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| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Modi thanks Russia for prompt support, c | New Delhi, April 30 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin over phone for the prompt support to India amid the Covid crisis, symbolising "enduring partnership" between the two countries. | 30-Apr-2021 |
| Judges targeted by COVID-19 | Lucknow, April 30 (TIWN) Justice Virendra Kumar Srivastava, a sitting judge of the Allahabad High Court, passed away on Wednesday after being afflicted by Covid. | 30-Apr-2021 |
| Oxygen Express delivers 510 MTs of liqui | New Delhi, April 30 (TIWN) India Railways' Oxygen Express trains have delivered a cumulative 510 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen to Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh. Haryana is also getting its first Oxygen Express. | 30-Apr-2021 |
| No Causality in Earthquakes | NEW DELHI, April 29 (TIWN): Alow-intensity earthquake jolted Haryana’s Rohtak district on Tuesday evening. The quake of 3.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, occurred at around 7:10 PM and tremors were felt in Rohtak, said the National Center for Seismology. | 29-Apr-2021 |
| Amazon to airlift 100 ICU ventilator uni | New Delhi, April 28 (TIWN) E-commerce major Amazon on Tuesday announced that it has procured 100 ventilators and will import these to India, in its bid to help the country fight the devastating second wave of Covid-19. | 28-Apr-2021 |
| Kerala calls for caution after UK, S Afr | Thiruvananthapuram, April 28 (TIWN) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday urged people to maintain absolute caution as variants of the UK and South African virus have been identified in the state. | 28-Apr-2021 |
| S. Korea to ramp up Covid vaccination dr | Seoul, April 27 (TIWN) South Korea will increase the Covid-19 vaccination rollout as the country has secured sufficient doses amid supply shortage concerns to achieve herd immunity by November, the country's acting Prime Minister said on Monday. | 27-Apr-2021 |
| US agrees to deliver India raw material | Washington, April 27 (IANS) With the world rushing to aid India in its struggle against surging Covid cases, the US on Sunday finally agreed to provide it raw materials for vaccines that had previously been under export controls, as well as other key material. | 27-Apr-2021 |
| Biden recognizes atrocities against Arme | Washington, April 26 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden recognised the mass killing against Armenians more than a century ago as a "genocide", a move that could further worsen relations between the United States and Turkey. | 26-Apr-2021 |
| Syria receives Covid-19 vaccines donated | Damascus, April 25 (TIWN) Syria on Saturday received a batch of Covid-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government to help combat the pandemic. | 25-Apr-2021 |
| At least 24 killed in fire at Baghdad ho | Baghdad, April 25 (TIWN) At least 24 people were killed and dozens injured in a huge fire that broke out in a hospital treating coronavirus patients here in the capital of Iraq, official sources said. | 25-Apr-2021 |
| Armenian PM resigns ahead of snap parlia | Yerevan, April 25 (TIWN) Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Sunday announced his resignation to pave the way for scheduled snap parliamentary elections in June. | 25-Apr-2021 |
| US 'working closely' with India on Covid | New York, April 25 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden's administration is "working closely" with Indian officials to find ways to help the country facing its worst Covid-19 surge, according to his spokesperson Jen Psaki. | 25-Apr-2021 |
| PM interacts with oxygen manufacturers, | New Delhi, April 24 (TIWN) Stressing on the need to maintain good coordination between the government and the oxygen producers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it is time to not only deal with the challenges, but also to provide solutions in a very short time. The Prime Minister was holding a meeting with leading oxygen manufacturers across the country via video conferencing. | 24-Apr-2021 |
| India situation a devastating reminder o | New Delhi, April 24 (TIWN) With the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic wreaking havoc in India, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Friday that he is very concerned about the fast-growing caseloads in the country. | 24-Apr-2021 |
| India to import oxygen generation plants | New Delhi, April 23 (TIWN) Amid reports of shortage of oxygen in the hospitals during the second wave of Covid across the country, India will be importing oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany to cater the shortage. | 23-Apr-2021 |
| Biden to pledge halving US emissions by | Washington, April 24 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden will pledge on Thursday to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by half by the end of the decade compared to 2005 levels, officials said. | 24-Apr-2021 |
| Japan PM cancels trips to India, Philipp | Tokyo, April 22 (TIWN) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has canceled his planned trips to India and the Philippines due to the worsening Covid situation, the government's top spokesperson said. | 22-Apr-2021 |
| Pak Minister warns of more curbs to arre | Islamabad, April 21 (TIWN) Pakistan's Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar on Wednesday warned of more restrictions due to the deteriorating Covid pandemic situation across the country. | 21-Apr-2021 |
| SL marks 2nd anniversary of Easter Sunda | Colombo, April 21 (TIWN) Sri Lanka on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of the Easter Sunday bombings with religious ceremonies, as Catholics called for investigations into the attacks to be expedited. | 21-Apr-2021 |
| NZ mulls major reforms for healthcare sy | Wellington, April 21 (TIWN) New Zealand Health Minister Andrew Little on Wednesday said that putting a greater emphasis on primary healthcare and ensuring fairer access for all the citizens are the two main drivers of health sector reforms. | 21-Apr-2021 |
| S.Korean schools to tighten rules amid r | Seoul, April 21 (TIWN) The South Korean Education Ministry on Wednesday declared a three-week intensive period for checking Covid-19 norms in all schools, universities and private educational facilities amid surge in infections. | 21-Apr-2021 |
| India, US to coordinate efforts for stab | New York, April 21 (TIWN) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar have agreed that the two nations will coordinate on efforts to promote stability in Afghanistan, from where Washington and NATO will be withdrawing their troops, according to State Department spokesperson Ned Price. | 21-Apr-2021 |
| Indian-American tech executive to make 2 | Washington, April 20 (TIWN) Indiian-American tech executive, Rishi Kumar, is all set to make a second bid for the US House of Representatives in 2022, a media report said. | 20-Apr-2021 |
| Convicted ex-Malay PM called out for tal | Kuala Lumpur, April 20 (TIWN) Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused on Tuesday of coming up with a "cock and bull story" to try to overturn his 12-year jail sentence for corruption and abuse of office. | 20-Apr-2021 |
| Ukraine conducts massive anti-terrorism | Kiev, April 20 (TIWN) Ukraine is conducting large-scale anti-terrorist exercises across the country to practice actions aimed at protecting strategically important infrastructures and state borders, authorities said. | 20-Apr-2021 |
| Humanitarian aid halted after attacks in | United Nations, April 20 (TIWN) The UN has temporarily halted humanitarian aid operations in Nigeria's northern Borno State following violent attacks, a spokesman of the world body said. | 20-Apr-2021 |