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7 shot dead, 17 injured in Houston area over Halloween weekend
On Friday night, a woman was shot dead and at least five people, including a 17-year-old, were injured in separate shootings across the Houston area, said the report. Early Saturday morning, a female juvenile was shot near a party hall in northwest Harris County and a man was shot during a robbery in southwest Houston, the report added.
Republican senators introduce legislation to exempt India from S-400 sanctions
Along with Senators Todd Young and Roger Marshall, he introduced last week the legislation titled, "Circumspectly Reducing Unintended Consequences Impairing Alliances and Leadership Act of 2021" (CRUCIAL Act), to create a ten-year exemption for members of the Quad, India, Australia and Japan, from US sanctions "that would undermine unity against China".
Adaptation more important than mitigation: PM Modi
"Adaptation does not get as much importance in the Global climate debate as mitigation. This is an injustice to developing countries, which are more affected by climate change," Modi said at the event on 'Action and Solidarity -- The Critical Decade' at COP26 Summit in Glasgow hosted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. During his speech, Modi explained how climate is a major challenge for farmers in most developing countries, including India.
Big, bold announcement by PM Modi at COP26, net zero goal by 2070
Terming it as 'Panchamrut Ki Saugat' - India's contribution to climate action called as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Modi while speaking on the first day of the high-level segment at the COP26 said India will reduce its carbon intensity by 45 per cent by 2030 starting with reducing projected carbon emission from now till 2030 by 1 billion tonne and committed to have renewable energy component of 50 per cent by 2030.
After Australia, 5 more countries recognise India's Covaxin
In a tweet in the evening, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "Mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates continues! Five more recognitions for India's vaccination certificate, including from Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, State of Palestine, Mauritius and Mongolia."
'No scientific basis': China on US' intel assessment of Covid origins
China has called the report compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as having no "scientific basis or credibility". According to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin, when the US intelligence agency first released the so-called unclassified summary of assessment on Covid-19 origins in August, China had made clear its firm opposition.
Covaxin recognized by Australia
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the Australian drug regulator, announced that it has recognised two more Covid-19 vaccines not registered in Australia but used widely internationally, which includes Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and BBIBP-CorV (manufactured by Sinopharm, China).
Significant rise in targeted killings, blasphemy cases against Pak religious minorities
Militant groups continued to attack religious minorities in the country, the report said. This report is an update to the previous EASO COI "Pakistan–Security Situation" published in October 2020. In 2020 and during the first seven months of 2021, several terror groups, including Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, Al Qaeda, Islamic State-Khorasan and the Haqqani Network, have been reportedly present in Pakistan and continue to carry out attacks in the country.
US FDA delays approval for Moderna vax for teens
The FDA needs more time to complete its assessment and the review may not be completed until January 2022, the drugmaker said in a statement late on Sunday. On Friday evening, the FDA informed Moderna that "the agency requires additional time to evaluate recent international analyses of the risk of myocarditis after vaccination", it added.
Ashraf Ghani pledged to fight till death but fled when the time came: Blinken
In a recent CBS News interview, Blinken was asked if he had personally tried to persuade Ghani to stay in Kabul. The Secretary of State said he was on the phone with Ghani on Saturday (August 14) night, pressing him to accept a plan for transferring power to a new government in Kabul. This government would have been "led by the Taliban but (would have) included all aspects of the Afghan society", he said.
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