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January 23, 2022 9:22 PM

Burkina Faso govt denies army takeover after barracks gunfire

<span style="color: #222222;">In Burkina Faso, government says that the army has not seized control of the country after exchanges of gunfire took place at multiple army barracks, including two in the capital, Ouagadougou today.</span><br /&gt...

January 23, 2022 6:55 PM

Bangladesh: COVID positivity rate over 31 percent

The COVID 19 pandemic continued to show an upward trend in Bangladesh with the sample positivity rate reaching 31.29 percent on Sunday. According to the latest bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 14 deaths and 10,906 new cases of coronavirus were reported from the country ...

January 23, 2022 11:36 AM

US military aid lands in Ukraine amid border tension with Russia

<span style="color: #222222;">In Ukraine, some 90 tonnes of US military aid has arrived in, amid tensions over Russia's troop build-up on the border. It was the first shipment of a recently approved package of US military aid for Ukraine and included ammunition f...

January 22, 2022 9:10 PM

Experts discuss challenges, opportunities to combat climate change

Experts from India and USA discussed the challenges and opportunities to combat climate change through  technology-led Carbon Capture and Utilisation solutions (CCUS) at the Indo-US Scoping Workshop on Carbon Capture held yesterday. It was part of a series of workshops bein...

January 22, 2022 5:44 PM

Chile president-elect Gabriel Boric unveils women-majority cabinet

In Chile, left-wing president-elect, Gabriel Boric has announced his first cabinet giving a majority of the posts to women. Fourteen of the 24 new ministers announced yesterday are women, including Defence Minister Maya Fernandez,  a grand daughter of socialist President Salvador Allend...

January 22, 2022 5:17 PM

PM Modi wishes good health to Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wished speedy recovery and good health to Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Mr Solih has been tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet, Mr Modi said,&...

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