Day: June 13, 2020

European nations sign 400M-dose vaccine deal with AstraZeneca

11:26 pm June 13, 2020

London: Pharma giant AstraZeneca struck a deal Saturday with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance to supply up to 400 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, as efforts to boost manufacturing capacity continue at pace. The alliance, which was forged by Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands to speed up production of a vaccine, is set […]

Four more corona patients die in Uttarakhand

Gujarat COVID-19 cases cross 23,000 mark; 33 more die

11:22 pm June 13, 2020

Ahmedabad: With 517 new COVID-19 cases being reported in Gujarat on Saturday, the overall case count has mounted to 23,079, state Health department said. With 33 more people succumbing to the viral infection, the number of fatalities has risen to 1,449, it said. A total of 390 patients were discharged from hospitals in the day, […]

North Korea's Kim Jong-un in a coma, diplomat says, claiming recent appearances 'faked'

Kim Jong Un’s sister threatens S. Korea with military action

11:08 pm June 13, 2020

Seoul: The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened military action against South Korea as she bashed Seoul on Saturday over declining bilateral relations and its inability to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. Describing South Korea as an “enemy,” Kim Yo Jong repeated an earlier threat she had […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Three dead as vehicle falls into gorge in HP’s Mandi

11:01 pm June 13, 2020

Mandi (HP): Three men were killed as the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district, police said on Saturday. The vehicle fell into the nearly 200-feet deep gorge in Kamand around midnight on Friday, Mandi Superintendent of Police Gurdev Chand Sharma said. One of the occupants, identified […]

Nepal Parliament's lower house unanimously passes bill to redraw political map

Nepal Parliament’s lower house passes bill to redraw political map

10:57 pm June 13, 2020

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Parliament on Saturday unanimously voted to amend the Constitution to update the country’s new political map, laying claim over the strategically key areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura along the border with India. India has been maintaining that these three areas belong to it. Major Opposition parties including Nepali Congress (NC), Rastriya Janata […]