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The WFP was honoured for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, the jury said(Image: Twitter/@NobelPrize)

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to combat...

Founded in 1961, the UN organisation helped 97 million people last year, distributing 15 billion rations to people in 88...

9 Oct 2020 3:04 PM IST

Prime Minister @MarinSanna will let 16-year-old Aava Murto take her place for a day. (Image: Twitter/@FinGovernment

Girls Takeover: Finland PM hands her post to teenager for one day

Although Finland scores highly in gender equality comparisons, women are still heavily under-represented in technology...

8 Oct 2020 10:08 AM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP)

Navalny makes first video appearance since coma in two-hour video...

The Kremlin critic said his health had improved and that doctors were surprised by the speed of his recovery

6 Oct 2020 2:03 PM IST

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Build back greener: UK-'s Johnson pitches wind-driven recovery from...

Johnson is under pressure over his handling of the pandemic as his governmentâ€™s response has been cast by opponents as...

6 Oct 2020 9:49 AM IST

A Russian police officer and two women wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease walk in central Moscow on September 17, 2020. (AFP)

Russia to roll out first COVID-19 prescription drug for sale by next...

R-Pharmâ€™s announcement is another sign Russia is pushing hard to take a global lead in the race against the virus

19 Sept 2020 1:11 PM IST

People sunbathe around the fountains in trafalgar Square in central London on September 18, 2020, as the fine weather in the south of England continues. (AFP)

Europeâ€™s big cities announce tighter restrictions as COVID-19 cases...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was inevitable that the country would see a second wave of the coronavirus

19 Sept 2020 9:48 AM IST

The new test, based on the design of a DNA test developed by professor Christofer Toumazou at Imperial College London, received approval for clinical use at the end of April after successful trials.

UKâ€™s one hour rapid test gives highly accurate COVID-19 results:...

The ability to correctly identify positive cases is at 94.4% and a specificity â€“ correctly identifying those without...

18 Sept 2020 3:58 PM IST

Women with a wreath on their heads pose for a photo during a Belarusian opposition supporters rally protesting the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Protests calling for the Belarusian presidents resignation have broken out daily since the Aug. 9 presidential election that officials say handed him a sixth term in office. (AP)

Seventeen OSCE nations appoint team to investigate Belarus election

Minsk prevented the deployment of OSCE election observers by not inviting them and has ignored repeated offers by the...

18 Sept 2020 9:21 AM IST

Alexei Navalny poses in his office in Moscow, Russia. (AP File Image)

Navalny aides say Novichok found on water bottle in hotel room

The aides said they believed Navalny was poisoned -'before he left his room to reach the airport-'

17 Sept 2020 3:57 PM IST

A Russian medical worker adminsters a shot of Russias experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia. Russian health authorities have launched advanced trials of the vaccine among 40,000 volunteers, a randomized, placebo-controlled study. (AP)

Russia to supply 100 million doses of virus vaccine to Hyderabad-based...

Dr Reddyâ€™s, one of Indiaâ€™s top pharmaceutical companies, will carry out Phase III clinical trials of Sputnik V in...

17 Sept 2020 10:14 AM IST

A firefighter battles the Creek Fire as it threatens homes in the Cascadel Woods neighborhood of Madera County, California. (AP)

Satellite data shows smoke from US fires has reached as far as Europe

Estimates show that the blazes have spewed out more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide since mid-August this year

16 Sept 2020 3:48 PM IST

The fire broke out in a forested area near the Samos camp late on Tuesday, but firefighters were able to place it under control. (Image: Twitter/@london_must_act)

Another migrant camp on fire in Greece, thirteen detained for...

The Lesbos fire at Moria camp on September 8 had left over 12,000 asylum seekers homeless

16 Sept 2020 1:20 PM IST