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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other world leaders poses for a photo during the 15th BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg, on Thursday. (Image: PTI)

BRICS to Add 6 New Members

Brics also agreed to support India's proposal for membership of the African Union (AU) in the G20

25 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialised fields.

Biden administration proposes massive hike in immigration fees...

The application for the H-1B visa increases from USD 460 to USD 780, and L-1 from USD 460 to USD 1,385

5 Jan 2023 1:00 PM IST

Zimbabweans hit by 257% inflation: Will gold coins as legal tender help?

Zimbabweans hit by 257% inflation: Will gold coins as legal tender...

The central bank plans to introduce smaller denominated gold coins in Nov to allow ordinary people to also use them as a...

19 Aug 2022 3:39 PM IST

A throat swab is taken from a patient to test for COVID-19 at a facility in Soweto, South Africa, Dec. 2, 2021. (AP)

South Africa lifts curfew as Omicron wave subsides

Infections dropped by almost 30% last week compared to the preceding seven days while hospital admissions also declined...

31 Dec 2021 11:52 AM IST

The outspoken Tutu was considered the nations conscience by both Black and white, an enduring testament to his faith and spirit of reconciliation in a divided nation. (File Photo: Reuters)

South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90

In his final years, he regretted that his dream of a 'Rainbow Nation' had yet to come true

26 Dec 2021 1:58 PM IST

New cases in that week of the current wave, driven by the omicron variant, were about 20,000 a day, compared with 4,400 in the same week of the third wave. (Bloomberg Image)

South Africa hospitalization rate falls 91% in Omicron wave

Only 1.7% of identified Covid-19 infections in the second week of the fourth wave of infections were admitted to the...

17 Dec 2021 2:01 PM IST

Sandile Cele, a researcher at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, works on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. (Photo: AP)

Trial of new oral drug against COVID-19 begins in South Africa

South Africa has been struggling with its plans to achieve the herd immunity through vaccinations

16 Dec 2021 4:34 PM IST

Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

'It was scary': How South African scientists spotted the Omicron COVID...

The samples, tested in the Lancet laboratory, all bore a large number of mutations, especially on the spike protein

1 Dec 2021 11:28 AM IST

In Tswane, the municipality that includes the capital Pretoria, 52 children under the age of 2 diagnosed with the coronavirus have been admitted and one has died. (Bloomberg Image)

Toddlers make up 10% of hospital cases in Omicron epicenter in...

More kids are being admitted than during the early stages of the country entering the current fourth wave of infections

30 Nov 2021 3:42 PM IST

In this file photo taken on September 13, 2021 an elerly patient receives the 3rd dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine in Paris. (Photo: AFP)

WHO to meet on Friday to assess new COVID-19 variant detected in South...

The latest variant is the most heavily mutated version discovered so far

26 Nov 2021 12:51 PM IST

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters take to the streets to condemn a takeover by military officials in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday Oct. 25, 2021. (AP/Ashraf Idris)

Sudanese take to the streets as international community condemns coup

On Monday soldiers detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, ministers in his government and civilian members of the...

26 Oct 2021 11:02 AM IST

Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. (AFP Photo)

Sudan PM, officials detained, internet down in apparent coup

Footage shared online appeared to show protesters blocking streets and setting fire to tires, security forces used tear...

25 Oct 2021 3:57 PM IST