Wed 28 December 2022: Just days after Christmas, a church in Karnataka’s Mysuru was vandalised by unknown people. The statue of Baby Jesus was also reported damaged. According to the police investigating the case, the incident happened at St Mary’s Church in Mysuru’s Periyapatna area. While guaranteeing that the culprits will be nabbed soon, Mysuru’s […]
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Wed 28 December 2022: The Taliban’s ban on women working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Afghanistan does not include female employees of the United Nations, international female staff and female staff providing health services. The exceptions were communicated by the Taliban’s economy minister, Din Mohammad Hanif, during Monday’s meeting with the acting head of the […]
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Wed 28 December 2022: Authorities in United States is considering entry restrictions for Chinese visitors, as officials express concern about a lack of transparency about the country’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak. “There are mounting concerns in the international community on the ongoing COVID-19 surges in China and the lack of transparent data, including viral genomic sequence […]
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Tue 27 December 2022: The New York Times revealed on Tuesday that a US military device designed to collect biometric information from mainly Afghans and Iraqis was sold on eBay to a German security researcher in August for $149.95. The memory card of the SEEK II device contained the Names, nationalities, photographs, fingerprints and iris […]
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Tue 27 December 2022: Bharat Biotech’s nasal vaccine will cost ₹ 800 ($9,66) plus taxes at private hospitals and slots can now be booked on the CoWin’s portal, the pharmaceutical major has announced. The nasal vaccine, iNCOVACC, will be rolled out in the fourth week of January. For large procurement by centre and state governments, […]
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Tue 27 December 2022: Analysts say the government must assert its dominance and immediately devise a strategy to counter escalating attacks. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan is facing a resurgence of violent attacks, with analysts saying the government must immediately devise a strategy to counter the threat to internal security as the country heads into an election […]
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Mon 26 December 2022: Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ousted in July following mass protests, departed from the Sri Lankan Bandaranaike International Airport to the United States together with his family, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Monday, The ex-top official left the country with his spouse Ioma, daughter-in-law Sewandi, his son Manoj and […]
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Mon 26 December 2022: Taiwan’s defense ministry reported on Monday that China has sent 71 airplanes and seven ships to the island in a 24-hour show of force. The People’s Liberation Army claimed it had carried out a “strike drill” on Sunday in reaction to unnamed “provocations” and “collusion” between the United States and the […]
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Mon 26 December 2022: After weeks at sea, dozens of weak and starving Rohingya refugees were discovered on a beach in Aceh, Indonesia’s most northern province, authorities said. According to the local police commander Rolly Yuiza Away, the group of 58 men landed on Indrapatra beach at Ladong, a fishing village in Aceh Besar district, […]
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Sun 25 December 2022: China’s National Health Commission, which for the past three years or so has published daily COVID-19 case figures for the country, said it will no longer release such data from Sunday. “Relevant COVID information will be published by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for reference and research,” the NHC said in a […]
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