Seoul, June 2 (IANS) South Korea has unveiled a fully assembled model of its homegrown space rocket for the first time since the country started its development in 2010 as it conducts final testing procedures before its launch later this year.

South Korea has earmarked $1.8 billion to develop its first homegr

Sydney,   Health authorities in the Australian state of Victoria extended a lockdown in the capital of Melbourne as the latest outbreak of Covid-19 active cases rose to 60 by Wednesday.

The week-long lockdown, which was due to end on Thursday, will continue for at least another seven days in Melbour

New York,  Tejinder Singh, the founder editor of the Washington-based India America Today newspaper has died, according to a tweet from the publication.

On Tuesday, Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby paid tributes to Singh calling him "a real gentleman, good reporter, damn good reporter."

Kabul,  At least six civilians were killed and seven others wounded in a bomb attack targeting a bus in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan Tuesday evening, the latest in a string of bomb blasts in the city, an Interior Ministry official confirmed.

"The initial information found six civil

Washington,   US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a series of measures aimed at narrowing the wealth gap among racial groups in a speech commemorating the 100th anniversary of Tulsa massacre, one of the most atrocious racial violence in US history.

In less than 24 hours between May 31 and Ju

Ulan Bator,  Covid-19 cases in Mongolia rose to 60,372 on Wednesday, after 1,143 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the highest daily count since May 2, the country's health ministry said.

The daily test positivity rate of Covid-19 has been increasing significantly in recent days, health a

Abuja,  Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday further called for joint international efforts to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent challenges.

"The unprecedented crisis brought by the Covid-19 pandemic has now caused far more serious setbacks to our quests for sustainable devel

Seoul,  South Korea reported 677 more cases of Covid-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 141,476.

The daily caseload was sharply up from 459 in the prior day, rising above 600 in six days. The daily average caseload for the past w

Islamabad,  With 1,843 new infections, Pakistan on Wednesday reported less than 2,000 coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day, pushing the national tally to 924,667 countrywide.

The positivity ratio across the country stands at 3.9 per cent. Pakistan has now reported a positivity ratio below 5 p

New Delhi, Union ministers and leaders cutting across party lines on Tuesday welcomed the Centres decision to cancel the CBSE Class XII board exams this year.

In view of the uncertain conditions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and the feedback obtained from the various stakeholders, the Centre on Tuesd