Tag: Worldwide

The report says that an estimated 22 million people were living in forced marriage on any given day in 2021 an increase of 6.6 million since the 2016 global estimates.

New Delhi: An estimated 78 million babies — or three out of five — worldwide are not breastfed within the first hour of life which puts them at higher risk of death and diseases and lower their chances of meeting physical and mental growth standards, according to a new Unicef and WHO report. However, India […]

Chennai: The makers of megastar Chiranjeevi’s Telugu actioner “Khaidi No. 150” on Sunday announced the film’s lifetime earnings are Rs 164 crore worldwide, making it a new record of sorts in the industry. In an official poster released on Sunday, the makers have said that the film has so far collected Rs 164 crore, and […]

Global COVID-19 cases top 3.5 million Global confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 3.5 million, reaching 3,502,126 as of 7 p.m. (2300 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. A total of 247,107 people worldwide have died of the disease, according to the CSSE, Xinhua news reported on Sunday. […]

The novel coronavirus pandemic has brought countries around the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the COVID-19 crisis from around the globe on Thursday. Italy’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 29,684 A further 369 COVID-19 patients had died in the past 24 hours in Italy, bringing the country’s death toll to […]

Washington: More than four million confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported around the world, according to a data collated by Johns Hopkins University. The global death toll has also risen to above 277,000, the BBC reported citing the data. The US remains the worst-hit country, accounting for over a quarter of confirmed cases and […]