Vietnam will strengthen the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 in the context of new variants emerging, local media reported on Tuesday. The XBB variant with the ability of immunity resistance and rapid spread has appeared in 70 countries, local newspaper Vietnam News reported, citing the country’s Ministry of Health.
Thennarasu is AIADMK candidate
AIADMK today announced Thennarasu as its candidate for Erode East bypoll.
Former SL Prez Maithripala to contest next Presidential elections
Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said today that he will contest the next Presidential elections with the support of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Daily Mirror reported. Sirisena served as Sri Lanka’s President from 2015-2019.
Islamabad court to indict former PM Imran Khan on Feb 7
Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan will be indicted in the Toshakhana case by the Islamabad court on February 7, reported Geo News. Islamabad local court Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal on Tuesday announced the indictment date after Khan failed to appear before it despite his summoning.
Talk of fighter jets to Kyiv could strain Western unity
The possibility of providing Kyiv with fighter jets to help beat back Russia’s invasion forces risks the unity of Ukraine’s Western allies, amid fears of escalating the nearly year-long conflict and being drawn deeper into the war.
Death toll reaches 100 in Pak mosque bombing
The death toll in the Peshawar’s Police Lines mosque blast has risen to 100 as the rescue operation to retrieve bodies from the debris of the mosque concluded on Tuesday, Geo News reported. The toll of injured has reached at least 221
Teachers’ scam: Calcutta HC expresses doubts over CBI’s role
In an unprecedented development, a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday expressed doubts over the role of certain officials of the CBI probing the teachers’ recruitment irregularities scam in West Bengal, specially in appointment of teachers in 9th and 10th standards in different state-run schools.
‘Ayushman Bharat, Jan Aushadhi provided relief of up to ₹1L cr’
The government’s Ayushman Bharat and Jan Aushadhi schemes have helped the poor in the country with the two initiatives alone providing assistance to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore, President Droupadi Murmu said on Tuesday.
‘India’s defence exports rose six times due to govt’s new initiatives’
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday lauded India’s indigenous defence manufacturing and said that the country’s defence exports have increased manifold due to the initiatives of the government. “As a result of new initiatives by my government, our defence exports have increased six times.
K’taka town tense as abusive post on Shivaji surfaces
Following the abusive post on historical figure Shivaji, Karnataka town has become tense as Hindu organisations have called for a protest condemning the post on Tuesday in Vijayapura district of the state.
