World Health Organisation has said that it has now halted the HCQ trial on COVID-19 patients after multiple studies indicated that the drug is simply not effective in reducing the mortality rate. Watch report.

HCQ does not reduce mortality rate | Second-time HCQ trials have been halted

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged China to reveal all it knows about the coronavirus outbreak in a meeting with a top Chinese official in Hawaii on Wednesday as new revelations about President Donald Trump and China rocked Washington.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with top Chinese diplomat

The COVID-19 death toll in Sweden has exceeded 5,000, according to statistics from the Swedish Public Health Agency on Wednesday.

Sweden's COVID-19 death toll exceeds 5,000

India on June 18 rejected the claims made by the Chinese, that sovereignty over the Galwan Valley area in Ladakh "always belonged to it", calling it 'untenable'.

India responds to claim over Galwan valley: China making 'inevitable' claims

Nepal’s upper house on June 18 unanimously cleared a constitutional amendment bill to reflect its new map in the national emblem, a move that is seen to virtually making the boundary row a permanent irritant in relations between Kathmandu and New Delhi. The bill received 57 votes in its support and none against.

Nepal's upper house clears Map bill: Includes Indian regions

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced the third tranche of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore.

Highlights from Nirmala Sitharaman's third press briefing on economic package

India is the single endorsed candidate for the Asia-Pacific seat in the non-permanent member category. India is likely to be elected for the eighth time.

WION Exclusive: TS Tirumurti, India's permanent envoy to UN speaks to WION

In Saudi Arabia, jailed royals are seeking foreign help to put pressure on the Crown Prince.

Gravitas: The Saudi Game of Thrones

A fresh outbreak of the Wuhan virus has created an 'extremely severe' situation in Beijing. The city has reported at least 161cases. Is this a second wave? If yes, why is the W.H.O covering-up for China again?

Gravitas: A Wuhan like situation in Beijing

Scientists in the U.K say they have made a major breakthrough in the fight against the Wuhan virus. Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory steroid is being called a life-saving drug

Gravitas: Dexamethasone: A breakthrough in Coronavirus fight

Diego is a legendary giant tortoise. He has single-handedly saved his species by fathering over 800 hatchlings.

Gravitas: A tortoise who saved his species

The last 24-hours were the deadliest of the coronavirus outbreak. There has been a massive spike in the COVID-19 deaths in the country. Watch report.

India's last COVID-19 trajectory: 2,003 deaths reported in last 24-hrs

According to recent public research people under the age of 20 are relatively more safer when it comes to the risk of death to COVID-19. For people in the age group between 10 to 19, only 21% of people show symptoms.

Under 20s half as susceptible to COVID-19: Only 21% of people under 20 have symptoms

The healthcare system is under severe pressure due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The health workers in France are demonstrating against the government for better wage facilities. Watch report.

Health care workers protest for better wages in France: Over 18,000 people demonstrate

North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on June 16, the South's Unification Ministry said, after days of increasingly virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang. Watch report.

N Korea to redeploy troops along border: Blows up inter-Korean liaison office

Beijing's new cluster of COVID-19 cases is threatening to go into a much larger outbreak. On Tuesday there were 31 new cases of local transmission that were reported and that makes it 137 new cases in a matter of just about 6 days. Watch report.

Beijing on high alert | Tightens travel curbs | 31 new COVID-19 cases reported

South-Korea peninsula on the boil: North Korea blows up joint liaison office

The Indian Army on June 16 has confirmed that the number of Indian soldiers martyred in the “violent face-off” with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley on June 15 night is now 20. Many Indian soldiers are said to be in the custody of China. Watch report.

Face-off at India-China border: 20 Indian soldiers martyred, Some in China's custody

North Korea on Wednesday vowed to redeploy troops to front-line areas to resume military exercises and reinstall guard posts as tensions with South Korea

WION Fineprint: North Korea vows to send troops to border areas

Ultra-wideband measures the time the signal takes to travel from one distancer to another and back again. This is a very, very, very precise measuring method.

German device makes social distancing amid COVID-19 high-tech

US President Donald Trump on June 16 signed an executive order urging police departments to adopt best practices and "highest professional standards" amid calls for police reforms following nationwide protests over the brutal killing of African-American George Floyd in police custody.

Cautious Trump unveils police reforms | Police choke holds to be banned in US

At a time when Indo-China tensions are escalating at the eastern front, experts believe that sales of Chinese goods in India can be impacted in the short term and the consumer-oriented sectors like smartphones and automobiles could be at the receiving end of this crisis.

Tensions to hit Chinese firms: China's stec bagged Rs.1,000 cr contract

The French city of Dijon just 300 km from the capital Paris looks like a war zone as of now. According to reports the waring sites in the French town include heavily armed Chechen refugees on the side and the other side is a drug gang. Watch report.

French city of Dijon turns into war zone: Armed Chechens conduct raids

India China face-off | 20 Indian soldiers killed in action | Galwan valley

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke on phone on Wednesday and discussed the prevailing situation in Eastern Ladakh.

WION Dispatch: 'Current conflict will have serious impacts on bilateral relationship'

WION Dispatch: India needs 129 votes to secure Non-permanent seat in UNSC

EAM Jaishankar discusses border conflict with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Italy on Tuesday reported 34 more novel coronavirus-related fatalities, bringing the country's death toll to 34,405

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte on handling of COVID-19 crisis

In the biggest military confrontation between India and China in over five decades, at least 20 Indian Army soldiers were killed in a violent clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh's Galwan Valley

'Sacrifices of soldiers will not go in vain', says PM Modi on LAC violent clash | India-China

Neither of the government’s methods of calculating unemployment provides a really accurate picture of what is happening.

Record unemployment looms in UK, more than 600,000 lose work

'India wants peace but capable of giving fitting reply', PM Modi on India-China conflict

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