The Indian Premier League (IPL), suspended as a new coronavirus wave hit India, will be finished in the United Arab Emirates in September and October, India’s national cricket board said on Saturday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India also said it would ask the global governing body for more time to make a decision on whether the Twenty20 …

Kate Middleton got her first jab of coronavirus vaccine at London’s Science Museum on Friday, the Duchess of Cambridge confirmed on social media. Kate Middleton took to the official Twitter and Instagram handles, used by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and confirmed the news. “Yesterday I received my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at London’s Science Museum”, the …

Billie Eilish made fans happier than ever as she announced to drop her new song  next week. Taking to Instagram on Friday,  the award-winning singer uploaded a  stunning video of herself in which she can be seen smizing away from the camera. The singing sensation doubled the bliss of her  admirers as she broke  the news about her  music, writing: …

A year after Mount Everest was closed to climbers as the pandemic swept across the globe, hundreds are making the final push to the summit with only a few more days left in the season, saying they are undeterred by a coronavirus outbreak in base camp. Three expedition teams to Everest cancelled their climb this month following reports of people …

Vietnam Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said on Saturday the country has detected a new variant of the coronavirus, a mix of the Indian and UK Covid-19 variants that spreads quickly by air, online newspaper VnExpress reported. After successfully containing the coronavirus for most of last year, Vietnam is now battling an outbreak that is spreading more quickly. Nearly 3,600 people have …

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Volkan Bozkir’s recent visit to Islamabad has drawn backlash from across the border after the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) voiced objections to the former’s “misleading and prejudiced remarks” on the Kashmir issue. During his three-day visit, the UNGA chief — in a press conference alongside Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi — had said that …

Saudi Arabia is lifting a ban on travellers arriving from 11 countries that it had imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Saudi state news agency said on Saturday. Pakistan, however, is not among those countries. Despite the ban being lifted, Saudi Arabia will still require quarantine procedures. Travellers from the United Arab Emirates, Germany, the United States, …

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Friday announced that it would challenge the ‘controversial’ National Census-2017 despite its approval by the Council of Common Interests and decided to seek a joint session of parliament to debate the “undercounted” population of Sindh and Balochistan. The decision came from the top leadership of the party and the chief executive of the province as …

A first-information report (FIR) was registered against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MPA Nazir Chauhan, who is part of the party’s estranged Jahangir Khan Tareen group, on the complaint of Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar on Saturday. According to the FIR, which has been registered at Race Course Police Station in Lahore and a copy …

Police in Italy are searching for the body of an 18-year-old girl suspected to have been killed by her Pakistani family after refusing an arranged marriage. The girl’s parents, an uncle and two cousins are under investigation for murder, lieutenant colonel Stefano Bove of the Carabinieri police said on Saturday. All “are supposed to have taken part in the crime”, …