Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has planned to introduce capital punishment in rape cases as protests have erupted across the country over the recent incidents of sexual violence against women. Law …
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Brussels: The European Commission has signed a joint procurement framework contract with the pharmaceutical company Gilead for the supply of up to 500,000 treatment courses of Remdesivir against the Covid-19 …
European Commission signs joint procurement contract for Remdesivir Read More
San Francisco, Facebook has removed more malicious networks from its platform in October — especially in the US and Myanmar that face elections in November — and one such network …
Facebook purges fake networks in US, Myanmar before Nov polls Read MoreWashington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 36.4 million, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,060,860, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Friday morning, …
Global Covid-19 cases top 36.4mn: Johns Hopkins Read More
Ottawa (Canada): The Canadian government has announced that the use of single-use plastics will be banned across the country by the end of 2021. On Wednesday, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson …
Canada to ban single-use plastics by 2021 end Read More
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Thursday announced his government’s decision to make wearing of masks mandatory in outdoor spaces in an effort to curb the further spread of …
Italy makes wearing of masks mandatory in outdoor spaces Read More
New Delhi: Acclaimed American poet Louise Gluck, who draws on classical mythology, family life and nature in her precise and spare rendition of certain traumatic facets of the human condition …
Louise Gluck wins Literature Nobel Read More
Washington: The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced that it has planned to restart negative digital and TV ads against US President Donald Trump after his return to …
Biden campaign to restart negative ads as Trump returns to WH Read More
Washington: US President Donald Trump has hinted that American troops stationed in Afghanistan should be “home by Christmas”, following an announcement last month that Washington would withdraw thousands of military personnel …
US troops in Afghanistan should be home by Xmas: Trump Read More
Stockholm: In a historic moment, two women scientists have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the tools to edit DNA, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences …
Two women scientists win Nobel in chemistry for gene editing Read More