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Press Trust of India (PTI) is India's premier news agency, with a reach that covers every corner of India. It employs more than 600 journalists and 800 stringers to cover almost every city and town in India. PTI was registered in 1947 and started functioning in 1949.
Press Trust of India (PTI) is India's premier news agency, with a reach that covers every corner of India. It employs more than 600 journalists and 800 stringers to cover almost every city and town in India. PTI was registered in 1947 and started functioning in 1949.
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UK to donate 20 mn shots of Astra Covid vaccine to developing countries
Johnson made the announcement as he arrived in Rome for a summit of Group of 20 leaders
 "UK to donate 20 mn shots of Astra Covid vaccine to developing countries")
Climate, Covid and corporate tax on the G-20 agenda at Rome summit
Italy is hoping the G-20 will secure key commitments from countries representing 80% of the global economy and responsible for around the same amount of global carbon emissions
 "Climate, Covid and corporate tax on the G-20 agenda at Rome summit")
Climate change reshaped Earth with extreme weather this year
There have been deadly floods in Belgium, Germany, China and Tennessee. Fire blazed in parts of the U.S. West, Greece and even the Arctic.
 "Climate change reshaped Earth with extreme weather this year")
WHO director-general Ghebreyesus runs unopposed for 2nd five-year term
Tedros, an Ethiopian national who is the first African to head WHO, has overseen the agency's complex response to the Covid-19 pandemic
 "WHO director-general Ghebreyesus runs unopposed for 2nd five-year term")
World faces shortage of syringes as coronavirus vaccine doses rise
The UN children's agency said the shortfall would affect up to 2.2 billion auto-disposable syringes that lock automatically to prevent them from being used again
 "World faces shortage of syringes as coronavirus vaccine doses rise")
Facebook, Google, Twitter set to face grilling by UK lawmakers
Representatives from Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok will be questioned by members of a parliamentary committee scrutinizing the British government's draft online safety legislation
 "Facebook, Google, Twitter set to face grilling by UK lawmakers")
Nokia third quarter profit beats expectations despite chip shortage
Sales were up 2% at 5.4 billion euros
 "Nokia third quarter profit beats expectations despite chip shortage")
Govt appoints veteran banker K V Kamath as chairperson of NaBFID
The institution has been set up to support the development of long-term non-recourse infrastructure financing.
 "Govt appoints veteran banker K V Kamath as chairperson of NaBFID")
Iran's president says cyberattack meant to create 'disorder'
Tuesday's cyberattack came in the same month in the Persian calendar as the gasoline protests in 2019.
 "Iran's president says cyberattack meant to create 'disorder'")
Microsoft says it warned Bill Gates about flirtatious emails in 2008
The company executives in 2008 warned Bill Gates to stop sending flirtatious emails to a female employee
 "Microsoft says it warned Bill Gates about flirtatious emails in 2008")
Colin Powell, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims, dies
Powell was the first American official to publicly lay the blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network
 "Colin Powell, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims, dies")
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build 'metaverse'
The company said in a blog post Sunday that those high-skilled workers will help build the metaverse, a futuristic notion for connecting online that uses augmented and virtual reality.
 "Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build 'metaverse'")
European Union says exports of Covid-19 vaccines now top 1 billion mark
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the vaccines have been sent to over 150 nations, making the 27-member bloc the largest exporter of the vaccines in the world.
 "European Union says exports of Covid-19 vaccines now top 1 billion mark")
Smartphone producer Foxconn announces electric car venture
Foxconn said its first electric bus, the Model T, will have a range of less than 400 kilometres on one charge.
 "Smartphone producer Foxconn announces electric car venture")
China's economic growth weakens amid construction slowdown
Factory production, retail sales and investment in construction and other fixed assets all weakened.
 "China's economic growth weakens amid construction slowdown")
IOC voices Olympic concern at FIFA's biennial World Cup plan
The IOC criticized FIFA's tactics in promoting the biennial World Cup project by noting a wider consultation across soccer has obviously not taken place
 "IOC voices Olympic concern at FIFA's biennial World Cup plan")
French outrage over US submarine deal will not sink a longstanding alliance
In France, President Joe Biden's Sept. 15, 2021 announcement of a new trilateral security partnership between the U.S., Australia and Great Britain was met with disbelief and outrage.
 "French outrage over US submarine deal will not sink a longstanding alliance")
What happens to your life stories if you delete your Facebook account?
For many people, a decade or more of updates, comments, photos, messages, tags, pokes, groups and reactions reside inside that particular digital sphere.
 "What happens to your life stories if you delete your Facebook account?")
Explosion in Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills at least 7
The blast came a week after a bombing at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan carried out by a local Islamic State affiliate that killed 46 people
 "Explosion in Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills at least 7")
White House plans to address economic risk of climate change
The actions being recommended by the Biden administration reflect a significant shift in the broader discussion about climate change
 "White House plans to address economic risk of climate change")