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Special Desk France has announced to lift a number of coronavirus restrictions. This includes opening of the cafes and restaurants across France and travel to other European countries to be allowed. French President Emmanuel Macron announced that people will also be able to visit family members in retirement homes, which …

Special Desk Thailand has researchers who have begun collecting samples from horseshoe bats to test them for coronavirus amid concerns that they may pose a threat to local residents. Researchers have planned to collect 300 bats, of 23 species it has in over three days from a cave in the …

Special Desk Nepal that shares border with India, has approved a controversial map where it shows Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as parts of Nepal.Nepal’s Cabinet has endorsed a new political map showing Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura under its territory, amidst a border dispute with India. The new map includes 335-km …

Special Desk French police clashed with activists protesting on Paris roads against racism and police brutality. Police used tear gas against stone-throwing protesters who tried to hold a march that was banned and this was criticized by experts. Medical experts said that any sort of liquid or vapour chemical can …

Special Desk Amid coronavirus pandemic there is a count that may surprise you. Hunger has claimed several times more lives across the globe this year than coronavirus did. Going by the official statistics from the United Nations’ World Food Program as of June 7, 2020, about 12 times more people …

Special Desk For a second consecutive night hundreds of people held protests in cities across Lebanon over the handling of the country’s economic crisis. Protestors pointed out that the Lebanese pound has fallen to record lows, having lost 70% of its value since October, when the protests began. The financial …

News Desk In what could be said as highest ever India’s total foreign exchange (Forex) reserves was standing at around US$ 501.703 billion. Foreign exchange assets (FCA) component at around US$463.630 billion, gold reserves at around US$32.352billion, SDRs (Special Drawing Rights with the IMF) of around US$1.442 billion and around …

News Desk Authorities in the north-western state of Washington have hit back as president Trump threatened to take back a police-free district controlled by protesters in Seattle. Governor Jay Inslee said Trump should stay out of the state’s business. Trump argued that the area had been overtaken by domestic terrorists. …

Special Desk Police has asked for maximum punishment in the death of Intelligence Bureau official Ankit Sharma. Charge sheet has put together how, according to the police, Ankit Sharma, who had allegedly gone to the spot to calm tensions between the mob, was singled out, attacked and killed by rioters. …

News Desk Reserve Bank of India released the results of the May 2020 round of the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the survey was conducted through telephonic interviews between May 5 and 17 in 18 major cities, stated the RBI website. The results …