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Dhaka, Feb 17 : India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will travel to Dhaka on March 4 to finalise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh scheduled for March 26.High officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Banglades…

Seoul, Feb 17 : South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Wednesday expressed concerns over the citizens seemingly waning vigilance against the Covid-19 pandemic, even as the daily new infections have risen substantially since the authorities eas…

Washington, Feb 17 : The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 109.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.41 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University’s …

Jerusalem, Feb 17 : Israeli officials announced that some 4 million people have received the Covid-19 vaccine.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein made the announcement at a vaccination facility in Jerusalem, according…

Los Angeles, Feb 17 : Hollywood diva Salma Hayek recalls how her Desperado co-star Antonio Banderas helped her when she started tearing up on the sets of the 1995 film, and says he is an absolute gentleman.”So, when we were going to start shooting, I…

Tehran, Feb 17 : Iran’s health ministry warned of the spread of a new Covid-19 variant in the country, official IRNA news agency reported.”So far, 17 patients infected with the mutated virus have been identified in Iran,” Kianoush Jahanpour, head of …

Addis Ababa, Feb 17 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,759,166, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.According to the continental disease control and prevention agency’s Afri…

Los Angeles, Feb 17 : Actress Kristen Wiig has revealed the names of her twins in a special manner. She introduced her children in the credits of her latest film, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.So far, Wiig and her husband, actor Avi Rothman, had …

Ramallah, Feb 17 : Palestine called for an urgent international intervention to pressure Israel to allow the shipment of the coronavirus vaccines into the besieged Gaza Strip.Palestinian government spokesman Ibrahim Milhem told a news briefing in the…

Harare, Feb 17 : Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa extended the six-week nationwide lockdown by a further two weeks, citing the need to further reduce Covid-19 cases and deaths.He, however, increased business operating hours from seven to nine …