Jubilee News Desk Russia expelled three diplomats from Germany, Sweden and Poland for joining protests in support of opposition activist Alexei Navalny. Navalny is a vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Navalny, 44, is a political activist who has campaigned against corruption and Putin since 2011. Navalny accuses Putin …
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China, Russia, Cuba get seats on UN Human Rights Council
# Saudi Arabia misses out # China gets the seats despite opposition over abysmal records Special Desk China, Russia and Cuba could win seats on the UN’s premiere human rights body despite opposition from activist groups over their abysmal human rights records. Saudi Arabia lost the chance. Russia and Cuba …
Read More »US election : vote from space
Jubilee News Desk You must have heard about postal ballots where army men or those in central services can vote via postal services for the candidate they want to win election in their constituency. But how about voting from space? NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is planning to cast her vote …
Read More »India inching ahead close to Brazil in Covid cases
Jubilee News Desk India is inching close to become number two in the world as far as covid-19 cases are concern, and at present it is on number three with 4023179 cases behind USA and Brazil. India has reported single-day spike of 86,432 new cases and 1,089 deaths in the …
Read More »Russia claims vaccine, criticism starts
Jubilee News Desk Even as Russia claims of safety and efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ the country is facing strong criticism from scientists across the globe for rushing the vaccine development process and limiting people in the trial before launching it. Russian President Vladimir Putin, after his daughter …
Read More »Coronavirus : India took a dubious lead from Russia
Special Desk India on Monday took lead from Russia, which shall not be appreciated. India recorded over 24000 new Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking total number of cases above Russia. India now has the third-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 6,97,413. United States and Brazil are …
Read More »Fire at Russia hospital kills COVID-19 patients
Special Desk As fire broke out at a St Petersburg hospital five coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit died. The incident is apparently was triggered due to short-circuit in a ventilator, news agencies have said. The incident has made alarm bells ringing for the authorities across the state as …
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