Tokyo Olympics: Oman team enters stadium as world

Oman's flag bearer Issa Al Adawi parade along with the team during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

South Korea to extend toughest social-distancing

Risky entertainment facilities, including nightclubs, are prohibited from running the business for two weeks

Philippines to impose travel ban on Malaysia,

The inclusion of Malaysia and Thailand brings to 10 the list of countries banned by the Philippines.

Around 60 lakh Indians brought back under Vande

The Ministry of External Affairs also informed Rajya Sabha in a written reply that 3570 Indian citizens died abroad, due to COVID-19

Finland imposes restrictions on restaurants as

Restaurants serving primarily liquor will be required to cut the capacity of indoor seats by half, while other restaurants will able to continue serving up to 75% of their normal number of customers indoors

In Vienna, wearing masks is still mandatory

Testing of the population with free PCR tests by gargling continues, which makes Vienna a pioneer in Europe.

COVID-19: Bangladesh extends strict lockdown till

The restrictions will come into force at 8 am (local time) on July 23 and will continue till August 5 at midnight, unless extended again, reported Dhaka Tribune.

PM Castex confirms France now in 4th wave of

18,181 new cases recorded in the 24 hours to Tuesday afternoon represented a 140 per cent jump on the previous week and claimed that 96 per cent of these new infections were observed in unvaccinated people

COVID-19: WHO committed to address mental health

WHO further said people with pre-existing mental health conditions are disproportionately likely to contract COVID-19 infection, but the pandemic and its effects have also exacerbated their mental health conditions.

India among WTO’s 5 member nations to

The lack of full transparency in vaccine supply deals is another reason for concern, she said as the world administered worldwide 1.1 billion COVID vaccine doses in June.

UK health workers to receive 3 pc pay rise

UK Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said NHS staff are rightly receiving a pay rise this year despite the wider public sector pay pause, in recognition of their extraordinary efforts.

Plane crash-lands in Somalia with over 40

The plane had left Wilson Airport of Nairobi, capital of Kenya, and was destined for Mandera in northeast Kenya Wednesday morning when the incident happened.