Hyderabad, Nov 27 (UNI) Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund), and Hetero, one of India’s leading generic pharmaceutical companies have agreed to produce over 100 million doses of world''s first registered Sputnik V Vaccine per year in India against the Novel Coronavirus infection.
Tokyo, Nov 26 (Sputnik) Some 146,000 chickens will be exterminated in the Japanese prefecture of Hyogo, which became the third region hit with this disease, Japan''s media reported on Thursday.
Mumbai, Nov 26 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Thursday lost further by 126 pts at 43,701.87 in opening session, as selling was seen in Materials, Energy, FMCG and Finance stocks.
Moscow, Nov 24 (Sputnik) Over 117,000 doses of Russia''s coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V have been already released into the market, and there are plans to produce over 2 million doses by the end of the year, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said on Tuesday.
Jammu, Nov 22 (UNI) A senior BSF official on Sunday said that the role of Pakistan cannot be denied as without their involvement, the tunnel cannot be dug along the International Border.
Kolkata, Nov 22 (UNI) South Eastern Railway has taken all possible measures in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic to ensure uninterrupted supply of food grains and other essential commodities.
Washington, Nov 21 (UNI) – The United States has registered more than 189,000 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase in any country since the start of the epidemic, The New York Times newspaper reported citing its calculations.
Moscow, Nov 20 (Sputnik) Over 1,900 refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Helsinki, Nov 19 (Sputnik) More than 10,000 households have lost power in Finland, after the country was hit by storm winds of up to 25 meters per second [55 miles per hour], the Finnish Energy association reported on Thursday.
Berlin, Nov 18 (Sputnik) More than 1,000 protesters have gathered near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to participate in an illegal protest rally against the law that underpins COVID-19 restrictions, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Wednesday.
Mumbai, Nov 18 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Wednesday fell by 136 pts to 43,816.15 as selling was seen in Materials, Energy, FMCG, IT and Telecom stocks.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (UNI) As part of the Government''s efforts to maintain a high level of countrywide testing, a total of 12,65,42,907 Covid-19 tests were conducted on Monday, bringing down the cumulative positivity to 7.01 per cent.
Beijing, Nov 17 (Sputnik) The distance traveled by the Chinese probe Tianwen-1 during the 116 days of its space flight to Mars has surpassed 300 million kilometers (186 million miles), with all components of the mission functioning normally, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Tuesday.
Moscow, Nov 17 (Sputnik) Over 100 natural disasters affecting more than 50 million people occurred in the first half a year alone since the coronavirus pandemic was officially announced in March, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in its annual World Disasters report on Tuesday.
Minsk, Nov 16 (Sputnik) - More than 1,000 people were detained during Sunday unauthorized anti-government protests held across Belarus, the unregistered Viasna human rights center said.
New Delhi, Nov 15 (UNI) As the number of cases due to Novel Coronavirus witnessed a rapid spike in the national capital, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a review meeting on Sunday evening, to assess the situation with Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain and other top officials.
Tel Aviv, Nov 15 (Sputnik) The Israeli Construction and Housing Ministry on Sunday issued a tender for 1,257 settlement units in the Givat HaMatos area of East Jerusalem, Peace Now (Shalom Achshav), the non-government organization that advocates for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said.
Tehran, Nov 15 (Sputnik) Iran sets a new record number of COVID-19 cases registered in a single day with over 12,500 new infections, Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Saturday.
Washington, Nov 14 (Sputnik) The United States has registered more than 177,000 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase in any country since the start of the epidemic, The Washington Post newspaper reported on Friday.
Minsk, Nov 14 (Sputnik) More than 110 people were arrested on Friday during protests across the country which was sparked by the death of opposition activist Roman Bondarenko, the Vesna human rights center said.
Bogota, Nov 12 (Sputnik) A landslide has hit a gold mine in the northern Colombian municipality of Barranco de Loba, causing its collapse and leaving 14 miners trapped at a depth of 180 meters (over 590 feet), local authorities said.
