NASAL VACCINE WILL BE ROLLED OUT IN INDIA BY END OF JANUARY

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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FULFIL MOSCOW’S DEMANDS, RUSSIA’S LAVROV ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO UKRAINE

Tue 27 December 2022: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has issued an ultimatum to Ukraine: either accept Moscow’s demands, which include surrendering Ukrainian territory that it now occupies, or let the Russian army decide Ukraine’s future. Speaking a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his willingness to engage in peace negotiations, a statement that […]

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BIDEN DECLARES EMERGENCY IN STATE OF NEW YORK AS WINTER STORM DEATH TOLL RISE

Tue 27 December 2022: US President Joe Biden declared an emergency in the state of New York due to a severe winter storm, the White House said in a statement. “Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the State of New York and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and […]

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SERBIAN ARMY ON KOSOVO BORDER IN STATE OF ‘COMBAT READINESS’

Tue 27 December 2022: Senior authorities have stated that Serbia has deployed its security forces to Kosovo’s border in a “full state of combat readiness,” despite requests from the European Union and NATO for the two former rivals to de-escalate tensions. Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic said in a statement late on Monday that the […]

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DROUGHT IN THE HORN OF AFRICA WORSENS THE SUFFERING OF CHILDREN

Mon 26 December 2022: The number of children suffering dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months, according to figures released by the United Nations Friday. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that around 20.2 million children in the countries are now facing the threat of severe hunger, […]

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OUSTED FORMER SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA DEPARTS TO US WITH FAMILY – REPORTS

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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RONALDO DROPPED BECAUSE OF ‘POLITICAL BAN’, SAYS ERDOGAN

Mon 26 December 2022: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Cristiano Ronaldo was subjected to a “political ban” at the World Cup, as he compared the Portuguese footballer to Lionel Messi. “They have wasted Ronaldo. Unfortunately, they have imposed a political ban on him,” Erdogan said on Sunday while speaking at a youth event in […]

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POLAR BEAR NUMBERS IN CANADA ARE DECLINING ALARMINGLY, STUDY FINDS

Mon 26 December 2022: According to a recent government survey, polar bears are rapidly disappearing from the western part of Hudson Bay at the southernmost point of the Canadian Arctic. Particularly, the number of female bears and their cubs has dramatically decreased. Every five years, scientists have flown over the area, which includes Churchill, a […]

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PARIS SHOOTING SUSPECT ADMITS ‘PATHOLOGICAL’ HATRED OF MIGRANTS

Mon 26 December 2022: The 69-year-old Frenchman who is accused of shooting and killing three Kurds on Friday has admitted to having a “pathological” hatred of foreigners. In the attack on a busy central Parisian Kurdish cafe and neighboring Kurdish cultural center, one woman and two men were killed. The man, retired train driver named […]

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CHINA SENDS RECORD NUMBER OF FIGHTER JETS TOWARD TAIWAN IN 24 HOURS

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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