD 49) subsidy to cultivate food crops, Rajapaksa said

4 Jan 2022 1:26 PM IST

The announcements come after weeks of speculation about when and how Beijing might tighten its scrutiny over IPOs. (AFP Photo)

China plans to tighten rules for companies listing abroad

This move is among the latest regulatory steps taken by China this year to tighten its grip on Chinese companies

28 Dec 2021 7:50 PM IST

Health workers process COVID-19 PCR tests at an outdoor testing site aside the Long Island Sound in Stamford, Connecticut. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron likely to be dominant strain globally in 2022: Singapore...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the world to pull together to end the COVID-19 pandemic next year

24 Dec 2021 10:09 AM IST

China has reported 4,636 deaths among a total of 100,644 cases of COVID-19. (AP Photo)

China puts 13 million residents in lockdown ahead of Games

Movement outside his compound required permission from the local neighborhood committee, he said

23 Dec 2021 4:37 PM IST

A medical worker guides people as they wait for their coronavirus test at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

South Korea marks deadliest day of pandemic as omicron looms

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said a record 109 people died in the last 24-hour period

23 Dec 2021 11:54 AM IST

According to police, the accident took place when Kudleppa Boli was returning home on his bike on Monday evening. (Representational Image: PTI)

4 dead, 8 injured after ramp bridge collapses in China

The accident took place at around 3:36 p.m. (local time) when part of the ramp bridge spanning over an expressway...

19 Dec 2021 1:50 PM IST

This general picture shows emergency vehicles in front of a building where a fire broke out in Osaka. (Photo: AFP)

27 feared dead in building fire in Japan-'s Osaka

TV footage showed dozens of firefighters working inside and outside the eight-storey building

17 Dec 2021 9:35 AM IST

Medical workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant at a temporary screening clinic for coronavirus in Seoul. (Photo: AP)

South Korea to test AI-powered facial recognition to track COVID-19...

The nationally funded project in Bucheon is due to become operational in January, a city official told Reuters

13 Dec 2021 11:24 AM IST

The number of people in China infected with H5N6 bird flu this year has jumped, raising concern among some experts, who say a previously circulating strain appears to have changed and may be more infectious to people. (Reuters Photo)

China-'s Guangdong reports human infection of H5N6 bird flu

Several H5N6 infections in China had died this year, according to local government statements and WHO reports

11 Dec 2021 1:37 PM IST

Mount Semeru releases volcanic materials during an eruption as seen from Lumajang district, East Java province, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021.

Indonesia volcano erupts again, hampering rescue operations

Ash from Semeru travelled up to four kilometres away after the Saturday eruption, Indonesia-'s geological agency...

6 Dec 2021 12:31 PM IST

Mount Semeru releases volcanic materials during an eruption as seen from Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)

Death toll rises to 13 in Indonesia volcano eruption

Mount Semeru in Lumajang district in East Java province spewed thick columns of ash more than 12,000 meters (40,000...

5 Dec 2021 11:31 AM IST

A coronavirus theme based model on a road during the intensified lockdown due to surge in COVID-19 cases, in Chennai. PTI photo

First known COVID-19 case was vendor in China's animal market in...

Wuhan city is where the coronavirus first emerged in 2019 and spiralled into a pandemic

19 Nov 2021 5:23 PM IST