Top 10 World News: India vaccination, NASA flies copter on Mars, and more

Top 10 World News: India vaccination, NASA flies copter on Mars, and more

Top 10 world news

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.

COVID

It was decided in a meeting chaired by Indian PM Narendra Modi that everyone above 18 years of age will be administered COVID vaccine

nasa

A short clip sent back by Perseverance rover showed the helicopter hovering over the surface of Mars

Manmohan Singh

He has been admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi

Boris Johnson

Johnson had already postponed the trip once from January, when COVID-19 infections were high in Britain

Myanmar

Images carried on Sunday by junta-owned MRTV showed six detainees, including two women. Their faces appeared swollen, bloodied or bruised.

Czech

In Moscow, Russia’s foreign ministry summoned the Czech ambassador over Prague’s expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats.

Ethiopia

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

Japan

Media reports identified the journalist as Yuki Kitazumi, who runs a media production company, Yangon Media Professionals

Bangladesh

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

Hoax

Gaarder had used various social media channels to peddle false information relating to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the US election in 2020

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