Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was on Monday admitted to a hospital in Kolkata. Bhattacharjee was admitted to the ICU of Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata after he complained
Indonesia held nationwide regional elections Wednesday with more than 100 million voters expected to cast a ballot, despite warnings the poll would worsen the nation’s Covid-19 crisis. The archipelago of
The number of global coronavirus cases has crossed 67.5 million, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). According to data compiled by JHU, the caseload reached 67,564,565 while the death toll
Vaccine manufacturing major Serum Institute of India (SII) on Monday said it has applied to Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine Covishield.
The total number of global coronavirus cases has exceeded 64.4 million while the deaths surged past 1.49 million on Thursday, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The JHU data
Sri Lanka and southern India battened down the hatches for the second time in a week on Wednesday ahead of the scheduled arrival of another cyclone from the Bay of Bengal. Burevi
The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use. British regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to
The death toll rose to eight on Monday in an attempted prison break from a maximum-security prison in Mahara, on the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, while 45 were
The total number of global coronavirus cases exceeded 62.6 million on Monday, according to the Johns Hopkins University. Besides, the deaths have surged to more than 1.45 million, the data
At least 30 policemen were killed and over 20 others wounded after a suicide car bomb hit a military camp in Ghazni city, capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province on