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Lebanese PM urges citizens to stop protests against lockdown
Several demonstrations were witnessed all over the country in the past few days, namely in Tripoli, Lebanon's largest northern city, in protest against the total lockdown. Tuesday's protests in Tripoli led to the injury of 76 people and the arrest of five people.
Pak aims to set up Special Economic Zone in Gilgit-Baltistan
Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur has confirmed that the government is putting its efforts to set up a special economic zone in Gilgit-Baltistan. Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had bagged at least 22 out of 33 seats of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly.
Karima Baloch funeral: 'Pakistan has blood on its hands, 100%'
Details have now emerged of how the Pakistani authorities took control over the proceedings, right from the time Karima's body landed at the Karachi airport after undertaking the final 11,653 km journey till it was buried yesterday. The Pakistan deep state, accused by the Baloch community for "murdering" the daughter of Balochistan, made sure that the burial took place just in the presence of a handful of family members and gun-toting soldiers.
Covaxin neutralizes UK variant of Covid: Study
A group of researchers from Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR), National Institute of Virology, Pune and Bharat Biotech performed the plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT50) using sera collected from the 26 recipients of BBV152/Covaxin against hCoV-19/India/20203522 (UK-variant) and hCoV27 19/India/2020Q111 (heterologous strain).
World Health Organisation lauds China for submitting Covid-19 vaccines data for assessment
There are two Chinese-made vaccines, produced by Sinopharm and Sinovac respectively, currently under WHO's evaluation, said Katherine O'Brien, Director of WHO's Department of Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals. The data of the vaccines have been submitted to the WHO, but inspectors on the ground are still in quarantine waiting to go to the manufacturing sites for evaluation, she added.
Philippine Prez names new armed forces chief of staff
Sobejana was awarded the Medal of Valour, the highest military award, for leading troops in a deadly clash with around 150 Abu Sayyaf terrorists in the southern Philippine Basilan province in 1995. Sobejana is the eighth military chief under Duterte. He will replace General Gilbert Gapay, who will retire on February 4 after serving for six months.
Pakistan opposes new UN Security Council permanent seats
Since the start of the negotiations, member states have remained divided over the details. The G-4 states have suggested to expand the Security Council by at least 10 seats (six additional permanent and four non-permanent members). While Uniting For Consensus (UFC) group, comprising of Italy and Pakistan, opposes any addition to the list of permanent members.
IFIICC eyes strengthening business ties with India, UAE, Israel
It aims to promote innovation, commerce, investment and goodwill between the diasporas of India and Israel around the world. The UAE, which is home to an estimated three million Indian expatriates, is a great place, to begin with, says Merzi Sodawaterwala, Chairman of IFIICC.
3 killed, 13 injured in twin bomb blasts in Afghanistan
In the capital city Kabul, two police officers were slightly wounded when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) struck a police pickup truck in Police District 15 Wednesday morning, Kabul police spokesman Ferdaus Faramarz told Xinhua.
Tunisian PM Hichem Mechichi calls for political stability to resolve crisis
Speaking during a plenary session of the parliament for a vote of confidence in the new ministers proposed in the latest reshuffle, Mechichi said that "the state suffers from a structural crisis that has grown in recent years by hindering the will for a real responsible reform and opening the way to a populist discourse", the Xinhua news agency reported.
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