Tel Aviv,  The number of foreign tourist arrivals in Israel jumped about 880 per cent, or 9.8 times year-on-year in May, according to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

The data published on Monday revealed that the number of tourists who visited Israel last month thus increased to 21,500

Khartoum,  Sudan has renewed its rejection to unilateral filling of the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Nile River without reaching a legal and binding agreement

Chairing a meeting on Monday of the Higher Committee for the GERD, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok noted the direct t

Moscow,  The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that nine Canadian citizens have been banned from entering the country "in response to the illegal sanctions" imposed by the Ottawa government.

"In response to the illegal sanctions imposed by the Canadian government on March 24 against citiz

Dhaka,  A massive fire ripped through one of the largest slums in Dhaka, destroying at least 100 shanties, authorities said.

A total of 18 fire units were dispatched to extinguish the blaze at about 9.15 a.m., on Monday, Fire Service Headquarters Duty Officer Lima Khanom told Xinhua news agency.
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Agra,  A video purportedly of a director of a private nursing home in Agra claiming several Covid patients died as a result of a mock exercise that allegedly cut off medical oxygen supply, has gone viral.

Both Agra District Magistrate P.N. Singh and CMO R.C. Pandey on Tuesday reacted to the development,

Bengaluru,  A day after making a statement that created ripples within his party, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday appealed to his supporters to refrain from launching a signature campaign or making any insinuating statements in support of his continuation as the Chief Minister of the state.
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Mysuru,  The University of Mysore (UoM) has jointly developed a self Covid detection kit in collaboration with Hyderabad-based Lorven Biologics Private Limited.

Mysore University's former Vice Chancellor and a member of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), K.S. Rangappa, who led the t

Amaravati, With experts warning of the possibility of a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic that could primarily target children, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is focusing on improving paediatric care facilities at the child health care centres and area hospitals, apart from adding paediatric wards to

Patna,  An FIR was filed against a police officer in Bihar's Bhojpur district and two others on Monday for collecting illegal levy from sand-laden vehicles, police said on Monday.

Sahar SHO Anand Kumar and two others were allegedly involved in taking illegal levy from truck, tractors and other commer

Chennai,  Noted artist S. Elayaraja, who became famous for drawing realistic paintings of Dravidian women, died at a private hospital in Chennai on Monday morning due to Covid-19 related complications. He was 43.

A recipient of several state and national awards, Elayaraja was the youngest of 11 siblings.