
In a major development, all Indians above the age 18 will be eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines. The vaccination drive was initially focused on the middle aged and the elderly. In other news, former Indian PM Manmohan Singh was found COVID positive. NASA made history on Monday as its ingenuity helicopter flew over Mars. This is the first-ever powered flight on the red planet. Read this and more in out Top 10 World News.
It was decided in a meeting chaired by Indian PM Narendra Modi that everyone above 18 years of age will be administered COVID vaccine
A short clip sent back by Perseverance rover showed the helicopter hovering over the surface of Mars
He has been admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi
Johnson had already postponed the trip once from January, when COVID-19 infections were high in Britain
Images carried on Sunday by junta-owned MRTV showed six detainees, including two women. Their faces appeared swollen, bloodied or bruised.
In Moscow, Russia’s foreign ministry summoned the Czech ambassador over Prague’s expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats.
Ethiopia's military said on Sunday it was deploying troops to quell violence between the country's two largest ethnic groups that have left hundreds dead in recent weeks
Media reports identified the journalist as Yuki Kitazumi, who runs a media production company, Yangon Media Professionals
The leaders were expected to be charged with the outbreak of violence during the anti-Modi protests and demonstrations in 2013 that left nearly 50 people dead
Gaarder had used various social media channels to peddle false information relating to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the US election in 2020