Ranchi, Nov 11 (UNI) The state has reached yet another milestone in its battle against Coronavirus as on Wednesday the total number of people who had been cured of Covid-19 crossed the one lakh-mark.
New Delhi, Nov 10 (UNI) The Election Commission on Tuesday said there has been ''''glitch-free counting'''' of votes so far in the Bihar assembly elections for 243-seats in the state Assembly which is was underway.
Beijing, Nov 9 (Sputnik) - Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index was up 1.73 percent at the opening trading on Monday, in the wake of Joe Biden’s declaration of victory in the US presidential election.
Tokyo, Nov 9 (Sputnik) Tokyo’s benchmark stock index, the Nikkei 225, opened over 1% up on Monday, following Joe Biden’s declaration of victory in the US presidential election, the Kyodo news agency reports.
Minsk, Nov 9 (Sputnik) More than 1,000 people were detained during Sunday unauthorized anti-government protests held across Belarus, the non-governmental human rights center Viasna reports.
Moscow, Nov 8 (Sputnik) - Germany has confirmed more than 16,000 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 658,505, the Robert Koch Institute said on Sunday.
Moscow, Nov 7 (Sputnik) Hungary on Saturday registered 5,318 new COVID-19 cases, which is the record high daily increase and brings the country''s total tally to nearly 105,000, according to a government portal tracking the number of infections.
MOSCOW, Nov 7 (Sputnik) The United States has registered more than 128,000 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since the start of the epidemic, US media reported.
Beirut, Nov 6 (Sputnik) More than 10,000 tonnes of flour, which were sent by Iraq to Lebanon as humanitarian aid following the deadly blast in the port of Beirut, are being kept undistributed and moldy due to negligence and improper storage in a warehouse, Maan Khalil, the head of the Ghobeiry municipality of Beirut, told Sputnik.
Moscow, Nov 5 (Sputnik) Hurricane Eta, which has negatively affected more than 12,000 Guatemalans, has resulted in the death of at least one citizen of the country, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Thursday, as quoted by La Hora newspaper.
Zurich, Nov 4 (Sputnik) -Switzerland has registered over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in one day, which is the highest rise since the onset of the pandemic, the Federal Office of Public Health said on Wednesday.
Colombo, Nov 3 (Xinhua) Over 100 whales, swept ashore on Sri Lanka''s beaches on Monday, were rescued by Tuesday morning and pushed back to sea after a nearly 18 hour rescue mission, but four whales died, the navy said here.
Hyderabad, Nov 3 (UNI) More than 12 per cent voting was recorded in the first two hours of polling which commenced at 0700 hrs observing COVID-19 safety norms in the Dubbak Assembly Constituency in Telangana on Tuesday.
NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Sputnik) More than one million residents of New York City have voted early in the US presidential election, the NYC Board of Elections announced on Twitter.
MINSK, Nov 2 (Sputnik) More than 150 people were detained during Sunday unauthorized anti-government protests held across Belarus, the non-governmental human rights center Viasna reports.
Accr, Oct 31 (Xinhua) More than 100 Ghanaian students were awarded the Chinese ambassador scholarship presented by the Chinese Embassy in Ghana this year, setting a record for the highest number of beneficiaries, said Chu Beijuan, chief of the Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana.
Puducherry, Oct 31 (UNI) Union Territory of Puducherry recorded 105 positive cases of Coronavirus in the past 24 hrs that has pushed the overall tally to 35,013.
Addis Ababa, Oct 30 (Xinhua) African countries have conducted over 17 million COVID-19 tests, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday.
Chandigarh, Oct 30 (UNI) In one of the biggest crackdown on drug-peddlers, Haryana Police on Friday seized 10 quintal 38 kg poppy husk (chura/doda post) and 34 kg of ganja patti during a raid at a house in Kurukshetra district.
Moscow, Oct 30 (Sputnik) - Russia has registered 18,283 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 17,717 yesterday, breaking the record for a second consecutive day and taking the cumulative total to 1,599,976, the country''s coronavirus response center said on Friday.