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The World Health Organization has again urged China to regularly share specific and real-time data on the COVID-19 situation in the country. (AFP file image)

WHO asks China to regularly share data on Covid-19 situation

The global health agency has asked Chinese health officials to share data on genetic sequencing, hospitalisations,...

31 Dec 2022 10:33 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi carries mortal remains of his mother Heeraben Modi, who passed away at the age of 100, in Gandhinagar, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (PTI)

PM Modi's mother Heeraben passes away at 99, kin join to do last rites

Modi's family requested people to continue with their scheduled work

31 Dec 2022 7:19 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a ceremony to flag off Vande Bharat Express train connecting Howrah and New Jalpaiguri, and inaugurate other railway projects, via video conferencing, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

Centre transforming railway infrastructure by making record...

PM launched four railway projects for West Bengal and laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of the New...

31 Dec 2022 7:00 AM IST

In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 file photo, Brazilian football legend Pele gestures at his fans during the Subroto Cup Under-17 boys final match between AIFF and Manipur at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi. Pele passed away due to cancer at the age of 82 in Brazil on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.

AA Edit | Pele, a perfect jewel

As an ambassador after retiring with three Brazilian World Cup victories and 12 goals in 14 games, he was elegance...

31 Dec 2022 12:51 AM IST

The Bharat Jodo Yatra is not a journey without maps . It has crept up on the existing grammar of politics. (Representational Image/PTI)

AA Edit | As 2023 looms, is there a change in India's mood?

The social situation is in stasis on account of the moves made by the communal right. A time to resolve to get things...

31 Dec 2022 12:39 AM IST

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj (C) sits in an aircraft departing from Kathmandu to France, on December 23, 2022. - French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on December 23 after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali prison. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Revisiting the Serpent' saga: My encounters with...

Sobhraj first got in touch with me in 1997. He rang my office at Channel Four TV, UK, where I was a commissioning editor

31 Dec 2022 12:21 AM IST

Rescue workers clearing rubble of a destroyed school after an attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, July 4, 2022. The Ukrainian militarys General Staff says that Russian forces are trying to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine after capturing a key stronghold. AP/PTI

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Waiting for the dawn after world faced a...

A revolt against the Kremlin was predicted. Some warned of a military mutiny. President Vladimir Putin was reported to...

31 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

The faceoff, which was reported near Yangtse in the Tawang sector, had lasted for few hours before both sides disengaged. Representational Image. (Twitter)

AA Edit | Fight terror, so J&K develops

The threat of cross-border terror has not abated and the security establishment must not lower its guard even...

30 Dec 2022 1:22 AM IST

Over 50 protesters held white papers in support of the Chinese people under harsh zero-COVID policies that prevent them from having normal lives in China. (Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Where does India figure in a very uncertain...

India is better prepared even if the coronavirus knocks again as a new variant.

30 Dec 2022 1:19 AM IST

An air passengers undergo gives sample for the COVID-19 tests at the airport, in Kolkata, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Preparedness is the key to tackling any spike in Covid

Anecdotal evidence thus far suggests that the symptoms are not any graver, which leads to the conclusion that a wave of...

30 Dec 2022 1:17 AM IST

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi takes part in the Bharat Jodo Yatra march in New Delhi (AFP)

Rahul himself 'violated' security guidelines during Yatra in Delhi:...

The Congress on Wednesday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging security breaches during the Yatra

29 Dec 2022 12:11 PM IST

Covid-19 patients on beds at Tianjin Nankai Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. - Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums. (Noel Celis / AFP)

Global alarm grows over China's COVID-19 surge

Hospitals across China have been overwhelmed by an explosion of Covid cases following Beijing's decision to lift strict...

29 Dec 2022 11:24 AM IST