India is struggling to convince its health and frontline workers to take a homegrown Covid-19 vaccine controversially approved without late-stage efficacy data, government data showed on Thursday, days ahead of a wider rollout The country has the world’s second-highest number of Covid-19 infections after the United States, with cases recently surging as mask wearing declined مزید پڑھیں

The architect of Australia’s laws forcing Google and Facebook to pay media companies for content claimed victory on Wednesday, though critics said last-minute changes to appease Facebook favoured Big Tech over smaller news outlets. After tense negotiations prompted Facebook to cut off news in the country last week, Australia offered a host of technical concessions مزید پڑھیں

Indonesia is holding intensive talks with both the Myanmar military and representatives of the ousted elected government in a bid to end a crisis over a Feb. 1 military coup, Indonesia’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. Indonesia has taken the lead within the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in efforts to resolve Myanmar’s مزید پڑھیں

Brazil has fully approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, its health regulator said on Tuesday, though a dispute over a supply deal means it has none to start an immunization program with. It is the first coronavirus shot to receive full approval in Brazil, regulator Anvisa said. Vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and مزید پڑھیں

Amid ongoing attacks by militants, Afghanistan on Tuesday launched its coronavirus vaccination drive with the hopes of inoculating thousands of Afghans against the disease that has wrecked havoc in the world. Doctors, security personnel, and journalists were among the first volunteers to receive doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, donated earlier this month by India. “Today, مزید پڑھیں

A study carried out by an insurance company in the UAE declared Pakistani drivers as the ‘best’ after they were found to be involved in the least number of accidents According to Khaleej Times, Yallacompare’s insurance comparison platform showed that only 2.5% of Pakistani drivers made claims in the past 12 months. The company had مزید پڑھیں

Queen Elizabeth and other senior British royals will appear in a TV programme to discuss the importance of the Commonwealth on the same day that Oprah Winfrey’s interview of her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan is aired. For almost 50 years, the royal family have attended an annual Commonwealth Day service at London’s مزید پڑھیں

Russian on Sunday announced that it has started inoculating homeless people for coronavirus in the city of Saint Petersburg under a charity initiative that has received the backing of local officials. “Here there are many people at risk. It is important for them to be vaccinated,” said Taysia Suvorova, of the Nochlezhka non-governmental that organisation مزید پڑھیں

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi called on the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to work with Beijing to reopen dialogue between the two countries to restore a bilateral relationship damaged under the presidency of Donald Trump Wang, a Chinese state councillor and foreign minister, said the Trump administration’s actions to suppress and contain China مزید پڑھیں

Boeing Co said it recommended suspending the use of 777 jets with the same type of engine that shed debris over Denver at the weekend after U.S. regulators announced extra inspections and Japan suspended their use while considering further action The moves involving Pratt & Whitney 4000 engines came after a United Airlines 777 landed مزید پڑھیں