China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 from the military, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading outbreak in its largest city under its zero-COVID strategy.A medical worker collects sample swab sample from residents in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western…Continue Reading
Deputy National Security Advisor for international economics Daleep Singh gives an update on sanctions during a daily press briefing on the U.S. response after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters)…Continue Reading
SynopsisBrent crude futures for May rose to as much as $114.23 a barrel on Friday and were at $113.72, up $3.26, or 3 per cent. AgenciesRBI said that it expects supply conditions for crude oil to turn more favourable during 2022NEW DELHI: With a recent surge in global crude oil prices seen exerting upward pressure…Continue Reading
Just as millions of people dared to hope a two-year pandemic was receding, war broke out in Ukraine, triggering a new surge of anxiety in Western Europe and fears about wider conflict — or worse. As the West faces a possible new Cold War and warnings about heightened nuclear threats fill social media and the…Continue Reading
As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to escalate, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Baszczak suggests that the US has deployed another 8 American F-15 fighter jets in Poland on Monday. The additional fighters will join an unidentified number of F-15s that the US military transported to Poland from the Royal Air Force Lakenheath in the United Kingdom last…Continue Reading
India has delivered medical supplies to Kiribati as the island is dealing with the Covid outbreak for the first time in two years. The government of India sent a consignment of medical supplies, containing PPEs and medications, states the Ministry of External Affairs. The relief material also includes pulse oximeters, swabs with VTM, specimen bags…Continue Reading
Tensions soared Monday between Russia and the West, with NATO outlining a series of potential troop and ship deployments and Ireland warning that upcoming Russian war games off its coast would not be welcome while concerns abound that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine.A Ukrainian soldier watches through spyglass in a dugout on the front…Continue Reading
Another batch of 5,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine would be sent in the coming weeks. India supplies the next batch of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, consisting of 500,000 doses of Covaxin, on January 1, 2022. Twitter/@MEAIndia Another batch of 5,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine would be sent in the coming weeks. India began the…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: In view of the “challenging humanitarian situation” in Afghanistan, India dispatched humanitarian aid consisting of medical supplies on a return evacuation-flight on Saturday. The medicines will be handed over to the representatives of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Kabul and administered at the Indira Gandhi Children Hospital, Kabul. The medical supplies were…Continue Reading