WHO updates COVID-19 guidelines: antibiotics advised only with suspected bacterial infection

WHO updates COVID-19 guidelines: antibiotics advised only with suspected bacterial infection

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters World Health Organization (WHO), in its updated COVID-19 clinical care guidelines, has advised against the use of antibiotics when a bacterial co-infection is not suspected. “This is a strong recommendation for patients with mild COVID-19, and a weaker or conditional one for patients with severe … Read more

NSA Ajit Doval in Moscow to discuss Trump sanction threat on Indian import of Russian oil

NSA Ajit Doval in Moscow to discuss Trump sanction threat on Indian import of Russian oil

Among talks on defence cooperation, Ajit Doval is also expected to speak about the delivery of the remaining S-400 missile systems, that played an important role during the India-Pakistan conflict and operation Sindoor in May this year. File National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will hold meetings with senior Russian officials in Moscow on Thursday (August 7, … Read more

Excerpt from ‘The Hiroshima Men’: The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb, and the Fateful Decision to Use It

Excerpt from ‘The Hiroshima Men’: The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb, and the Fateful Decision to Use It

At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was struck by the world’s first atomic bomb that had been built in the U.S. by the top-secret Manhattan Project. Dropped by a B-29 Superfortress, a long-range bomber, the weapon destroyed large parts of the city, and killed tens of thousands. The Hiroshima … Read more

Putin meets U.S. envoy Witkoff ahead of Trump’s Ukraine deadline

Putin meets U.S. envoy Witkoff ahead of Trump’s Ukraine deadline

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties, including measures that could affect countries purchasing Russian oil. The Kremlin did … Read more

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office by Bosnian election authorities

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office by Bosnian election authorities

Member of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Suad Arnautovic, prepares for a session discussing the potential removal of separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from his position as president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, following an appeals court verdict in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Bosnia’s … Read more

I never said a percentage: Trump on increasing tariffs on countries buying Russian energy

I never said a percentage: Trump on increasing tariffs on countries buying Russian energy

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would increase the tariff charged on imports from India from the current rate of 25% “very substantially” over the next 24 hours due to New Delhi’s continued purchases of Russian oil, according to reports. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) (local time) … Read more

Iran executes two men accused of spying for Israel, IS links

Iran executes two men accused of spying for Israel, IS links

The Iranian flag taken for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Iran executed two men in separate cases on Wednesday (August 6, 2025), accusing one of spying for Israel and another of being a member of the Islamic State group, State media reported. A report by the judiciary news website Mizanonline identified the alleged … Read more

Pakistan to repatriate over 1.3 million Afghans with PoR cards from Sept. 1

Pakistan to repatriate over 1.3 million Afghans with PoR cards from Sept. 1

The Pakistan government has decided to repatriate over 1.3 million Afghan refugees holding Proof of Registration cards from September 1, a media report said on Wednesday (August 6, 2025). The efforts to send back Afghan refugees began in 2023 when the government announced to expel all illegal aliens. According to government sources, so far about … Read more

Probe into Titan submersible implosion blames operator for ‘preventable tragedy’

Probe into Titan submersible implosion blames operator for ‘preventable tragedy’

Seats on the submersible cost $250,000 per person [File] | Photo Credit: US COAST GUARD VIA REUTERS Multiple failures to follow standard safety protocol led to the deadly implosion of a private submersible visiting the Titanic wreckage in 2023, according to a final report published Tuesday. The U.S. Coast Guard investigation outlined a litany of … Read more