The UK health department said 100,162 people have died after testing positive, including 1,631 new deaths reported Tuesday

In a Friday call with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Biden outlined his plan to create new legal pathways for immigration and improve the process for people requesting asylum

Biden takes office at a time of deep national unease, with the country facing what his advisers have described as four compounding crises: the pandemic, the economic downtown, climate change and racial inequality

As soon as Biden takes charge, he will sign 17 orders and do away with outgoing President Donald Trump's policies on immigration, environment, economy and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

The survey also found that willingness to take the COVID-19 vaccine has been improving in many countries in recent weeks, just as shots developed by companies in the United States, Russia, China, Germany and Britain were starting to be delivered and administered in countries across Europe, North America and Asia

The Republican president told reporters that his speech before Wednesday's assault - in which he urged supporters to march on the Capitol and fight - had been analyzed by unnamed others, who he said believed it was \"totally appropriate\"

Ahead of the nationwide roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine, states have made all necessary preparations, including identifying vaccination sites and registration of healthcare and other frontline workers

India, which has been at the forefront of the years-long efforts to reform the UNSC, began its two-year tenure at the Council on Friday last

COVID-19 vaccine: The ministry added that the doctor has a history of allergic reactions and said that there is no evidence from clinical trials that anyone has developed an inflammation of the brain after the vaccine's application

As per the report, Matthew's condition has improved since his symptoms peaked on Christmas Day but still feels fatigued

The PEC stated that safety of media workers are particularly at risk as journalists must continue to provide information on the ground. It stated that a number of journalists died \"for lack of adequate protective measures when doing their job\"

One of the employees at the bakery informed that they have this tradition of making cakes of celebrities around Christmas and New Year. In the past the bakery has made life-sized cakes of Ilayaraja and APJ Abdul Kalam as well

Relief for natural disasters also emerged as an important issue on the social media, with more than 13 lakh people globally raising over Rs 250 crore to aid in the rehabilitation of the areas affected by the Australian wildfires

LIC Recruitment 2020: Interested candidates can submit the resume along with the duly filled application form for the post of Management Trainee to Assistant Manager on the official website of LIC

President Donald Trump is supportive, particularly of the push for providing more direct payments. \"GET IT DONE,\" he said in a tweet late Saturday

The comments address what many trade experts have long regarded as the end game of the 16-year trade dispute - a transatlantic deal that the two sides could use to curb future subsidies by China in its fast-growing aerospace industry

Taiwan has been the only nation to report fiscal surplus over the past three quarters (2.6 per cent of GDP). Hong Kong reported the highest fiscal deficit at 24.5 per cent of GDP followed by 19 per cent in South Africa

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Foreign banks, capital from abroad can remedy India's bad debt: Abhijit Banerjee As discussion continues whether private players should be allowed in the Indian banking space, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee pointed out how foreign participation can save the bleeding sector. Banerjee said that Indian banks need a huge capital infusion to stay viable that can come easily from foreign sources. Banerjee noted that once we take on the view that the banking sector needs more private ownership, r...

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