USAID contracts cancelled: Donald Trump administration cuts funding for polio, HIV, malaria programmesThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) primarily funds humanitarian initiatives worldwide, supporting healthcare, e...
28 Feb, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
Biden nominates Indian origin judge to US Court for Eastern District of New YorkPresident Joe Biden has put forward the nomination of Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara, a judge of Indian descent with expertise in securities, cont...
09 Feb, 2024, 07.48 PM IST
Massive gas explosion in Kenya's capital injures more than 200 with toll expected to riseA truck with an unknown registration number and loaded with gas exploded, igniting a huge fireball, the spokesman said. A flying gas cylind...
02 Feb, 2024, 01.45 PM IST
Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with thousands marooned by worsening rainsAt least 76 people have died and 40,000 displaced from their homes since the rains began pounding the country in October. President William...
28 Nov, 2023, 08.04 AM IST
Death toll in Kenya starvation cult case crosses 400: OfficialThe death toll in the Kenyan cult investigation has surpassed 400 following the discovery of 12 additional bodies, majority of whom were vi...
17 Jul, 2023, 09.13 PM IST
Kenya: 300 bodies retrieved from mass graves after cult leader encourages followers to starve and gain salvationSelf-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who is also the founder of the Good News International Church, is accused of encouraging his...
14 Jun, 2023, 11.49 PM IST
Disaster by the bay: Six worst natural catastrophes of 21st centuryTexas was hit by the Great Galveston Hurricane on September 8, 1900, leaving about 12,000 dead. It remains the deadliest natural disaster i...
02 Jun, 2023, 04.08 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh reports second Omicron case; Logs 103 fresh COVID-19 cases, 2 deathsThe woman who landed at Chennai airport on December 10 and travelled to Tirupati by road is healthy and in institutional quarantine under c...
22 Dec, 2021, 06.54 PM IST
Doctors on 48-hour shifts as India’s hospitals pushed to brinkEven before the pandemic hit India, its health sector was ranked 110 out of 141 countries, behind Bangladesh, Indonesia and Chile, the Worl...
27 May, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
Pakistan to reduce inbound international flights to contain coronavirus spread: NCOC"In view of prevailing global and regional disease trends, Pakistan has decided to reduce inbound international travel from May 5 to May 20...
01 May, 2021, 04.33 PM IST
Artillery gun salutes fired across UK in solemn tribute to Prince Philip, people leave flowers at royal residencesBuckingham Palace is expected to announce details of the funeral later.
10 Apr, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Pakistan bans travel from 12 countries amid spike in coronavirus casesThe Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) notified a fresh list of countries categorised into A, B and C after emergence of South African and Braz...
21 Mar, 2021, 12.25 PM IST
A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020More than any event in memory, the pandemic has been a global event. On every continent, households have felt its devastation, joblessness ...
25 Dec, 2020, 06.21 PM IST
World Health Organisation warns of long drawn out virus pandemic as Asia cases spikeSix months after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency, the novel coronavirus has killed more than 680,000 people and i...
02 Aug, 2020, 06.54 AM IST
Emerging markets on edge as viral outbreak spreads from ChinaThe offshore yuan slid to the weakest level this year and neared 7 per dollar.
27 Jan, 2020, 04.07 PM IST
Preventing adolescent pregnancy can add to India's economyIndia could add $7.7 bn every year to its economic productivity if its young girls are able to study and work till their 20s.
30 Oct, 2013, 03.19 PM IST
- Annan works to break Kenyan deadlock as violence grows
Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan was set Saturday to push to break the deadlock in Kenya's political crisis a day after fresh ethnic ...
26 Jan, 2008, 10.07 AM IST