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covid 19: UK report slams ‘eye-watering’ failure of Covid tracing – Times of…
LONDON: The UK government largely wasted a mammoth £37 billion ($51 billion, 44 billion euros) on a test and trace programme that failed to control the spread of Covid-19 last year, a report by lawmakers said Wednesday. The government…
Lankan president appoints task force led by controversial monk for ‘One Country, One Law’…
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (File photo)COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a 13-member task force, headed by a hardline Buddhist monk known for his anti-Muslim stance, for the establishment of the…
buhari: 12 million children ‘afraid’ to go to school in Nigeria – Times of India
ABUJA: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said 12 million children are scared of going to school in the country, where jihadists and heavily armed criminals have kidnapped hundreds of students for ransom. The first mass school…
Saudi to provide $4.2 bn to Pakistan; PM Imran Khan thanks Prince Salman – Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide $4.2 billion worth of assistance to cash-strapped Pakistan to support its economy, it emerged on Wednesday after Prime Minister Imran Khan held talks with Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman in…
Pandemic hit on jobs worse than thought: UN – Times of India
GENEVA: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on jobs has been harder than previously expected, and a worrying two-speed recovery is emerging between richer and poorer nations, the UN's International Labour Organization warned Wednesday.…
Nepal’s Chief Justice refuses to step down amidst allegations of colluding with govt –…
KATHMANDU: Nepal Supreme Court Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana has refused to resign from his post amidst allegations that he helped his brother-in-law secure a berth in the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led Cabinet, triggering an unusual…
morrison: Opposition party to fight next Australia election on climate – Times of India
CANBERRA: Australia's opposition party said on Wednesday a looming election will be fought on greenhouse gas reduction targets as Prime Minister Scott Morrison comes under criticism from scientists over the modest goals he will take to a…
Iran struggles to relaunch petrol stations after cyber-attack – Times of India
TEHRAN: Iran struggled Wednesday to restart its petrol distribution system after it was hit by an unprecedented cyber-attack which security officials said was launched from abroad. The unclaimed attack crippled the country's system of…
China’s growing Covid-19 outbreak tests vulnerable border towns – Times of India
BEIJING: China has reported nearly 250 locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 since the start of the current outbreak 10 days ago, with many infections in remote towns along porous international borders in the country's northwest. China…
Gulf Arab states, squeezed by climate change, still tout oil – Times of India
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia : The global energy transition is perhaps nowhere more perplexing than in the Arabian Peninsula, where Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies are caught between two daunting climate change scenarios that threaten…