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Covishield, the India-manufactured Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, was added to the UKs approved list last month. (PTI)World
UK to add Covaxin to approved vaccine list from November 22

The move follows the World Health Organisation's Emergency Use Listing for Covaxin, which is the second most used...

9 Nov 2021 11:40 AM IST

In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts in the SpaceX Dragon capsule undock from the International Space Station on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. (Photo: AP)World
SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight

Their capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, in darkness

9 Nov 2021 9:32 AM IST

Passengers queue at London Heathrow Airports T3 as the US reopens its borders to UK visitors in a significant boost to the travel sector, in London. (AP)World
US lifts pandemic travel ban, opens doors to visitors after nearly 2...

Travellers who can show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 and have had a recent, negative viral test can again fly...

8 Nov 2021 4:57 PM IST

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (AP)World
Iraqi prime minister survives assassination bid with drones

The attack was a major escalation amid tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept parliamentary...

7 Nov 2021 10:40 AM IST

Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Houston. (AP)World
At least 8 dead, several injured after crush at US music festival

Around 50,000 people were in the crowd at rapper Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival, authorities added

6 Nov 2021 2:20 PM IST

This launch marked the 396th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets. (Photo: AP)World
China successfully launches 3 new remote sensing satellites

The satellites, belonging to the Yaogan-35 family, were launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket

6 Nov 2021 11:25 AM IST

Democrats celebrate on the House floor late Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Washington, after the House approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates, notching a victory that President Joe Biden and his party had become increasingly anxious to claim. (House Television via AP)World
US Congress okays $1 trillion infrastructure bill, a long-delayed win...

Approval of the bill would create legions of jobs and improve broadband, water supplies and other public works

6 Nov 2021 11:16 AM IST

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined that for purposes of travel to the United States, vaccines accepted will include FDA approved or authorised and World Health Organisation (WHO) emergency use listed (EUL) vaccines. (Representational Image/AP)World
US to lift all travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign...

Fully vaccinated travellers will continue to be required to show a pre-departure negative test taken within three days...

5 Nov 2021 5:13 PM IST

In July 2020, Washington told China to shutter its consulate in Houston, prompting Beijing to retaliate with an order for a U.S. diplomatic facility in the southwestern city of Chengdu to close. (Bloomberg)World
Xi, Biden likely to agree on reopening consulates

Xi and Biden could agree on a framework for reducing trade tensions that erupted during the Trump administration,...

5 Nov 2021 11:04 AM IST

A ten year old child high fives Pharmacist Colleen Teevan after he received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP)World
US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11

Food and Drug Administration already authorized the shots for kids ages 5 to 11 doses just a third of the amount given...

3 Nov 2021 12:25 PM IST

Taliban fighters stand guard near the Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan military hospital in Kabul on November 2, 2021, after at least 19 people were killed and 50 others wounded in an attack on a military hospital. (Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)World
Senior Taliban commander among dead in hospital attack

At least 19 people were killed on Tuesday in the attack claimed by the Taliban's hardline rivals, the Islamic...

3 Nov 2021 11:14 AM IST

Patients lie on beds in a COVID-19 isolation room at the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, Romania. (Photo: AP)World
COVID-19's global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years

India, despite its terrifying delta surge that peaked in early May, now has a much lower reported daily death rate

1 Nov 2021 2:53 PM IST

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