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US: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday mounted a fierce defense of his exit from Afghanistan as the “best decision for America,” the day after the US military withdrawal celebrated by the Taliban as a major victory. “This is the…
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SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as "Mu", which was first identified in Colombia in January. Mu, known scientifically as B.1.621, has been classified as a…
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SINGAPORE: Singapore has fully vaccinated 80% of its population against the coronavirus, the health minister said on Sunday. This makes it the world’s most inoculated country, as several parts of the world struggle to control the…
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US: Prior exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, neither guarantees a high level of antibodies nor immunity to re-infection as thought earlier, finds a study emphasising the need to get vaccinated against the deadly…
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US: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new research has shown that a high amount of coronavirus in the lungs is a major contributor to death in Coronavirus patients. The researchers at New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine,…
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BRAZIL: Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step toward a drug to combat the virus causing COVID-19. A study…
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FRANCE: France aims to administer a third shot of a COVID-19 vaccine to some 18 million people by early 2022, a health ministry official said on Tuesday. Last week, France’s top health advisory body (HAS) recommended a booster…
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The Sri Lanka Navy seized a stock of smuggled dried turmeric weighing over 2,023Kg, during special operations conducted in the Negombo Lagoon on August 31. The operations also led to the arrest of two suspects and two dinghies used in…
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The post-mortem examination conducted at the Dambulla Denzil Kobbekaduwa Base Hospital on Monday into the death of a youth revealed that the victim suffered trauma due to injuries sustained to the head and internal organs. The…
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Amid the controversy of her husband Raj Kundra’s arrest in the pornography case, actor Shilpa Shetty on Monday shared a motivational yoga video, encouraging her fans and followers to become their own warriors. After a long…
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