Turkey removes all Covid-related restrictions for Indian travellersThe country emerged as one of the top destinations for Free Independent Travelers (FIT) and Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Even...
06 Jun, 2022, 05.46 PM IST
Saudi Arabia bans travel to 16 countries including India over new Covid outbreaksThe 16 countries where the citizens of Saudi Arabia have been banned to travel apart from India include Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afgha...
24 May, 2022, 09.42 AM IST
Food protectionism is spreading as Hungary bans grain exportsProtectionist measures - which already picked up in recent years as the Covid-19 pandemic sparked worries about local supplies and high pri...
05 Mar, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
Saudi lifts suspension of direct entry for travellers from six countries, including IndiaThe ban covered Lebanon, UAE, Egypt, Turkey, the US, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Brazil, Argen...
26 Nov, 2021, 06.49 AM IST
Take Five: World market themes for the week aheadTesla shares, whipsawed after co-founder Elon Musk asked Twitter users whether he should sell a 10% stake in the electric car firm, are in ...
13 Nov, 2021, 12.43 PM IST
Saudi Arabia imposes three-year travel ban for citizens visiting 'red list' countries, including IndiaThe red-list countries include the UAE, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Congo, Afghanistan, Venezue...
30 Jul, 2021, 09.58 AM IST
Saudi Arabia lifts Covid travel ban from 11 countries excluding PakistanTravelers from the UAE, Germany, US, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, France and Japan, will be allowed entry from Sunday.
02 Jun, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
Chinese vaccines' effectiveness low, admits country's top disease control officialThe effectiveness rate of a coronavirus vaccine from Sinovac, a Chinese developer, at preventing symptomatic infections has been found to b...
12 Apr, 2021, 09.06 AM IST
China aims to vaccinate 40% of population by end of July: Senior adviserZhong Nanshan, a coronavirus expert who helped shape China's COVID-19 response, said on Monday the current ratio of vaccine doses administe...
02 Mar, 2021, 12.50 PM IST
View: China, Turkey and Pakistan's unholy nuclear nexus and its global ramificationsAs has been observed by US Office of the Secretary of Defense in its annual report to the Congress, 'Military and Security Developments Inv...
11 Feb, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Turkey receives 6.5 million doses of China's Sinovac vaccine: MediaThe new shipment adds to an initial consignment of three million doses which Turkey received nearly a month ago. It has so far vaccinated 1...
25 Jan, 2021, 02.27 PM IST
China's COVID-19 vaccine makers apply to join COVAX schemeThe COVAX scheme - led by the World Health Organization and GAVI vaccine alliance - is due to start rolling out vaccines to poor and middle...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
Currency in circulation up by Rs 5 lakh crore in 2020Currency in circulation (CIC) went up by a record Rs 5 lakh crore in 2020 as Indians joined the global dash for cash in the wake of the Cov...
07 Jan, 2021, 04.51 PM IST
UAE suspends issuance of visitor visas to Pakistan & 11 other countries"We have learnt that the UAE has temporarily suspended the issuance of new visit visas until further announcement for 12 countries, includi...
24 Nov, 2020, 09.55 AM IST
The rich are sailing their super-yachts to Croatia and Turkey for the perfect holiday amid pandemicThe ultra-rich are abandoning some of their traditional mooring spots like Spain.
18 Aug, 2020, 05.51 PM IST
‘I wanted to go straight to work’: Miss England Bhasha Mukherjee hangs up her crown, picks up a stethoscopeIt all started when Mukherjee started receiving messages from her colleagues at the Pilgrim Hospital.
09 Apr, 2020, 10.21 AM IST
Beware the use of fowl language: Tell it to the birds — and they will tell it right back to youA 22-month old Israeli parrot, has learnt to say, in pitch-perfect Hebrew, “Don’t go out! There is corona! It’s dangerous!”
26 Mar, 2020, 08.33 AM IST