Christine Schraner Burgener also stressed that the international community must not forget the Rohingya people as the situation of the Rohingya remains dire UNITED NATIONS About 10,000 refugees have fled from Myanmar to India and Thailand as nationwide clashes in the country led to “acute” new displacements of hundreds of thousands of civilians, Special Envoy […]Read More
Consulate General of India, New York partnered with the Times Square Alliance to host the Yoga celebrations under the theme ‘Solstice for Times Square 2021’ NEW YORK The seventh International Yoga Day was celebrated at the iconic Times Square in New York on Sunday. The day-long yoga festival with the theme of ‘Solstice in Times […]Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo’s gesture towards Coca-Cola during Portugal vs Hungary press conference has had adverse effects on the beverage company’s brand valuation Cristiano Ronaldo is a global superstar and anything he does has implications, even off the field. After the Portugal captain asked people to drink water and snub Coca-Cola right at the beginning of his […]Read More
The goof-up came after the Israeli Knesset confirmed a new coalition government led by nationalist Naftali Bennett with a thin vote of 60-59, ending Netanyahu’s long reign NEW DELHI Benjamin Netanyahu, who was ousted as Prime Minister of Israel after a record 12-year rule on Sunday, inadvertently sat down on the prime minister’s chair in […]Read More
The president will begin his day meeting with leaders of the Baltic states on NATO’s eastern flank regarding the “threat posed by Russia,” China, and the recent air piracy in Belarus BRUSSELS President Joe Biden makes his entrance at a NATO summit aiming to consult European allies on efforts to counter provocative actions by China and […]Read More
The Chinese embassy in the United Kingdom responded angrily on Monday, and accused the G7 of “interfering” BEIJING China on Monday accused the G7 of “political manipulation” after it criticised Beijing over its human rights record in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. In a communique after a three-day summit in England, G7 leaders slammed China over […]Read More
The floating ice shelf acts like a cork in a bottle for the fast-melting glacier and prevents its much larger ice mass from flowing into the ocean WASHINGTON A critical Antarctic glacier is looking more vulnerable as satellite images show the ice shelf that blocks it from collapsing into the sea is breaking up much […]Read More
Choksi had approached the high court after the magistrate had rejected his bail petition NEW DELHI The Dominica High Court has denied bail to fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in the case of illegal entry into the island country after his mysterious disappearance from neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda where he is staying as a citizen since […]Read More
The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected Bharat Biotech’s proposal for an emergency use authorization (EUA) of its Covid vaccine Covaxin WASHINGTON The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected Bharat Biotech’s proposal for an emergency use authorization (EUA) of its Covid vaccine Covaxin. Ocugen, Bharat Biotech’s US partner, on June 10 said the […]Read More
Pfizer will begin its larger study of its Covid-19 vaccine efficacy on 4,500 children under 12 in the US, Finland, Poland and Spain NEW DELHI Pfizer, a foreign manufacturer of a vaccine against Covid-19, said on Tuesday that it will begin testing its vaccine in a larger group of children under age 12 after selecting […]Read More









