Seoul, Violators of face mask mandate in South Korea may face fines starting Friday as the country seeks to better combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

The move follows an end to a 30-day grace period for the implementation of the country's revised infectious disease control and prevention act, which requires people

Athens, The Greek government announced on Wednesday a nationwide curfew starting from Friday evening as a new daily record of 43 Covid-19 deaths was reported.

Starting from Nov. 13, the country will go under curfew from 9:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. with only a few exemptions for work, health reasons, and walking

Manila, Typhoon Vamco, the third powerful cyclone to batter Philippines in 11 days, made landfall, unleashing fierce winds and intense rains that triggered landslide, rockslide and flash floods in regions ravaged by Super Typhoon Goni early this month.

Vamco also felled trees and caused a massive power outage in l

Lucknow, To prevent further recurrences of suicide threats as people climb onto water tanks to get their demands fulfilled, the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to lock the stairs and even demolish the unused ones.

The decision comes after a lawyer and his family climbed on to a water tank in Prayagraj earli

Jammu, For the third consecutive day on Thursday Pakistan resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in three sectors of the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Poonch district.

Colonel Devender Anand, defence ministry spokesman said at about 9 a.m. Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing wi

Thiruvananthapuram, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will make a flying visit to Kannur in Kerala on Thursday, party sources said.

The MP from Wayanad will land at the Kannur airport and drive to the residence of AICC General Secretary and Rajya Sabha member KC Venugopal to offer condolences over the demise of latter&

Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday that no selection or pre-board examinations would be held this year for students of Class X and Class XII in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The decision will be implemented for the students of West Bengal secondary and higher secondary boar

Kolkata,  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday that her police administration will constitute three new police battalions in the state.

Banerjee said that the first one will be for Coochbehar - Narayani Sena - as it is a demand by the local Rajbonshis.

Another

Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched the logo and bookings for the Odisha Tourism's flagship three-month glamping festival-Eco Retreat.

The glamping festival will be held this year at five locations - Konark, Hirakud, Bhitarkanika, Daringbadi and Satkosia - from December

Hyderabad, The British Council has entered into a partnership with the Telangana and Welsh governments for research and education exchange.

Telangana's Education Minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy and her counterpart from UK's Wales, Kirsty Williams MS, signed an MoU to further bilateral research and edu