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The timeline for the USFDA application has been in the works since the end-March when AstraZeneca released the data from its clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.

U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to end programme allowing foreign students to stay after studies

If this bill is passed into law, it can affect tens and thousands of Indians studying in this country

After suspending EUA request, Brazil now shelves import authorisation of Covaxin

Bharat Biotech on July 23 said it terminated the MoU it entered with Precisa Medicamentos and Envixia Pharmaceuticals LLC for its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin for Brazilian market.

Monsanto told to pay teachers $185 million over chemical exposure

Bayer, which bought Monsanto in 2018, said the company disagreed with the verdict and may appeal.

China's new ambassador arrives in U.S. with words of optimism

Mr. Qin, who did two stints as a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman between 2006 and 2014, has earned a reputation for often pointed public defences of his country's positions.

Pfizer hikes 2021 outlook after vaccine boosts sales, profit

The COVID-19 vaccine became Pfizer’s top seller, bringing in nearlt half its revenue

Was Emmanuel Macron's phone a target for spies? French investigate

France is trying to get to the bottom of allegations that in 2019 Macron and members of his government may have been targeted by an unidentified Moroccan security service, using NSO’s Pegasus spyware.

Google delays return to office, mandates vaccines

CEO Sundar Pichai says the tech firm is now aiming to have most of its workforce back to its offices beginning Oct. 18 instead of its previous target date of Sept. 1.

It’s in America’s interest to strengthen ties with India: top U.S. official

‘As two great democracies, we should demonstrate through our example why democracy promotes peace, stability and personal freedoms’, says Donald Lu

In Sri Lanka, teachers resist Bill ‘militarising’ education

University teachers held silent protest across campuses on the island.

Russia to boost Tajik Army with weapons

Joint military exercise next week

U.S. sends man to jail for leaking documents on drone strikes

Rights advocates slam sentencing.

Blinken comment on India, U.S. ‘shared values’ riles China

Democracy should not be used as a label or tool to belittle or smear other countries or stoke confrontations, says Beijing

How Priyanka Chopra inspires Tequila golgappas at New York restaurant Sona

Udupi-born Chef Hari Nayak creates a modern Indian menu at Sona, a post-pandemic restaurant launched in Manhattan, New York, with inputs from actor-producer Priyanka Chopra

Search for missing people continues at German explosion site

The industrial park is located in the city of Leverkusen, near Cologne.

Global rights groups demand release of lawyer held under Lanka's anti-terrorism law

Ten organisations, including Amnesty International, demand the release of Hejaaz Hizbullah.

China Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosts Taliban, calls them ‘pivotal force’

The visit to China is the first from the group in the wake of its gaining key ground in Afghanistan, including in Badakshan province which borders China’s western Xinjiang region.

Daily jam sessions of Quarantined Quartet, a New York-based family of guitarists, have fans world wide

Quarantined Quartet, a New York-based family of guitarists has been documenting its practice sessions as daily mini concerts on social media, since March 2020.

Instagram to restrict some ads from reaching minors

The move comes as the image-sharing platform continues to face criticism for neglecting the safety of children.

Antony Blinken dials Nepal’s new PM Deuba; discusses bilateral ties, COVID-19 situation and climate change

Antony Blinken tweeted that he spoke to Nepal PM Deuba and discussed ways to advance U.S.-Nepal ties, the fight against COVID-19 and the impact of climate change

Israeli woman donates kidney to Gaza boy

Idit Harel Segal’s decision caused deep rifts in her family and her father stopped talking to her.

Great challenges for all democracies: Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State discusses inter-religious relations, media freedom at ‘civil society round-table’

Watch | A Syrian puppet takes on an 8000-km journey

A video on Amal, a puppet that will walk from Gaziantep to Manchester, to raise awareness on the refugee crisis

Pak climber becomes world's youngest mountaineer to scale K2

A 19-year old Pakistani climber on Tuesday became the youngest person in the world to reach the summit of K2, the second-highest peak in the

Former U.S. President Obama buys stake in NBA’s Africa business

The NBA said Obama would use any profits to fund the Obama Foundation’s youth and leadership programs in Africa.

Alleged Epstein victim Sarah Ransome has memoir out on November 17

Sarah Ransome has said that she was an aspiring student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan when she met Epstein in 2006

Russian billionaires vs British writer: court battle begins over Putin book

British journalist Catherine Belton's 'Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West' chronicles Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rise to power.

U.S. concern over China nukes buildup after new silos report

A report said satellite images showed China was building a new field of silos near Hami in the eastern part of its Xinjiang region.

U.S. tells vaccinated people in high COVID risk areas to mask again

In another setback, the White House on Tuesday also ordered all its staff to mask up again due to local transmission rates in Washington.

‘Success story’: Bhutan vaccinates most of population after donations

UNICEF’s Bhutan representative, Will Parks, hailed the ambitious vaccination drive as a “great success story for Bhutan”.

Haitian presidential security chief arrested over assassination

Haitian police said Monday they had arrested the head of Jovenel Moise's security as part of the ongoing investigation into the president's July 7

Ecuadorian court revokes citizenship for Julian Assange

U.S. prosecutors have indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges

Video shows man moving in car before police fatally shot him

Montgomery County police Chief Marcus Jones narrated a 28-minute-long compilation of bodycam video excerpts.

Joe Biden considers requiring COVID-19 vaccines for federal workers

“Unlike 2020, we have both the scientific knowledge and the tools to prevent the spread of this disease. We are not going back to that.”

China’s sea claims have no basis, says U.S.

We don’t seek confrontation with China, but won’t flinch when our interests are threatened: Pentagon

Biden, Kadhimi seal deal to end U.S. combat mission in Iraq

American forces will still operate there in an advisory role

Israeli war crimes apparent in Gaza assault, says HRW

The international human rights organization issued its conclusions after investigating three Israeli airstrikes that it said killed 62 Palestinian civilians

Hong Kong court convicts man in first national security trial

The watershed ruling lays down a new marker in the city’s changing legal landscape and confirms certain slogans are now outlawed in the international finance hub

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