Kabul, June 7 (IANS) As the level of violence remains high in Afghanistan despite efforts to jumpstart the stalled peace process, a total of 119 people were killed in clashes and security incident in just two days, June 3-4, an official said here.

The official, on the condition of anonymity, said that 196 sec

Tel Aviv, The Israeli Ministry of Health has issued a severe travel warning for Namibia, citing the increasing Covid-19 morbidity in the southwestern African country.

For the same reason, Israel has already listed 10 other countries for severe travel warnings, which are Seychelles, Uruguay, Bolivia, Maldives, Nepa

Amman,  Jordan's Lower House of Parliament voted to expel MP Osama Ajarmeh over his "insulting statements" against King Abdullah II.

The Lower House on Sunday held an emergency session following the riots that occurred in the expelled MP's hometown in Naour on Saturday, Xinhua news agen

Varanasi,  The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will soon set up a research centre on its property in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

According to a BHU spokesman, among the major decisions approved by the executive council, the proposal of utilising the varsity's property in Shimla was on top.

Bengaluru,  An explosion in a molten plastic paint machine near the underpass of the second terminal of the Kempegowda International Airport caused injury to six workers early Monday, the police said.

According to the airport police, two of the six workers, Ajay Kumar and Siraj are critical after sufferi

Shimla,  Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Himachal Pradesh government has procured a record 100,657 quintal wheat in this Rabi season that is probably state's highest ever, Agriculture Minister Virender Kanwar said on Monday

He said the procurement is still on. The state has set up a target of p

Chennai, June 7 (IANS) The fresh Covid-19 cases in all the zones of Chennai are on a decline except in the Royapuram zone. A comparison with the previous week shows that in all the 13 zones there is a negative growth rate in fresh Covid cases.

In Royapuram there was a 0.7 per cent increase wh

Chennai,  The Tamil Nadu government is planning to vaccinate all 21,493 Adivasis or tribals in the Nilgiri district by the end of this month.

The state's Public Health Department in a statement on Sunday night said that it will get all the tribes of the district inoculated.

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New Delhi,  On the very first day Delhi Metro rail services resumed its operations after nearly a month of complete suspension due to the raging second wave of Covid -19 pandemic, commuters on Monday were seen breaking norms put in place.

During metro rides from East Delhi's Nirman Vihar metro statio

Mumbai,  Maharashtra's Covid-19 death toll crossed the one lakh mark while continuing to remain on the higher side, even as fresh infections for the day kept falling, health officials said on Sunday.

With 681 fatalities declared for the day, the state reached the six-digit figure, with the toll touch