The Himalayan nation of Nepal launched its largest immunisation campaign on Wednesday with its first coronavirus vaccinations for medical workers, following a gift of one million doses from giant neighbour India.

Nepal kicks off coronavirus inoculations with Indian vaccine

The daily coronavirus recovered cases in India have been continuing to outnumber daily new cases since the last 20 days, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said here on Wednesday.

India's daily COVID-19 recoveries outnumber new cases in last 20 days

President Joe Biden signed executive orders Tuesday to end Justice Department contracts with private prisons and increase the government’s enforcement of a law meant to combat discrimination in the housing market, part of the new administration’s continued focus on racial equity.

Biden moves to end justice contracts with private prisons

The vaccine wars have come to Europe. For months now, wealthy countries have been clearing the world’s shelves of coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer nations with little hope of exiting the pandemic in 2021.

‘Solidarity is failing:’ EU and UK fight over scarce vaccines

A lion cub was welcomed to the Singapore Zoo recently and was born through artificial insemination, which is reportedly the first ever for the city-state. The cub is named Simba based on the Disney film “The Lion King”.

Meet Simba, Singapore's first lion cub to be conceived artificially

A pharmacist from Wisconsin on Wednesday agreed to plead guilty for attempting to spoil hundreds of Moderna coronavirus vaccines. The US Justice Department said that the pharmacist was doing it to make the shots ineffective.

Pharmacist who tried to spoil Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines set to plead guilty in court

Russia and the United States reportedly struck a deal to extend their New START nuclear arms control treaty on Moscow's terms, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday, as claimed by RIA news.

Nuclear arms control treaty with United States agreed on our terms: Russia

The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee, veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, to serve as secretary of state. The 100-member Senate backed Blinken 78-22, meaning he could be sworn in as the nation's top diplomat later in the day.

US Senate confirms Biden nominee Blinken as Secretary of State

Interesting facts about India's annual Republic Day celebrations

The Serum Institute of India (SII) will supply Saudi Arabia with 3 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses priced at $5.25 each in about a week on behalf of the British drugmaker, its chief executive told Reuters on Monday.

Saudi Arabia to get three million AstraZeneca shots in about a week from India

Twitter recently launched "Birdwatch", a community-based programme aimed at battling misinformation. As part of this move, people can now identify information in Tweets which they believe could be misleading, and then offer notes that provide context.

Twitter launches 'Birdwatch' - a forum to battle misinformation

The US has detected the first case of a new coronavirus variant which was first discovered in Brazil, according to authorities. The case was detected in the state of Minnesota, Xinhua news agency reported.

US detects 1st case of Brazilian coronavirus variant

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