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Germany, home to BioNTech, expects to roll out shots in early 2021 with mass vaccination centers in exhibition halls, airport terminals and concert venues. It will also use mobile teams for care homes. Front-line healthcare workers and people at risk for serious Covid-19 are expected to get inoculated first. … [Read more...] about Explained: When and how will Covid-19 vaccines become available around the world?

Watch | Indian-origin New Zealand MP takes the oath in SanskritDr. Gaurav Sharma, who was elected as a member of Parliament in New Zealand, took oath in New Zealand's indigenous Maori language and Sanskrit, a classical language from India. A doctor-turned-politician Dr. Sharma, hails from Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh. He had won the election from Hamilton West as the ruling Labour Party candidate. … [Read more...] about Top news of the day: Cyclone Nivar landfall likely post midnight, States told to consult Centre to impose lockdowns outside containment zones, and more

India’s envoy to the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday reminded the world community of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s prolonged presence in Pakistan while dismissing Islamabad’s dossier on New Delhi’s alleged involvement in acts of terrorism. … [Read more...] about India again rubbishes Pakistan’s ‘terror dossier’, reminds world of bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad

Europe is on high alert after suspected Islamist militants killed eight people in Paris, Nice and Vienna in recent weeks. On Tuesday, Swiss police have identified a Swiss woman who knifed a victim in the neck and grabbed another by the throat in a Lugano department store as a known jihadist. … [Read more...] about Car crashes into gate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office, driver taken into custody

Scotland on Tuesday made sanitary products free to all women, becoming the first nation in the world to take such a step against "period poverty." The measure makes tampons and sanitary pads available at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies, at an estimated annual cost to taxpayers of 24 million pounds ($32 million U.S.). The Period Products (Free Provision) Scotland Bill passed unanimously, and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon called it "an important policy for women and girls." During the debate, the bill's proposer, Scottish Labour MP Monica Lennon, said, "No one should have to worry about where their next tampon, pad or reusable is coming from. "Scotland will not be the last country to consign period poverty to history, but we have the chance to be the first," she said. In 2018, Scotland became the first country to provide free sanitary products in schools, colleges and universities. Some 10% of girls in Britain have … [Read more...] about Scotland first in the world to make sanitary products free