Geneva,  World Health Organization (WHO) experts came together to review the efficacy of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, after a study showed that it was less effective against a new variant of the virus discovered in South Africa.

At a press briefing here on Monday, WHO Directo

San Francisco, A US-based news organisation has filed a lawsuit against Facebook and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, alleging that the tech giants with their dominance over the digital advertising market adversely affected an important revenue source.

The lawsuit makes the argument the Google and Face

Nay Pyi Taw, Despite a ban on gatherings in Myanmar, protests against last week's military coup continued across the South Asian country for a fourth consecutive day on Tuesday.

An order issued earlier in the day by the Military True News Information Team, gatherings of five or more than five persons at p

Melbourne, A second hotel quarantine worker in Australia's Victoria state was tested positive for the highly infectious Covid-19 strain that was first discovered in Britain, Premier Daniel Andrews said on Tuesday.

Andrews said genomic testing results on Tuesday morning confirmed the woman who worked at Holiday

Islamabad,  Bad weather conditions have temporarily halted the search and rescue operations for three missing climbers on K2, the world's second highest mountain, a Pakistani media report said on Tuesday.

The dan news reported quoted an official from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), media

Abu Dhabi,  The Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi has advised Indian citizens against travelling to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait via the United Arab Emirates due to "Covid-related restrictions on incoming passengers" imposed in the two countries.

Issued on Monday, an Embassy advisory advised the Indian

Hyderabad,  Telangana logged 149 new Covid cases and one death during the last 24 hours, health officials said on Tuesday.

The fresh cases pushed the state's total tally to 2,95,831. The death toll mounted to 1,612.

Greater Hyderabad reported 25 new cases. The count in the

Kolkata,  Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and former Chandannagar Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir joined Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday.

Citing some "personal" reasons, Kabir had resigned from his service last month, barely three months b

Hyderabad,  Former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's daughter Y.S. Sharmila on Tuesday vowed to bring "Rajanna Rajyam in Telangana".

Sharmila, who is sister of present Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Tuesday began consultations with