The speaker of the United States (US) House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi’s politically provocative visit to Taiwan and Beijing’s equally provocative military exercises in the waters surrounding Taiwan has further vitiated the Sino–US relations bringing the two big powers closer ...

Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto is now the country’s president-elect after he was declared the winner of last Tuesday’s presidential election amid dramatic scenes in the capital, Nairobi. Before Wafula Chebukati, the chair of Kenya’s electoral commission could announce Ruto’s ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority, UK has authorised a Covid-19 vaccine tailored to the Omicron variant, setting the stage for an autumn booster campaign using Moderna’s two-strain shot. It has granted conditional authorisation to the vaccine, ...

The Delhi International Airport Limited has announced to launch with a beta version of DigiYatra app for Android platform. Aim: To provide contactless, seamless processing of passengers at Airports. The 'DigiYatra' is a Biometric Enabled Seamless Travel experience ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. The former Congo Basin clade (group of variants) in Central Africa as Clade I. The former West African clade as Clade II. The ...

Kuwait has appointed Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh as an ambassador to Iran since 2016, who has handed his credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran. Foreign Ministry of Kuwait has also confirmed that Munaikh was appointed envoy to Iran. This move ...

A Russian rocket has successfully launched an Iranian satellite named Khayyam, into orbit by the Soyuz rocket from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. The name of satellite was named after Omar Khayyam, a Persian scientist who ...

American Express has launched its cross-border payments platform for small to medium-sized businesses named Global Pay. It will work as a digital solution that will let U.S. businesses make secure domestic and international B2B payments. In addition to this, the ...

James Marape, who become the prime minister of Papua New Guinea in 2019, has been re-elected as PM of the country for second term. Papua New Guinea has been governed by multi-party coalitions. He joined the PANGU Pati in May 2019 and announced to lead the PANGU Pati. ...

Singapore has declared its 200-year-old iconic green open space Padang as its 75th national monument as the country celebrates its 57th National Day (9th August). From this site, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had given his ‘Delhi Chalo’ slogan in 1943. From now, ...