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“The struggle against terrorism and those aiding and abeting it is a work in progress,” he said. (File image)Terrorism is a cancer that potentially affects everyone just like the way pandemic impacts the entire humanity, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.In an address at The Energy and ...

NEW DELHI: Terrorism is a cancer that potentially affects everyone just like the way pandemic impacts the entire humanity, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. In an address at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Jaishankar also said the global responses to terrorism and pandemic have tended ...

Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.Supreme Court junks demand to stay Bihar elections due to Covid-19 pandemicA three-judge bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan dismissed a PIL filed by a Muzaffarpur resident Avinash Thakur ...

OTTAWA -- An opportunity to test a potential COVID-19 vaccine in Canadian clinical trials is now "over" because Chinese customs did not approve it for shipment to Canada, according to the National Research Council (NRC). The NRC confirmed to CTV News on Thursday that CanSino Biologics "does not have ...

Kuwait has extended again residency and visit visas for an additional three months from September 1 for those currently in Kuwait, local media Kuwait Times reported on Wednesday.The country’s Ministry of Interior had previously extended visas until August 31 amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that had caused borders to ...

Men wearing face masks look at a mobile phone as they wait for customers, amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a wholesale vegetable market in Kolkata, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 and went past ...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and KashmirDigital sieges are a technique of political repression in Kashmir and a severe impediment to people exercising their internationally and constitutionally guaranteed civil, political, and socioeconomic rights, according to a report released on Tuesday.The Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society’s report -- titled Kashmir’s Internet Siege ...

NEW DELHI: Early identification of the Covid-19 infections through timely and aggressive testing has played a pivotal role in India's strategy to fight the pandemic, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday as the cumulative testing reached 3,76,51,512. Following the Centre-led policy of 'test-track-treat', collaborative efforts of the state ...

KARACHI, PakistanAlthough Pakistan has witnessed a significant drop in COVID-19 cases, experts believe that reopening of the tourism sector at this moment can return the pandemic wave.The alarm bells rang after nearly 50 employees of hotels and resorts in the country’s northwest and north reported infections over the past ...

Sign up to our Next Africa newsletter and follow Bloomberg Africa on TwitterEven as Africa grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, the continent has eradicated another disease: the wild polio virus.Africa was declared free of the wild poliovirus on Tuesday, with no new cases reported in the last four years, ...