Scientists warn G7 economic costs of breaching 1.5-degree mark
New Delhi, June 14 A group of world-leading climate scientists is calling upon global leaders to factor in the economic, environmental and humanitarian costs of...
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G7, India, others back open democratic societies
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The G7 countries along with guest countries, including India, on Sunday committed themselves to create open societies and strengthen democracies and...
G7 pledges 870mn vaccine doses, half to be delivered by 2021-end
Geneva, June 14 (IANS) Leaders of G7 countries have agreed in an agreement at their summit to share at least 870 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines...
US suspends tariffs on 6 nations for digital service tax negotiations
Washington, June 4 (IANS) The US announced that it will impose tariffs on certain goods from Austria, Britain, India, Italy, Spain and Turkey over disputes on...
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US sending Covid vaccines to India, Harris tells Modi
New York, June 4 US Vice President Kamala Harris has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the US will be sending Covid-19 vaccines to India,...
Under Obama-Biden, US spied on top German leaders
New Delhi/Copenhagen, May 31 (IANS) Under President Barack Obama and then Vice President Joe Biden’s administration, the US was spying on Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel from...
Jaishankar meets Blinken, affirms strong US ties
New York, May 29 (IANS) Amid the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging India and the rising global tensions, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has capped two days of...
Twitter trying to dictate terms, undermine India’s legal system : IT Ministry
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday hit back hard at Twitter’s latest statement raising concerns over the ‘potential threat’ to freedom of speech,...
WhatsApp sues Indian govt over chat ‘traceability’
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Taking the user privacy war to the court over new IT rules, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the...
Working hard to meet Indian IT rules for social media: Facebook
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) With the deadline to comply with the new IT rules meant for big social media platforms in India ending on Tuesday,...
Main agreement reached to revive nuke deal: Rouhani
Tehran, May 21 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the “main agreement” to revive the 2015 nuclear deal has already been reached in the Vienna...
Covid-19 can infect cells in eye: Study
New York, May 18 (IANS) A team of US researchers has, in an alarming study, found direct evidence that Covid-19 can infect cells in the eye....
US to share more Covid vaccines with other nations
Washington, May 18 (IANS) The US will share 20 million more doses of its Covid-19 vaccines with the rest of the world by the end of...
Biden signs executive order to prevent cyber-attacks in US
Washington, May 13 (IANS) Alarmed at repeated cyber-attacks on the country especially after at a key fuel pipeline last week, US President Joe Biden has signed...
Aus secures 25mn doses of Moderna Covid vax
Canberra, May 13 (IANS) Australia has secured 25 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine produced by US pharmaceuticals manufacturer Moderna, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on...
Blinken urges de-escalation in call with Netanyahu
Washington, May 13 (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken continued urging all parties to de-escalate tensions and end violence in a call with Israeli Prime...
Biden expects Israeli-Palestinian clashes to end soon
Washington, May 13 (IANS) US President Joe Biden is expecting the ongoing violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians will be “closing down sooner than later”, while...
Give India resources to make vaccines, says Fauci
New York, May 11 Anthony Fauci, the top US expert on Covid-19, has called on countries to provide India with resources to make its own...
Covid-19 infection is transmitted via air, says US CDC
Washington, May 9 (IANS) Exposure to respiratory fluids — very fine respiratory droplets and aerosol particles — present in air and which carry viruses are the...
British Airways sends vital oxygen supplies to India
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) British Airways on Thursday said it has flown a Boeing 777-200 aircraft loaded with emergency aid to Delhi to support India...
US-based foundation to ship oxygen concentrators to India
Washington, May 6 (IANS) The Indian-American Sehgal Foundation, based in Des Moines, Iowa, announced that it will ship 200 oxygen concentrators to seven Indian states on...