NEW DELHI, India – India Sunday reported 159,632 new COVID-19 cases, which is over a five-fold increase since the beginning of the new year. On Jan. 1, the total number of new cases was only 27,553. The virus continues to spread at an unprecedented pace, largely driven by the highly...
NEW DELHI, India -- Over 400 Indian parliament staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, local media reports said Sunday. According to officials, the employees were subjected to random testing from Tuesday to Saturday, and most of the infected cases were found to be asymptomatic, reports...
NEW DELHI, India – Haunted by the specter of last year's crisis, India is bracing for a deluge of Covid-19 cases, with authorities of various megacities bringing in restrictions in a bid to keep infections in check. Case numbers have yet to match the enormous figures seen last spring when...
NEW DELHI -- India on Monday morning started vaccinating children aged 15 to 18 against COVID-19 amid fears of a surge in infections of the Omicron variant. India's federal health minister Mansukh Mandaviya shared photographs of children getting vaccinated to mark the beginning of the inoculation...
The beauty queen inspires the youth to believe in themselves and use their voice to make the world a better place NEWLY CROWNED QUEEN Ms. Harnaaz Sandhu in her official portrait as Miss Universe 2021 In our current era, technology is like a magical genie that allows us to have everything we ever...
NEW DELHI, India -- Ten new cases of the Omicron variant were logged in India's capital Friday, taking the country's case tally of the new variant to 98. "Ten new cases of Omicron variant reported in Delhi, taking the total number of cases of the new variant here to 20," Delhi's local health...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, Dec. 13, heaped praises on Miss Philippines Beatrice Luigi Gomez for bringing honor to the country as she finished in the Top 5 at the beauty pageant held in Israel. Beatrice Luigi Gomez (Miss Universe Philippines Facebook) In a Twitter post, Robredo said she...
NEW DELHI, India -- India has registered 7,774 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 34,690,510, the health ministry's data showed on Sunday. The ministry also reported 306 more deaths during the same period, taking the total death toll to 475,434. Active cases fell...
NEW DELHI -- India's capital New Delhi on Saturday recorded the second case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 that came from Zimbabwe, confirmed Delhi's health department. According to the patient's travel history, he had traveled to South Africa recently. The patient has been admitted to the...
Regional bloc Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can improve cooperation with India in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism, and transnational crimes "through exchanges of best practices and information". (Photo from Wikipedia/ Unsplash) President Duterte had this to say...
The Department of Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation have signed a new and modernized Air Services Agreement. FB_IMG_1632754935468 The move opens the market for competition where multiple airlines can operate and more flights can be flown to spur air...
KOLKATA, India -- Two fishermen were reported dead after a cyclone packing strong winds and rains barreled into India's east coast late Sunday, forcing the evacuation of more than 200,000 people in three states to shelters. Cyclone Gulab made landfall between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh just after 6...
