Category: WORLD

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – India’s minister of home affairs said on Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19, and is being hospitalized on the advice of doctors.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, considered the “father of Taiwan’s democracy”, has died at the age of 97.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –North Korea has reported what it describes as the country’s first suspected case of coronavirus.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Dr. Mike Ryan, Head of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program, has claimed that there will be no coronavirus vaccine until early 2021, dashing hopes that the Oxford vaccine would be ready before Christmas.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has increased to over 14.8 million, while the deaths have topped to more than 615,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the global pandemic.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address virtually at this year’s High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session on Friday, 17th July 2020 at the United Nations in New York.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro remained in self-isolation Thursday, a day after announcing he tested positive for coronavirus for a second time.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Actress Naya Rivera died of accidental drowning, officials in California have said after a post-mortem examination.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – A road in Purnea, the hometown of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has been named after him. Sushant, who died by suicide on June 14, was originally from Maldiha village in Purnea.