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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday (Nov 3) that it has granted approval for Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech’s home-grown Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use listing, paving the way for it to be accepted as a valid…

The United Nations children's agency said it was planning to set up a system to directly fund Afghan teachers, after the international community placed a freeze on funding to the Taliban-led administration. "Unicef is setting up a…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, fresh from a resounding general election victory on Sunday, scooted off to Glasgow, where he spent just eight hours before he returned to Tokyo on Wednesday (Nov 3). The whirlwind trip to…

The aftermath of an Indian cricket loss to Pakistan at the Men's T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates continues to ripple across India. On Oct 24, Pakistan handily beat arch rival India in the first cricket match between the sides…

Mr Singh said that the 2070 net zero target is both a "risk and an opportunity" for India with much depending on how green technologies evolve in developed countries. If advanced economies are able to invest and demonstrate that transitions…

Afghanistan's Taliban government announced a ban on the use of foreign currencies on Tuesday (Nov 2), threatening further disruption to an already ailing economy. Since the Islamist group seized power in mid-August, the national currency…

Yahoo said it had stopped allowing its services to be accessible from mainland China "in recognition of the increasingly challenging business and legal environment", the second Western tech brand to quit the country in recent weeks. The…

A banned Pakistani Islamist party on Monday (Nov 1) called off a march to the capital and ended its occupation of a major highway after reaching a deal with the government, following more than a week of clashes that left seven policemen…

India’s economy will become carbon neutral by the year 2070, the country’s prime minster announced Monday (Nov 1) at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. “By 2070, India will achieve the target of net-zero emissions,” Narendra Modi told…

The city's government has taken more steps to tighten loopholes in quarantine rules, announcing on Monday (Nov 1) that exemptions would be narrowed down to only those in emergency or essential services from Nov 12. The city's No. 2…