United Nations In what could possibly be the world’s largest and fastest ever operation of its kind, the UNICEF will be leading the procurement and supply of coronavirus vaccines to ensure that all countries have safe, fast and equitable access to initial doses when they are available, it has said.Read More

Geneva The World Health Organization is in talks with India about joining the “COVAX” global vaccine allocation plan, a senior WHO adviser said on Monday. “India is certainly eligible, like all countries in the world, to be part of the COVAX facility and discussions are ongoing in that regard,” BruceRead More

September 7 Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and UP are contributing bulk of India’s total and active COVID case load and fatalities. Six in every 10 of the total 4,294,613 COVID-19 cases, more than six in ten of all currently active 882542 cases and seven in every ten amongRead More

Canadian law enforcement has rebutted claims made by pro-Khalistan separatist group, Sikhs for Justice or SFJ, that armed men violently attempted to disrupt a voter registration drive related to its secessionist programme named Punjab referendum 2020. On August 15, as local SFJ activists were proceeding to the Indian consulate inRead More

Amritsar Former SGPC chief secretary Harcharan Singh passed away due to cardiac arrest on Saturday morning. He was 75. Survived by his wife Dalwinder Kaur and daughter Nimrata Kaur, Harcharan Singh suffered a mild heart attack but could not survive it, his nephew said. The SGPC executive had on AugustRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday ended his week-long self-isolation after testing negative for Covid. The Chief Minister had isolated himself after coming in contact with two MLAs who had later tested positive. He came in contact with the legislators in the Vidhan Sabha on August 28Read More

Washington Highlighting the great relationship that he has developed with Indian Americans and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump said that he would think that Indian Americans would vote for him in the November 3 presidential election. “We have great support from India. We have great support fromRead More

Moscow Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday left Moscow for Iran where he will meet his Iranian counterpart and discuss bilateral defence ties, a day after he urged the Persian Gulf countries to resolve their differences through dialogue based on mutual respect. Singh was in Moscow on a three-day visitRead More

New Delhi Launching a strong attack against the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in Odisha, BJP president JP Nadda said on Saturday that it would not be long before the saffron party, which has emerged as the lead opposition in the State, will form the government there with an absolute majority.Read More

Five people were found dead in a home east of Toronto after an early morning shooting, police say, including the person believed to have carried out the killings. Const. George Tudos, spokesperson for the Durham Regional Police Service, said multiple callers reported hearing gunshots inside the Oshawa residence, located nearRead More