Ottawa, Nov 29 (IANS) Two people in the Canadian capital city of Ottawa have tested positive for the highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid-19, according to the Ontario provincial government.

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Maharashtra and West Bengal governments for an abysmally low number of applications for compensation of Rs 50,000 ex-gratia to next of ...

Kabul, March 30 (IANS) With girls banned from returning to secondary schools, the World Bank has suspended four projects worth $600 million in Afghanistan, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The projects ...

Kabul, June 13 (IANS) Afghanistan's central bank injected $11 million into the local market in a bid to strengthen the national currency, afghani, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) said. The DAB was ...

Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) US Senator Elizabeth Warren announced that she has tested positive for Covid-19 despite being administered a booster shot against the virus. The Democratic Senator from ...

Canberra, March 27 (IANS) Australian flag carrier Qantas has resumed direct flights between Melbourne and Tokyo for the first time in more than three years, after the Covid-19 pandemic grounded the ...

Bengaluru, Feb 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bengaluru on Monday as Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and state BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel ...

India's merchandise exports in December 2021 rose to $37.29 billion, higher by 37 per cent on a year-on-year basis, preliminary data showed on Monday. Exports in December 2020 stood at $27.22 billion.

Botad (Saurashtra), Oct 23 (IANS) A woman constable serving at the police headquarters in Botad district of Gujarat, committed suicide by hanging herself on Saturday evening. Botad town police have ...

London, Aug 13 (IANS) Al Qaeda "will probably come back" as the situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said. Wallace is highly critical of Washington's decision to ...

Kathmandu, Jan 18 (IANS) A team of experts from the France-based ATR aerospace company has launched a probe to find out the reasons behind the plane crash in Nepal's Pokahara. A team of experts from ...

Istanbul, Jan 16 (IANS) Turkey's annual inflation rate will be in single digit when the country will hold its presidential and parliamentary election in mid-2023, Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister ...