Washington: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference
Sep 11, 2020, at 10:11 pm
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2020 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Sept. 10, 2020. U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to advance a slimmed-down Republican COVID-19 relief proposal, as lawmakers remain deadlocked over the scope and size of the much needed stimulus bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in a joint statement earlier that the bill doesnt come close to addressing the problems and is headed nowhere.
S Jaishankar meets Sergei Lavrov, Wang Yi in Moscow
Sep 11, 2020, at 10:09 pm
MOSCOW, Sept. 11, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C) and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 10, 2020.
Patna: Bihar Legislative Council chiarman Awadhesh Narain Singh inaugurates oxygen cylinder bank
Sep 11, 2020, at 10:08 pm
PATNA, SEP 11 (UNI):- Bihar Legislative Council chiarman Awadhesh Narain Singh inauguration oxygen cylinder bank for COVID-19 paitents, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Patna on Friday.
G20 labour and employment ministers attend virtual meeting
Sep 11, 2020, at 07:25 pm
RIYADH, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 10, 2020 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, shows Group of 20 (G20) labour and employment ministers attending a virtual meeting . G20 labour and employment ministers called on Thursday for strong social protection systems to support all workers and their families during crisis and recovery.
EU, Britain officials meet over Brexit
Sep 11, 2020, at 07:23 pm
LONDON, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (L) walks to Britains Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in London, Britain, Sept. 10, 2020. Senior officials from the European Union (EU) and Britain met in London on Thursday for hastily arranged talks over a controversial Brexit bill as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intended to override key parts of the Withdrawal Agreement previously agreed with Brussels.
UN Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict
Sep 11, 2020, at 07:21 pm
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 10, 2020 shows the UN Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict, with a focus on attacks against schools as a grave violation of childrens rights, at the UN headquarters in New York. The UN Security Council on Thursday voiced grave concern about the significant increase of attacks on schools in recent years and the resulting alarming number of children denied access to quality education.
Sep 11, 2020, at 07:18 pm
TORONTO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past a screen with the information of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, on Sept. 10, 2020. Featuring 50 new feature films, five programs of short films, as well as interactive talks, the ten-day annual event kicked off on Thursday with drive-in locations and online screenings.
IAF formally inducts Rafale and SU-30 aircraft
Sep 11, 2020, at 03:22 am
AMBALA, SEP 10 (UNI):- Rafale aircrafts and SU-30 aircraft at its formal induction ceremony at 17 Squadron of Indian Air Force Station, in Ambala on Thursday.
Prayagraj: Devotees walk in flood water mud on the river bank of Ganga
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:35 am
PRAYAGRAJ, SEP 9 (UNI):- Devotees walk in flood water mud on the river bank of Ganga in Prayagraj on Wednesday.
Ahmadabad: Health workers collect swab
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:33 am
AHMEDABAD, SEP 09 (UNI) A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes swab from a construction worker for a rapid antigen test at a construction site in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Harsh Vardhan attends the 73rd session of WHO South East Asia Region through Video Conferencing
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:31 am
NEW DELHI, SEP 9 (UNI):- Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan attends the 73rd session of WHO South East Asia Region through Video Conferencing, in New Delhi on Wednesday. Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey is also seen.
Afghan municipal employees work at the site of a bomb attack in Kabul
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:30 am
KABUL, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Afghan municipal employees work at the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Sept. 9, 2020. At least 10 people were killed and 15 others wounded in a bomb attack that struck the convoy of Afghan First Vice-President Amrullah Saleh in Kabul during Wednesdays morning rush hour, an Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed.
Patna: People wait to enter Mahavir Temple
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:29 am
PATNA, SEP 9 (UNI):- People wait a queue at a famous Mahavir temple, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Patna in Wednesday.
People walk through disinfection tunnel in Israel
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:28 am
RAMAT GAN, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People walk through a disinfection tunnel that sprays sanitation liquid at Bar-Ilan University in central Israeli city of Ramat Gan amid COVID-19 pandemic on Sept. 8, 2020.
Prayagraj: Health worker collects swab
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:27 am
PRAYAGRAJ, SEP 9 (UNI) - A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a swab sample during a rapid antigen testing campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Prayagraj on Wednesday.
UEFA Nations League football match between Ireland, Belgium taking place
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:23 am
BRUSSELS, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Belgiums Jeremy Doku (Bottom) and Icelands Hjortur Hermannsson vie for the ball during the UEFA Nations League football match between Belgium and Iceland at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, Sept.
