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This photo taken on December 25, 2021 shows residents undergoing a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Xian in Chinas northern Shaanxi province. (AFP)

China expands lockdowns as COVID cases climb

China has followed a -'zero-Covid-' strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns

28 Dec 2021 1:30 PM IST

The new law will come into effect from January 1, 2022. (Representational image: PTI)

Sri Lanka makes defence ministry-'s NOC mandatory for foreigners...

Registrar General WMMB Weerasekera, in a circular dated October 18, said that the decision has been taken due to...

27 Dec 2021 12:36 PM IST

The fire also left over 200 others with burn injuries. (Photo: Twitter)

40 people dead after fire breaks out aboard packed ferry in Bangladesh

The fire broke out around 3:00 am (local time) on Friday in the engine room of the Barguna-bound MV Abhijan-10 launch

24 Dec 2021 11:44 AM IST

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 43 Indian fishermen for alleged poaching

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 43 Indian fishermen for alleged poaching

Arrangements are being made to hand them over to relevant authorities for legal action after conducting Rapid Antigen...

19 Dec 2021 12:49 PM IST

Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi shaking hands with Afghanistans Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi before their meeting in Islamabad. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan / AFP)

Islamic countries meet to discuss aid for Afghanistan

After the Taliban-'s lightning return to power, billions of dollars in aid and assets were frozen by the international...

19 Dec 2021 10:23 AM IST

Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi speaks during a joint press conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan to rally Muslim countries to help Afghanistan

Afghanistan is facing a looming economic meltdown and humanitarian catastrophe in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover

18 Dec 2021 1:09 PM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind (ANI)

President Kovind arrives in Bangladesh for 50th Victory Day...

It is President Kovind-'s first trip abroad since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic

15 Dec 2021 11:39 AM IST

The earthquake struck Karnatakas Kolhapur at around 6 pm on Thursday evening. (ANI)

7.3-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia, tsunami -'possible-'

The USGS said the quake struck around 100 kilometres north of the town of Maumere

14 Dec 2021 9:48 AM IST

When the coronavirus scare erupted, rumours spread that consumption of chicken may lead to contracting the virus. (Photo: AFP)

Japan to cull 7,000 chickens after new bird flu outbreak confirmed in...

According to the prefecture-'s authorities, a poultry farm confirmed finding several dead birds on Friday

12 Dec 2021 12:16 PM IST

Protesters hold portraits of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an anti-coup demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Suu Kyi to 4 years

The sentencing was the first in a series of cases in which the 76-year-old Nobel laureate is being prosecuted

6 Dec 2021 11:57 AM IST

Passport Department will start soon in rest of the provinces. (Representational image: ANI)

Afghanistan to resume issuing passports in 17 provinces

Whenever the machines are provided, we will resume passport-issuing in the capital, said head of the Passport...

5 Dec 2021 12:54 PM IST

According to media reports, the Pakistani model, who was identified as Sauleha, had apologised on her Instagram account and deleted the pictures. (Photo: Twitter)

Pak model defiles Kartarpur Sahib

The Pakistani model said she did not intend to hurt anyone and the pictures were intended to be a memory of her trip to...

1 Dec 2021 2:02 AM IST