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UNHCR said now 1 per cent of all humanity is displaced, and there are twice as many forcibly displaced people than a decade ago. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

UN: Millions driven from homes in 2020 despite COVID-19 crisis

99 of the more than 160 countries that closed their borders due to COVID didn't make exceptions for people seeking...

18 Jun 2021 11:35 AM IST

The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is already approved for use in adults and adolescents aged 16 years and above. (Photo: AP/File)

UK approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID shot for 12-15 year-olds

Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today announced this decision

4 Jun 2021 6:00 PM IST

Andreas Raounas, 84, the first patient in Island receives from a nurse the vaccine of Pfizer BioNtech against the COVID-19, at a care home in Nicosia, Cyprus. (Photo: AP/File)

Cyprus detects two cases of B.1.617 variant of COVID-19

The samples underwent testing at the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control

3 Jun 2021 9:33 AM IST

Johnson, 56, and 33-year-old Symonds, an environmental advocate, announced their engagement in February 2020. (Photo: File/AP)

UK PM Boris Johnson marries fiancee Carrie Symonds in private ceremony

The Sun said senior staff in Johnson's 10 Downing St. office were unaware of the wedding plans

30 May 2021 2:52 PM IST

Vaccine manufacturers have been asked to supply 50 per cent of their stock to the Centre, and split the rest 50 per cent between state governments and the open market. (Photo: AP)

Production of another COVID-19 vaccine to begin in weeks

Manufacturing will begin in the coming weeks to enable rapid access to the vaccine, should it be approved

27 May 2021 3:23 PM IST

People queue to receive Covid-19 vaccine in Linquan county, Fuyang city, in Chinas eastern Anhui province. (Photo: AFP)

WHO scientists likely to reconsider China lab origin theory of...

The WHO report's annex contains multiple data points providing an intriguing insight into China's evolving knowledge of...

26 May 2021 3:45 PM IST

Protesters hold banners and flags during a demonstration demanding freedom for Belarus opposition activist Raman Protasevich, in front of the Belarus embassy in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo: AP)

Airlines re-route to avoid Belarus, oppn leader says journalist beaten

'The behaviour of the Belarus regime is outrageous, illegal, and completely unacceptable,' Canada PM Justin Trudeau said

26 May 2021 12:11 PM IST

Medical staff wearing PPE suits (Personal Protection Equipment) transfers a body of a patient who died of Covid-19 coronavirus into a ambulance at mortuary in New Delhi on May 18, 2021. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

India logs 13 per cent fall in new COVID cases in week; still highest...

Globally, despite a declining trend, the incidence of cases remains at some of the highest levels since the start of the...

19 May 2021 12:05 PM IST

This is the second time in three months that the British PM has cancelled his visit to India. (Photo: AFP)

Boris Johnson cancels his visit to India

India on UK's red list, 103 cases of Indian variant had been identified in the UK

20 April 2021 1:23 AM IST

The Russian foreign minister said both his country and India had agreed to keep in close touch on the situation in the strife-torn nation, pointing to the contributions that neighbours and old powerful actors in the region can make in the Afghan peace process. AFP

Russia stresses on need for participation of Talibans in Afghanistan...

The exclusion of a group will not lead to implementation of peace agreement and that it is fraught with the risk of...

7 April 2021 1:39 AM IST

An elderly woman is inoculated with a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination center set up at the University Olympic Stadium in Coyoacan neighborhood, in Mexico City on March 30, 2021. (CLAUDIO CRUZ / AFP)

Germany halts AstraZeneca jabs for under-60s over clot risks

The cities of Berlin and Munich, as well as Brandenburg state had announced earlier that they were suspending the...

31 March 2021 11:34 AM IST

Beijing hit back immediately with punitive measures against the EU that appeared broader, including European lawmakers, diplomats, institutes and families, and banning their businesses from trading with China. (Photo: AP/Representational)

West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses, Beijing hits back at EU

Western governments are seeking to hold Beijing accountable for mass detentions of Muslim Uighurs in northwestern China

23 March 2021 1:03 PM IST