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The government has ordered around 16 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc and Moderna Inc vaccines for this year but as yet only around 4 million of them have arrived. (Bloomberg)

Taiwan rolls out first domestic shots to bypass vaccine woes

President Tsai Ing-wen was among the first on Monday to get the vaccine developed by Taipei-based Medigen Vaccine...

23 Aug 2021 11:49 AM IST

Afghan people climb atop a plane as they wait at the Kabul airport in Kabul. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Seven people die in chaos near Kabul airport: UK

The ministry said separately that the UK had now evacuated nearly 4,000 people from Afghanistan since August 13

23 Aug 2021 12:39 AM IST

Chinese over 60, who number 264 million, accounted for 18.7% of the countrys total population in 2020, 5.44 percentage points higher than in 2010. (AFP Photo)

China allows couples third child amid demographic crisis

China long touted its one-child policy as a success in preventing 400 million additional births in the world-'s most...

21 Aug 2021 4:32 PM IST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. (Photo: AP)

UAE says Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is in the country

Ghani fled Afghanistan just as the Taliban approached Kabul

18 Aug 2021 11:11 PM IST

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP)

Taliban announces â€˜amnesty,â€™ urges women to join government

Under the Taliban, which ruled in accordance with a harsh interpretation of Islamic law, women were largely confined to...

17 Aug 2021 2:36 PM IST

Since India is now going to sit at the high table to decide the future of Afghanistan it must seriously consider what real strategic interests it has in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Afghan president Ghani flees country as Taliban enter Kabul

Taliban sources told that the insurgents had taken control of the presidential palace and that a meeting on security in...

15 Aug 2021 11:58 PM IST

A view of the Panamanian-registered ship Crimson Polaris after it ran aground in Hachinohe harbour in Hachinohe, northern Japan, August 12, 2021. (Photo: Reuters)

3,99,10,000-kg ship splits into two, spills oil off coast of Japan;...

The 39,910-tonne vessel, the -'Crimson Polaris,-' was carrying wood chips when it ran aground on Wednesday morning in...

12 Aug 2021 6:51 PM IST

An atomic bomb survivor offers a prayer for the atomic bomb victims in front of the cenotaph at Nagasaki Hypocenter Park. (AFP Photo)

Nagasaki marks 76th anniversary of atomic bombing

The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States made the world-'s first atomic attack on Hiroshima,...

9 Aug 2021 12:14 PM IST

This photo taken on August 2, 2021 shows people buying items at a supermarket in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province, as authorities said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year. (STR / AFP)

China-'s Wuhan to test -'all residents-' as COVID returns

Major cities including the capital Beijing have now tested millions of residents while cordoning off residential...

3 Aug 2021 1:29 PM IST

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, July 2, 2021, people riding bicycles and scooters wait to cross an intersection during rush hour in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China, India miss UN deadline to update emissions targets

The worldâ€™s two most populous countries are among dozens that failed to provide an update on their targets

1 Aug 2021 1:31 PM IST

Plastic vials for testing the coronavirus infection sit on a table at the Main Press Center for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. About 30,000 people are spitting into tiny plastic vials every day at the Tokyo Olympics in a routine thats grown crucial in going ahead with the pandemic-era Games. (AP Photo)

Tokyo collect lots of spit in effort to curb COVID amid Olympics

Some medical experts have expressed worries about the Olympics turning into a -'super-spreader-' event

30 July 2021 1:00 PM IST

A health worker administers covid vaccine. (Photo: AFP)

Delta variant identified in Nanjing-'s COVID-19 clusters in China

The recent spike in infections in the city can be attributed to the special location of the outbreak

27 July 2021 1:18 PM IST