Day: December 24, 2020

Britain on Wednesday approved using a Covid-19 self-test kit endorsed by its state-run health service to detect asymptomatic cases, as it mulls further restrictions to stem the spread of a highly infectious variant of the virus.

Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has been removed as the parliamentary leader of Nepal Communist Party amid an internal turbulence within the Himalayan nation’s ruling party that has triggered a fresh political crisis.

Three French police officers were shot dead when a man opened fire on them when they arrived at a house in a remote village in response to a call about domestic violence against a woman, police said on Wednesday.

With 24,712 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 1,01,23,778 today.

Farmers protesting against the Centre’s farm laws have urged the government not to repeat the proposal of ‘meaningless’ amendments that they have already rejected but come up with a ‘concrete; offer in writing for the resumption of talks.

A survey among senior citizens from across the country has revealed that the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic and the resultant lockdown had a major impact on seniors, with one in three of the seniors spoken to fearing they would contract the disease, and 29 per cent impacted by social isolation due to imposed restrictions.

An Indian-origin man in the United States has been arrested for cyberstalking a woman, whom he harassed using several social media accounts and emails and solicited others to rape, murder and decapitate her in exchange for Bitcoin.

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said a new, potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has been found in Britain in cases linked to South Africa.

The government of India has challenged in Singapore an international arbitration court’s verdict against it over a $2 billion tax claim involving Vodafone Group Plc.

The newly-elected Tamilnadu functionaries of the Indian National League were sworn in, during the party’s general body meeting held recently.