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December 31, 2020 8:21 AM

India, Sri Lanka hold meeting of Joint Working Group on Fisheries

The Fourth Meeting of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Working Group on Fisheries was held yesterday through virtual mode.<br />'' <br />''The meeting covered the entire gamut of issues related to fishermen and fishing boats which have been on th...

December 30, 2020 8:57 PM

China reports 24 new confirmed cases of COVID-19

<span style="color: #222222;">Mainland China on Tuesday reported 24 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including seven locally transmitted cases and 17 arriving from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. Five of the locally transmitted case...

December 30, 2020 4:24 PM

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine approved for use in UK

In the UK, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use, with the first doses due to be given soon amid rising coronavirus cases. The government has ordered 100 million doses - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.<br />'' <br />'&...

December 29, 2020 9:34 AM

South Africa registers more than one million Covid-19 cases

South Africa has become the first country on the continent to register more than one million Covid-19 cases.<br />''<br />''It comes just days after authorities confirmed that a new, faster-spreading, coronavirus variant had been detected.<br /&...

December 29, 2020 9:26 AM

More serious pandemic spreading across world: WHO

World Health Organization's senior officials have  warned that the Coronavirus is not necessarily the big one, and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world.<br />'' <br />''...

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