Tokyo,  Japan plans to allow municipalities to begin issuing "vaccine passports" from mid-July, with its top government spokesperson on Thursday referencing the documents' "prompt issuance".

"To prepare for prompt issuance, we will first issue the vaccination certificates by

Washington,  A wildfire, dubbed Robertson Draw Fire, is raging near Red Lodge, a small town in the US state of Montana with over 2,000 residents, forcing 450 of them to be evacuated.

Billy Chapman, fire information officer from Custer Gallatin National Forest, was quoted by the Montana Public Radio (MTPR

Canberra,  Thousands of residents in the Australian state of Victoria, battered by devastating storms last week, are expected to remain without power for up to three weeks.

The electricity company AusNet said on Thursday that flooding and wild winds on June 9 and 10 had brought down trees and power lines

New Delhi,  Chhattisgarh has started gearing up to handle the possible third wave of Covid-19 and for this, all the government hospitals across the state are being upgraded and equipped with ultramodern facilities.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has said, "no stone would be left unturned in strengthe

New Delhi,  The Central government has issued a notification for a common format of the Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate to be issued across the country.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued the notification on Monday under Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989.

Under the new

New Delhi,  Amid questions being raised by the BJP over the vaccination of Congress leaders including the Gandhis, the Congress on Thursday said that both Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have taken the vaccine jab.

While Sonia Gandhi has taken both the doses, Priyanka Gandhi has taken her first dose and

Hyderabad,  Doctors at KIMS hospitals in Hyderabad saved life of a nine-month-old infected by Covid-19 through successful ECMO.

The paediatric intensive care (PICU) team headed by Nanda Kishore, at KIMS Hospitals, Secunderabad and the PICU team of KIMS Cuddles, Kondapur headed by Parag Shankarao Dekate c

New Delhi, India on Thursday signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to co-create and implement solutions at scale to tackle the employment and skilling challenges for adolescents and youth in India.

A particular focus will be on the vulnerable

New Delhi,  To send a strong message ahead of next year's Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP is now focusing on winning the maximum number seats in the district panchayat president (Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh) polls to held in the first half of July.

For this purpose, the BJP has asked all its

Gurugram,  Four persons have been arrested for allegedly killing a 4-year-old child Bhavya and injuring his father Praveen by opening fire in Pataudi village in Gurugram.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Navin alias Kanchi, Harish alias Bhaman, Paramjeet alias Susu and Ya