BEIJING, Jan 29: After a two-week quarantine, the real work can begin. Maybe.

More Indian-made covid vaccines will be released - PM Modi

Published On: January 29, 2021 08:47 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, Jan 29:  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country would release more locally made COVID-19 vaccines as New Delhi continues to save the lives of people in other countries by exporting medicines and vaccines.

COLUMBIA, Jan 29: A new variant of the coronavirus emerged Thursday in the United States, posing yet another public health challenge in a country already losing more than 3,000 people to COVID-19 every day.

Six killed in liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia state poultry plant

Published On: January 29, 2021 08:38 AM NPT By: Reuters

ATLANTA, Jan 29: At least six people were killed and 12 hospitalized on Thursday after a suspected liquid nitrogen leak at a poultry plant in the U.S. state of Georgia, police and fire services officials said.

WUHAN, CHINA, Jan 28: A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic left a quarantine hotel in Wuhan on Thursday to begin field work, two weeks after arriving in the Chinese city where the virus emerged in late 2019.

WASHINGTON, Jan 28: In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst of climate change, President Joe Biden signed executive orders Wednesday to transform the nation’s heavily fossil-fuel powered economy into a clean-burning one, pausing oil and gas leasing on federal land and targeting subsidies for those industries.

WUHAN, Jan 28: A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic was expected to leave their quarantine hotel on Thursday to begin field work, two weeks after arriving in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus emerged in late 2019.

WASHINGTON, Jan 28: President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a new raft of executive actions to combat climate change, including pausing new oil and gas leases on federal land and cutting fossil fuel subsidies, as he pursues green policies he billed as a boon for job creation.

GOP to stay neutral should Trump run again

Published On: January 28, 2021 08:49 AM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan 28: The head of the Republican National Committee on Wednesday declined to encourage former President Donald Trump to run for the White House in 2024, saying the GOP would stay “neutral” in its next presidential primary.

Australian state borders to reopen with zero local virus cases

Published On: January 28, 2021 08:46 AM NPT By: Reuters

SYDNEY, Jan 28: Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales recorded its 11th day of zero local coronavirus cases on Thursday, allowing neighbouring Queensland state to lift border restrictions while Victoria state also hinted at relaxing travel with Sydney.