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Nepal Communist Party's executive chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has asked the party workers to prepare for the "worst" as the ongoing power tussle between him and Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has intensified with no solution in sight. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/30C3Plr

The UAE has waived thousands of dirhams in fines of Indian expatriates whose visas had expired before March 1, helping them return home without additional expenses amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a media report. Already, 145 Indians have availed the benefits of the scheme which was proposed by the Indian missions in the UAE, the Gulf News quoted the Indian Consulate in Dubai in a report. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3ig4NKf

The resident cat at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, dubbed “Lord Palmerston the Chief Mouser” in reference to its mouse-catching duties, is to retire from diplomatic service, the FCO said on Friday. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/33ACWQJ

Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have identified a pattern of longer-term symptoms likely to be experienced by people hospitalised with the COVID-19 infection, which include fatigue, breathlessness, psychological distress and a general decline in quality of life. The study, published in the Journal of Medical Virology, found that some patients, particularly those who had been in intensive care, had symptoms associated with cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/33xrA05

Scientists have compared volunteers who had received the BCG vaccine -- originally made against tuberculosis -- with those who did not, and have found that the immunised individuals "did not get sick more often, or become more seriously ill" during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The study, published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, evaluated a group of healthy volunteers who received the BCG vaccine in the five years before the ongoing pandemic, and compared their immune system function to that of healthy volunteers who were not administered the shots. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3gCY7pc

BEIJING (AP) — China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties over the arrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei. Ye Jianhui was sentenced Friday by the Foshan Municipal Intermediate Court in the southern province of Guangdong. Ye had been found guilty of manufacturing and transporting illegal drugs, the court said in a brief statement. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/31pZp0s

The global efforts to manufacture a safe and efficient coronavirus vaccine are now reaching the climax with several vaccine candidates now in the late stages of clinical trials. World Health Organisation has, however, advised patience by saying that late-stage trials do not mean that the vaccine is 'nearly there'. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/31paoY0

The uncertain future facing the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok and its potential sale to a US-based company could alleviate national security concerns about access to American user data, according to a tech expert. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2PvCo6v

US President Donald Trump has signed executive order for banning transactions with TikTok parent company ByteDance after 45 days. This development has come amid technology giant's Microsoft ongoing talks with TikTok to purchase its America operations as chorus grows among lawmakers in the United States for banning the Chinese video making-sharing app over security concerns of users' data and privacy. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3gDTzPh

A new infectious disease caused by a tick-borne virus has killed seven people and infected 60 others in China, official media here reported on Wednesday, warning about the possibility of its human-to-human transmission. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3fBmnqr

New satellite images show the aftermath of explosions at a port that has left at least 135 people dead and thousands injured. An image taken by the satellite company BlackSky shows extensive damage at the port following the blasts that took place on Tuesday. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2Dpge3m

As black smoke billowed into the sky, Shiva Karout stepped out of his gym with his colleagues and customers to watch. His gym, Barbell House, sits just across the coastal highway from Beirut’s port where a fire raged. They were curious. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/31t0ILM

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has said she is suffering from "low-grade depression" because of the pandemic, racial injustice and the "hypocrisy" of the Trump administration. "Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting," NBC quoted her as saying at the latest episode of her podcast released Wednesday. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/31rq4tK

Israel on Thursday claimed that it already has in hand an "excellent" vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic, but it has to go through regulatory processes which are set to begin with human trials following the autumn holidays. "There is an excellent vaccine, there are regulatory processes that the vaccine needs to go through based on the timetable that you (Alternate PM and Defence Minister Benny Gantz) mentioned. We will start safety and efficacy trials after the autumn holidays, but the product is in hand,” Prof Shapira, Director of IIBR, which works under the joint supervision of the Ministry of Defence and the PMO, was quoted in a press statement as saying. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/39ZOX3D

Pakistan International Airlines, hit by revelations of fake licences of some of its pilots, will partially resume its flights to the UK from August 14 using a hired Portuguese plane, according to a media report on Thursday. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3icoKl8

A woman, Huang Guoxian, is suffering from a mysterious medical condition that led to uncontrollable swelling of her belly in China. Guoxian is a mother-of-two and weighs 121 pounds but her swollen stomach contributes 36 per cent of the total body weight.  from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2C8FElq

More than 500 inmates at a prison in the US state of Arizona have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a statement on Wednesday, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) said that 517 inmates at the ASPC-Tucson Whetstone prison have contracted the virus and were been housed in separate areas while receiving medical care, reports Xinhua news agency. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/31n7P8J

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it is cautious of Russia's coronavirus vaccination program which they have not received any official news about.  from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2DBypCM

China has suffered a setback in its attempt to rake up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations. China initiated a discussion at the UN Security Council on the issue pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir without much traction. This is not the first time China has sought to raise the subject at the global forum and not the first time it has failed.  from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2XAkpAe

Two massive explosions in Lebanese capital Beirut have so far killed over 135 people and injured more than 5,000, with an unknown number feared trapped under rubble, as per the Guardian. The blasts took place on Tuesday evening (around 6.10 p.m. local time), shaking buildings all over the city while also causing severe damage and casualties. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2DBfwzS