International News Updates

Beijing: From disinfection and street patrols to food and medicine delivery in quarantine wards, robots were being deployed at the front lines to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has claimed hundreds of lives in China. More than 30 disinfection robots designed and produced by a Shanghai-based enterprise have entered major hospitals in […]

New Delhi: Several Indian crew members and passengers on board a cruise ship have been quarantined off Japan because of the novel coronavirus outbreak. In a tweet on Friday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, “Many Indian crew & some Indian passengers are onboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined off Japan due to Coronavirus. […]

Beijing: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China has reached 722, authorities said on Saturday, while the number of confirmed cases also rose to 34,546. Chinese health authorities said they received reports of 3,399 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 86 deaths Friday from 31 provincial-level regions and the […]

Beijing: China’s National Health Commission on Saturday announced that it has given the coronavirus a temporary official name, novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP). The Commission announced the new name at a press conference on Saturday and said it should be adopted by government departments and organisations in China until a permanent name for the infection has […]

Abu Dhabi: An Indian ultra-marathon runner, known as the ‘Barefoot Mallu’ ran solo from Abu Dhabi to Dubai, covering a total distance of 118 km in 27 hours to inspire the youth of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to make fitness a priority, it was reported. Bengaluru-based Aakash Nambiar, 30, a native of Kerala, began […]

Washington: Taranjit Singh Sandhu, India’s new Ambassador to the US, has presented his credentials to American President Donald Trump at a special ceremony held in the White House, it was reported. The ceremony took place in the Oval Office on Thursday. The envoy was accompanied by his wife and peer Reenat Sandhu, currently serving as […]

Bangkok: At least 12 people have been shot dead and many injured by a Thai soldier in Nakhon Ratchasima city, also known as Korat, police said on Saturday. A defence ministry spokesman told BBC that Jakraphanth Thomma, a junior officer, had attacked his commanding officer before stealing a gun and ammunition from a military camp. […]

Beijing: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China has increased to 811, authorities said on Sunday, while the number of confirmed cases have crossed 37,000. Chinese health authorities said it received reports of 2,656 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 89 deaths on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the […]

Bangkok: The gunman who killed 25 people in a shooting spree at a shopping mall in Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima was killed by the police on Sunday, a senior police official said. The news was confirmed by National Police chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, The Nation newspaper reported. The gunman, Jakraphanth Thomma, a junior officer, was […]

London: As the worst storm in seven years set its eyes on the UK and Europe, a British Airways (BA) flight utilised the strong tail winds and reached Heathrow airport from New York in a record four hours and 56 minutes — at a subsonic speed of over 1,290 km per hour. According to the […]

Beijing: The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak has claimed over 900 lives in China, authorities said on Monday, while the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 40,000. According to the data from China’s National Health Commission, 97 more deaths and 3,062 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection were reported on Sunday from 31 provincial-level […]

Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday there have been “concerning instances” of coronavirus among people with no travel history to China, warning that it could be the “tip of the iceberg”, as he urged all countries to prepare for the possible arrival of the novel virus that has killed over […]

London: Ireland’s Indian-origin Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has suffered a bruising general election as his liberal-conservative Fine Gael party took a battering in the face of an unprecedented surge in the fortunes of the nationalist party Sinn Fein. As the poll results poured in overnight on Sunday, Varadkar’s party was pushed down to third place […]

Washington/New Delhi: The US will ink a deal of Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) at an estimated cost of $1.867 billion with India. The US state department on Monday made a “determination approving a possible foreign military sale to India”. The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency had informed the US Congress about the decision […]

United Nations: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur next week during a trip to Pakistan, according to his Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq. Kartarpur will be on the itinerary of Guterres’s visit to Pakistan to participate in an international conference on that country hosting Afghan refugees for 40 years, Haq said on […]