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Mallya fled to the UK and has been fighting on multiple fronts to avoid extradition to India. (ANI)

UK High Court declares Vijay Mallya bankrupt for Indian banks to...

Mallya has been denied any right to appeal against the bankruptcy decision.

27 July 2021 12:09 AM IST

The NHS staff has 45,300 more workers in 2021 compared to 2020 to fight the pandemic. (Representational image: ANI)

UK health workers to receive 3 per cent pay rise

Earlier this week, the UK lifted almost all COVID-19 restrictions as part of the government-'s roadmap out of lockdown

22 July 2021 10:57 AM IST

The joint investigation into Pegasus identified at least 180 journalists in 20 countries who were selected for potential targeting between 2016 to June 2021. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Pegasus: Prosecutors open probe into alleged spying on French...

Around 30 journalists and bosses in the French media were allegedly targeted by Moroccan security services

20 July 2021 6:35 PM IST

While seven cases were reported from a medical centre in Kerala, where about 1.2 million people were administered the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, known as Covishield in India, four were reported from Nottingham, UK, in an area in which approximately 700,000 (7 lakh) people received the jab. (PTI Photo)

France allows visitors with Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine

Several other EU countries already accept the Indian version, which is notably used in the U.K. and around Africa

17 July 2021 4:49 PM IST

Debris of houses and trees surround houses in Schuld, Germany, Friday, July 16, 2021. Two days before the Ahr river went over the banks after strong rain falls causing severals deaths and hundreds of people missing. (AP)

Death toll from Europe floods tops 150 as water recedes

In addition to worst-hit Germany and Belgium, southern parts of the Netherlands also have been hit by heavy flooding

17 July 2021 1:25 PM IST

A regional train sits in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, Thursday July 15, 2021 after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

Europe floods: search for missing goes on as toll tops 90

The flash floods this week followed days of heavy rainfall which turned streams and streets into raging torrents that...

16 July 2021 12:52 PM IST

A medical official administers a rapid antigen test to a patient at Pharmacy Servais in Jodoigne, some 45kms south-east of Brussels on July 12, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Is it possible to contract two Covid variants at once?

Belgium researchers claimed that the risk of a double variant infection might be underestimated

13 July 2021 11:23 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

UK PM Boris Johnson to set out plans for end of lockdown on July 19

UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid will announce the plans for an end to all legal lockdown restrictions from July 19 to...

5 July 2021 4:56 PM IST

With regard to the first Delta plus variant case, the sample of the person was sent to CCMB on April 5 and the result was out on June 23. (PTI Photo)

COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO

Hospitalization rate for patients infected with the Delta variant was 85 per cent higher than for those infected with...

1 July 2021 9:48 AM IST

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic brought international air travel to a near halt for much of last year as many countries refused to allow non-essential travel. (Representational image: DC)

COVID tourism impact could top $4 trillion: UN

The UNWTO doesn-'t expect international tourism to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 at the earliest

30 Jun 2021 1:08 PM IST

The annual Pride March parade in Paris on June 26, 2021. (AFP)

France to legalise IVF for lesbians after two-year debate

Under current French law, only heterosexual couples have the right to access medically assisted procreation methods such...

29 Jun 2021 10:54 AM IST

The Vatican described Villardita as really a good super-hero and quoted him as saying that during Italys long months of pandemic lockdown he made more than 1,400 videocalls, since he wasnt able to visit in person, to help ailing children smile. (AP News)

-'Super-hero-' in Spider-Man outfit meets pope at Vatican

Matteo Villardita, 28, dons the comic-book and movie super-hero outfit to cheer up hospitalized children

24 Jun 2021 1:29 PM IST