Aquabus ferry carries a few tourists on board in Vancouver
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:22 am
VANCOUVER, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- An Aquabus ferry carries a few tourists on board in Vancouver, Canada, Sept. 8, 2020. As summer winds down, tourism operators across British Columbia province are looking at staggering losses from a season constricted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Toronto: People line up to have COVID-19 tests
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:21 am
TORONTO, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People line up to have COVID-19 tests outside a COVID-19 assessment center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 8, 2020. Early Tuesday, Ontario announced a pause of four weeks on any further loosening of public health measures in the province.
A woman wearing a face shield walks past the London Eye
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:19 am
A woman wearing a face shield walks past the London Eye in London, Britain, Sept. 8, 2020. The latest British official figures showed Tuesday that COVID-19 death toll had hit 57,400 as British people are being urged to take the pandemic seriously or face a bumpy road ahead.
Pakistan: Rescuers search for miners after rock slide
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:17 am
MOHMAND (PAKISTAN), Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers search for miners after a rock slide at a marble mine in Pakistans northwest tribal district of Mohmand, on Sept. 8, 2020. The death toll from the rock slide incident at a marble mine, which took place on Monday in Pakistans northwest tribal district of Mohmand, climbed to 19, police and local media said on Tuesday.
UNGA prez Tijjani Muhammad-Bande addresses press conference
Sep 09, 2020, at 11:25 pm
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (R) speaks at an end-of-tenure press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 8, 2020. The outgoing president of the UN General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, on Tuesday called on member states to respect international law.
Morocco: Student wearing a mask has her temperature checked before attending a class in school
Sep 09, 2020, at 11:22 pm
RABAT, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A student wearing a mask has her temperature checked before attending a class in a school in Rabat, Morocco, on Sept. 8, 2020. Morocco on Tuesday reported 1,941 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 75,721.
People learn traditional Chinese painting in Kuala Lumpur
Sep 07, 2020, at 11:17 pm
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People learn traditional Chinese painting under the theme of Mid-Autumn Festival at the China Cultural Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sept. 6, 2020. The Chinese Cultural Center in Kuala Lumpur held cultural events recently to welcome the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, under tight epidemic prevention and control measure
Police and Civil Defence team members retrieving body of a boy died in Ramban accident
Sep 07, 2020, at 11:16 pm
JAMMU, SEP 7 (UNI):- Police and Civil Defence team members retrieving the body of a boy died in road accident in Ramban district on Monday.
Ministry of Tribal Affair and STEPAap sign MoU
Sep 07, 2020, at 11:15 pm
NEW DELHI, SEP 7 (UNI);- L to R Sandeep Singhal (CBO STEPapp), Praveen Tyagi (CEO & Founder STEPapp), Saurabh Jain (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs), Surendra Kumar Meena (Private Secretary, Ministry of State of Tribal Affairs), Vaibhav Goyal (DS, Ministry of Tribal Affairs) at the MOU signing between Ministry of Tribal Affair and STEPAap for digitalization in Eklavya Model Residential Schools, in New Delhi on Monday.
DG BSF Rakesh Asthana with wife and other senior ranked officers of Jammu Frontier
Sep 07, 2020, at 11:13 pm
JAMMU, SEP 7 (UNI):- DG BSF Rakesh Asthana with wife and other senior ranked officers of Jammu Frontier before leaving for the national capital in Jammu on Monday.
Students queue for body temperature screening at the Bak Touk High School in Phnom Penh
Sep 07, 2020, at 11:12 pm
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) - Students queue for body temperature screening at the Bak Touk High School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sept. 7, 2020. Schools in Cambodia reopened on Monday after a six-month closure due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) office closed in Srinagar
Sep 07, 2020, at 11:10 pm
SRINAGAR, SEP 7 (UNI):- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) office closed in Srinagar on Monday after some employees reportedly test positive for COVID-19.
Sushant Singh Rajput’s chef taken into court
Sep 07, 2020, at 08:32 pm
MUMBAI,SEP 06 (UNI) - Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's chef Dipesh Sawant (green) being taken to court by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers for a hearing in connection with death by suicide case of the bollywood actor , in Mumbai on Sunday.
Fire at oil tanker off Sri Lanka Coast
Sep 07, 2020, at 08:31 pm
CHENNAI, SEP 7 (UNI):-Ships and Tugs of Indian Coast Guard continue their efforts to douse the fire onboard MT New Diamond large oil tanker off Sri Lanka Coast on Monday.