India will provide half of the manufactured doses in the country to the international vaccine alliance called COVAX which aims at securing doses for 92 low and middle-income countries.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PM Modi
WHO Chief thanks PM Modi, India for ‘continued support’ in fight against coronavirus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised India’s fight against he novel coronavirus and thanked them for ‘continued support’ in this ongoing global pandemic. Back on January 16, India started the grand nation-wide rollout COVID-19 vaccine drive and has also sent vaccines to countries in the South Asian neighbourhood and to the likes of Brazil and Morocco.
Donald Trump - ANI
US House to deliver Trump impeachment to Senate on Monday
This is the second time that an impeachment article is being brought against Trump after September 2019 when he was accused of abusing the Presidential powers.
Joe Biden - Twitter
US President Joe Biden signs executive orders to expand food stamps, raise federal pay
The package includes over 400 billion dollars to combat pandemic directly such as more funding for testing and vaccine distribution, roughly 1 trillion dollars in direct relief to households
Anthony Fauci- Donald Trump (ANI)
Trump administration’s lack of transparency in handling COVID-19, ‘very likely’ cost American lives: Fauci
When asked if the lack of candour over the last year and lack of facts, in some cases, lead to over 400,000 people dead from COVID-19, Fauci said, “You know, it very likely did.
US CDC forecasts 100,000 COVID deaths in next few weeks
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday that the country could face as many as 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths in less than a month. The United States registered a record daily count of 4,383 COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, and currently the country averages about 194,000 […]
Market damaged by suicide bombings in Iraq's capital Baghdad. (Xinhua)
Islamic State claims twin suicide bombings in Baghdad
On Thursday morning, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt in a bustling outdoor market for second-hand clothes in Bab al-Sharji area, and a second one blew himself up a few minutes later in the same market.
President Joe Biden unveils national strategy to fight raging COVID-19 pandemic
Chief Medical Advisor to the President Dr. Anthony Fauci has said that if 70-85 percent of the population are vaccinated by the summer, things could get back to normal by fall.
U.S. sees record-high daily COVID-19 deaths as Joe Biden takes office
More people have died from the COVID-19 virus than from the Second World War in the country
Staff members load wreckage in Jakarta, Indonesia (Xinhua)
Rescuers end Search for Wreckage of Indonesia’s Crashed Plane
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said on Thursday that it has stopped its efforts to recover the wreckage of a Sriwijaya Aeroplane almost two weeks after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea. The agency’s head Bagus Puruhito announced the termination of the search operation at the Tanjung Priok seaport at 4:57 p.m. local […]