Month: January 2026

Even as funding cuts, conflict and climate shocks strained health systems worldwide – disrupting essential services in many countries – governments and partners still recorded notable gains in disease control,…

Meg Lanning will be in focus again, this time in UP Warriorz colours. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Having retained just a single player – an inconsistent but learning Shweta…

Although COVID-19 no longer causes the widespread disruption seen during the global health emergency, the virus continues to hospitalize and kill people across Europe and neighbouring regions. Studies led by…

Shiroor Mutt seer Vedavardhana Tirtha Swami taking part in the ‘Tulabhara Seva’ in Mangaluru on Monday. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath Shiroor Mutt seer Vedavardhan Tirtha Swami, who is set…

According to MINUSCA, preliminary reports from observers indicate that more than 99 per cent of polling stations across the country opened as scheduled on election day. The transfer of envelopes…

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia in November by a special tribunal for “crimes against humanity” over her government’s brutal crackdown on student-led protests…

According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), since 26 December, attacks nationwide also caused widespread damage to civilian infrastructure, leaving parts of the country without electricity,…

The Kerala government has decided to take urgent steps to ensure that all eligible persons are included in the voters’ list, according to a press release issued by the office…

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remain uprooted, many living in makeshift tents pitched on bare ground or squeezed into damaged buildings without reliable access to water, electricity, healthcare or sanitation.…

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin with the representative of UN Women during the MoU signing on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on…