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Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey has partnered with Jay Z on a new endowment to fund Bitcoin development starting in Africa and India.Jack Dorsey tweeted that he and Jay Z gave 500 bitcoins, roughly worth $24 million as of Friday, to an…

Mr Abhay Thakur, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, has said that the government of Indian was ready to supply its COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria, after it is rolled out next week.Thakur, who made this known on…

India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed 10 million on Saturday, reaching 10,004,599 as 25,152 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry.According to the data, the…

Ten people including six men, three women and one child, died while 20 were injured in a road accident in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh on Friday. SEE ALSO: Police move #EndSARS protester from Lagos to Abuja to avoid backlash…

India became the second country after the United States to record over seven million COVID-19 cases on Sunday, as the pandemic continues to spread across the South Asian nation at a rapid pace.The total tally of cases stood at …

India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the U.S. and Brazil, and its epidemic shows no sign of abating. SEE ALSO: Oke-Afa And The…

India on Wednesday reported a spike of 90,123 new COVID-19 cases, taking its tally to more than 5 million as hospitals across the country reported a shortage of medical oxygen. SEE ALSO: 2 Diamond Princess Passengers With Coronavirus die…

China and India agreed to continue their dialogue and “quickly disengage” from a tense border standoff during a meeting of the countries’ foreign ministers in Russia, according to India’s Ministry of External Affairs. SEE ALSO: Flood…

Chief Minister of India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu K Palaniswami on Monday pledged to donate his eyes. SEE ALSO: Over $100bn Needed To Ensure Global Access Of COVID-19 Vaccines-WHO “An eye donation for the visually impaired is the…

India displaced Brazil, on Monday, to take second place after the United States in terms of coronavirus infections, with 90,082 new cases whose numbers are expected to grow.This is as some cities re-opened…

Executives of social media giant Facebook were questioned on Wednesday by an Indian parliamentary panel after allegations of bias on how the company’s in-house policies for regulating hate speech were applied on the platform. SEE ALSO:…

India is facing potential delays in the harvest of its massive sugarcane crop, threatening supply worldwide. SEE ALSO: Japan Eyeing Olympics, Lines Up Half-Billion Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine This is as millions of migrant workers needed…

India’s COVID-19 tally reached 3,387,500 and deaths reached 61,529 on Friday, showed the latest data released by the Federal Health Ministry. SEE ALSO: FG Shifts International Flight Resumption To September 5th As many as 77,266 new…

Two people were reported dead and 16 others feared trapped on Tuesday after a residential building collapsed in Western India, the Police said. SEE ALSO: Breaking: President Buhari Orders Suspension of EFCC Directors The five-storey…

The number of coronavirus cases in India topped three million on Sunday, government data showed. SEE ALSO: Ebola: Doctor Infected Within Congo's High Insecurity Zone This is as the South Asian country logged the world’s biggest daily rise…

A woman and her two grown children have reportedly committed suicide after they were rejected by relatives and friends, following the death of her husband due to complications from coronavirus.Parimi Snuneetha, 50, her son…

India’s Federal Home Minister Amit Shah was admitted to a hospital again complaining of fatigue and body aches, days after he had recovered from COVID-19, officials said on Tuesday. SEE ALSO: Iran Admits Shooting Down Ukrainian Plane…

One of India’s best-known classical vocalists, Pandit Jasraj, died in New Jersey on Monday at the age of 90, his family said. SEE ALSO: U.S. Federal Judge Whose Son Was Killed By Gunman Speaks Out Jasraj, with a career spanning nearly…

India is ready to mass produce COVID-19 vaccines when scientists give the go-ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday. SEE ALSO: Pressure Mounts on British PM Over Refusal to Sack Top Aide Modi…

Global e-commerce giant Amazon has rolled out an online pharmacy service in India on Friday. SEE ALSO: NCC Bars Telecoms Operators from charging for USSD Transactions The service beginning with information technology hub Bengaluru as part…

The number of COVID-19 cases in India rose to 2,329,638 on Wednesday as the deaths crossed the 46,000 mark, reaching 46,091, said the data released by the Federal Health Ministry. SEE ALSO: US expresses worry over Edo, Ondo guber poll…

The death toll from poisoning linked to toxic liquor in India’s northern state of Punjab rose to 105 on Monday even as police carried out a crackdown on the illicit alcohol trade in the region. SEE ALSO: German Court Convicts 93-Year-Old…

India has donated essential medicines worth 50 million dollars to African countries as part of the country’s collaboration with Africa to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. SEE ALSO: NAFDAC charges NAPPMED over agency’s rules and guidelines…

Three militants were killed in an ongoing fierce gunfight with government forces in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday, the Police said. SEE ALSO: US breaks silence over Incessant Killings in Nigeria The gunfight broke out at…

Technology Company, “Google” has said it plans to invest 10 billion dollars in India in the coming years, as reports revealed that the country is most favourable destination amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. SEE ALSO: Russian…

The Federal Government on Friday solicited the collaboration of Government of India to produce vaccine against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. SEE ALSO: Kyari: Buhari Writes Borno Community, says ‘Borno has Lost An Outstanding…