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Modi breaks silence on months long farm protests
Published On: January 31, 2021 02:53 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Jan 31: India’s prime minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday protesters that stormed New Delhi’s Red Fort had caused “insult” to the country, his first public comments on a months-long farmers’ agitation that turned violent this week.
WHO team to visit Wuhan market, where first COVID infections seen
Published On: January 31, 2021 12:31 PM NPT By: Reuters
WUHAN, CHINA, Jan 31: A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan was expected to visit Huanan market later on Sunday, a wholesale seafood centre where the new coronavirus was initially detected.
Australia reopens New Zealand 'travel bubble' after no new COVID-19 cases
Published On: January 31, 2021 10:08 AM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY, Jan 31: Australia reopened its “travel bubble” with New Zealand on Sunday after the neighbouring country reported no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, but added new screening measures as it marked its longest infection-free run since the outbreak began.
UAE adopts amendments to grant citizenship to investors and other professionals
Published On: January 31, 2021 07:24 AM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, Jan 31: The United Arab Emirates has adopted amendments that would allow the Gulf state to grant citizenship to investors and other professionals including scientists, doctors and their families, the government said on Saturday.
India cuts Internet near Delhi as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike
Published On: January 31, 2021 07:13 AM NPT By: Reuters
SINGHU, India, Jan 31: India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and hundreds injured.
WHO team, on tightly controlled China mission, visits hospital
Published On: January 30, 2021 07:47 PM NPT By: Reuters
WUHAN, CHINA, Jan 30: The World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 during a mission that has been tightly controlled by its Chinese hosts visited a hospital on Saturday in the central city of Wuhan that treated early coronavirus patients.
India cuts Internet near Delhi as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike
Published On: January 30, 2021 05:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
SINGHU, INDIA, Jan 30: India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and hundreds injured.
Iran hangs Baluch militant for killing of two Revolutionary Guards, judiciary says
Published On: January 30, 2021 01:50 PM NPT By: Reuters
IRAN, Jan 30: Iran executed on Saturday an ethnic Baluch militant convicted of killing Revolutionary Guards members, the judiciary’s official website reported, a day after the United Nations urged Iranian authorities to spare his life.
Protesting Indian farmers begin hunger strike after week of clashes
Published On: January 30, 2021 12:22 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Jan 30: Indian farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Saturday in protest against new agricultural laws after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and hundreds injured.
J&J COVID-19 vaccine is 72% effective in the U.S., and 66% overall in large trial
Published On: January 29, 2021 07:05 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW JERSEY, Jan 29: Johnson & Johnson on Friday said its single-dose vaccine was 72% effective in preventing COVID-19 in the United States but a lower rate of 66% was observed globally in the large trial conducted across three continents and against multiple variants.
China will not recognise British passport for Hong Kong residents
Published On: January 29, 2021 03:56 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING/LONDON, Jan 29: China said on Friday that it would not recognise the British National Overseas (BNO) passport as a valid travel document from Jan. 31, just as Britain offered a path to citizenship to millions of Hong Kong people eligible for it.
Mexico's COVID-19 death toll surpasses India, becomes world's third highest
Published On: January 29, 2021 10:47 AM NPT By: Reuters
MEXICO CITY, Jan 29: Mexico on Thursday surpassed India in confirmed COVID-19 deaths, giving the Latin American country the third-highest toll worldwide, according to a Reuters tally of official data.
Pakistan court orders release of Islamist convicted of beheading U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl
Published On: January 29, 2021 09:27 AM NPT By: Reuters
KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan 29: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in “complete shock”, lawyers said.
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.
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.
Europe's vaccine row deepens: EU tightens export oversight, UK demands its orders
Published On: January 28, 2021 08:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON/BRUSSELS, Jan 28: Europe’s fight to secure COVID-19 vaccine supplies intensified on Thursday when the European Union said it would tighten oversight of exports after a row with AstraZeneca and Britain demanded that it receive all the shots it paid for.
WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China's Wuhan leaves quarantine
Published On: January 28, 2021 01:50 PM NPT By: Reuters
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.
WHO team in Wuhan set to leave quarantine in investigation of COVID origins
Published On: January 28, 2021 10:46 AM NPT By: Reuters
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.
Lobster shell patterns make concrete stronger: Australian researcher
Published On: January 28, 2021 10:21 AM NPT By: Reuters
Inspired by the natural, twisting patterns of a lobster shell, Australian researchers say they have found a way, using 3D printing technology, to improve the strength of concrete for use in complex architecture.
Biden takes sweeping measures to curb climate change, vows job creation
Published On: January 28, 2021 09:15 AM NPT By: Reuters
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.
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