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NEW DELHI – Coronavirus infections in the South Asian subregion surpassed the grim 15 million mark over the weekend, while India reported a record increase on Monday to overtake Brazil as the second country most affected by the pandemic in the world. India reported a record 168,912 Covid-19 infections overnight, …

WASHINGTON – Enough vaccines have now been given to fully immunize about 5% of the world’s population – but the distribution has been uneven. Most vaccines are intended for the wealthier countries. As of Thursday, 40% of the Covid-19 vaccines administered worldwide had gone to people in 27 wealthy countries …

WASHINGTON – Nations around the world have set new records for Covid-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections in recent weeks. Brazil this week became the third country in the world, after the United States and Peru, to report a 24-hour tally of Covid-19 deaths exceeding 4,000. India peaked at nearly …

ISLAMABAD – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, reaffirmed Moscow’s commitment to promote bilateral cooperation with Pakistan in various fields, including economy, trade and defense. The Russian official expressed his determination during delegation-level talks with Pakistan in Islamabad on Wednesday. Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, led the Pakistani side. Qureshi, …

WASHINGTON – China will boost global economic growth in the years to come as the world recovers from a pandemic that has killed 2.9 million people, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts. China will contribute more than a fifth of the total increase in Global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in …

NEW DELHI – India on Monday reported its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with the country crossing 100,000 infections for the first time. There have been 103,558 new cases in the past 24 hours, according to data released by the Department of Health. …

ISLAMABAD – Dismissing allegations of human rights violations highlighted by a recent US report, Pakistan said on Thursday it was fully committed to “protecting and promoting” human rights. The US State Department’s annual report released earlier this week accused Pakistan and neighboring India of “unlawful, arbitrary and extrajudicial killings and …

NEW DELHI – India has registered 56,211 new cases of the coronavirus, a slight drop from the country’s record figures in the past three days, data from the Indian Ministry of Health showed on Tuesday. The country’s death toll fell below 60,000 after three days, a Reuters tally showed, with …

WASHINGTON – According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the global COVID-19 tally and deaths now stand at 124,143,841 and 2,733,380, respectively. The United States has recorded the highest number of cases and deaths since the start of the pandemic. The number of cases and deaths in the North American country …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and India will hold the annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission in New Delhi, starting today, after a hiatus of more than two years. It comes a month after the two countries issued a joint statement on maintaining peace along the Line of Control – the …