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• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 14, Jan 2022

Nigeria has lifted its ban on Twitter - seven months after clamping down on the social networking site. Nigeria's government suspended Twitter last June after the company d a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari about punishing regional secessionists.Authorities accused the

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 14, Jan 2022

The 20th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) will take place between January 15-23 at multiple venues in Dhaka. The festival will showcase 225 films from 70 countries under 10 categories. Announcing the details in Dhaka on Thursday, the Festival Director Ahmed Muztaba Zamal said

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 13, Jan 2022

World Health Organization (WHO) chief has warned that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is dangerous particularly for the unvaccinated people. Briefing media in Geneva, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said while Omicron causes less severe disease than Delta, it remains a

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 11, Jan 2022

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four more years in prison on Monday. She was handed over the punishment in a case related to possession of unlicensed Walkie-talkie, reports Reuters. The court handed over a sentence of 2 years for breaching the expo

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 07, Jan 2022

Bangladesh has discovered huge potential natural gas hydrate deposits of 0.11 to 0.73 trillion cubic feet (TCF) in its exclusive economic zone area. It is equivalent to 17-103 TCF of natural gas reserves. This finding was shared by the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr A K Abdul Momen

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 07, Jan 2022

World Health Organization (WHO) officials have said that the more infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to produce less severe disease than the globally dominant Delta strain, but should not be categorised as "mild". Janet Diaz, WHO lead on clinical management, said

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 06, Jan 2022

Australia and Japan are set to sign a treaty to beef up defence and security cooperation at a virtual summit today. The move to strengthen ties comes amid China's rising military power and economic clout in the Indo-Pacific region. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, he

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 05, Jan 2022

China yesterday announced new rules for its tech sector in a move set to further tighten Beijing's grip over its sprawling technology sector. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it would put in force new rules that will boost oversight over how its platform companies

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 28, Dec 2021

The Chinese city of Xi’an is facing tightened lockdown restrictions as the city is witnessing continuous rise in COVID-19 cases. Xian, where 13 million residents are under lockdown for five days, is battling the largest community outbreak in China this year. China is witnessing

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 27, Dec 2021

In France, a record high of 104,611 COVID-19 infections were recorded yesterday, breaking the 100,000 threshold for the first time since the pandemic began.Saturday’s tally marked the third consecutive day that numbers have reached record highs. President Emmanuel Macron