Daily Archives: December 23, 2021

AHRC issues notice to IG Prisons over inmates’ human rights violations, poor living conditions...

Guwahati, Dec 22 (PTI) The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Wednesday issued a notice to the state Inspector General of Prisons to inquire into...

College student shot dead in Manipur

Imphal, Dec 22 (PTI) A 18-year-old college student was shot dead and his father received bullet injuries when unidentified gunmen fired at them in...

Passport office finds citizenship of Assam assembly poll candidate ‘doubtful’

Guwahati, Dec 22 (PTI) A peasant activist in Assam, who had also unsuccessfully fought as a candidate of a regional outfit in the last...

French kids line up to get vaccine shots as omicron spreads

Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines (France), Dec 22 (AP) French schoolchildren clung nervously to their parents as they entered a vast vaccine center west of Paris on Wednesday...

WHO head warns against blanket booster access

Berlin, Dec 22 (AP) The head of the World Health Organization is warning that blanket booster programmes in rich countries risk prolonging the COVID-19...

China orders lockdown of up to 13 million people in Xi’an

Beijing, Dec 22 (AP) China on Wednesday ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighbourhoods and workplaces in the northern...

Pak’s Sialkot factory hires Sri Lankan man in place of his lynched compatriot

Islamabad, Dec 22 (PTI) In a bold move, a factory in Pakistan's Sialkot has hired another Sri Lankan national in place of his slain...

Indian companies take part in business exhibition in Nepal to promote bilateral trade

Kathmandu, Dec 22 (PTI) Around 50 Indian companies are taking part in a three-day business exhibition in Nepal, aimed to promote Brand India and...

China bans foreigners from spreading religious content online

Beijing, Dec 22 (PTI) China has issued a new regulation under which all foreign organisations or individuals will be banned from spreading religious content...

UK buys millions more antivirals to battle Omicron

London, Dec 22 (PTI) Millions more cutting-edge antiviral treatments for COVID-19 have been secured for National Health Service (NHS) patients, the UK government said...

Asian development Bank approves loans worth USD 1.543 billion to Pakistan

Islamabad, Dec 22 (PTI) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday signed six financing loans to cash-strapped Pakistan worth USD 1.543 billion, to help...