San Francisco, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has reportedly started testing a new feature on iOS that displays profile pictures in system notifications when users receive new messages from chats and groups. As…
Rome, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, Italy registered over 200,000 daily cases amid an ongoing resurgence fuelled by the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, according…
Washington, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US services sector posted strong growth in December 2021 amid continued supply chain disruptions and high inflation, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported. The Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)…
Srinagar, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) A terrorist was killed in an encounter with the security forces in Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said on Friday. Security operations were currently underway at Zolwa Kralpora Chadoora area, the police…
Washington, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 299.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.47 million and vaccinations to over 9.33 billion,…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Much more than a tale of two enigmatic individuals past their prime and beyond the underlying recital of love, honour and treachery, what his book ‘Between Clay and Dust’, shortlisted…
Buenos Aires, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Argentina saw a record number of daily cases of Covid-19, registering 109,608 infections in 24 hours, for a total caseload of 6,025,303, the Health Ministry has said on Thursday. It…
Brasillia, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Brazil recorded the first death from the Omicron variant of Covid-19 Thursday in the city of Aparecida de Goiania of Goias state. The municipality reported that the victim was a 68-year-old…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The sixth edition of the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF 2022) has been rescheduled to March. It will now be held at the beaches of Calicut (Kozhikode) from March 17 to…
Lucknow, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, has announced a 50 per cent reduction in power tariff on agricultural use. The move is apparently aimed at assuaging the feelings of farmers…
Lima, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Peru’s Health Ministry has reported the country’s first fatal case of “flurona” (a simultaneous infection of flu and Covid-19), involving an 87-year-old patient with comorbidities who was not vaccinated against the…
Geneva, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global number of new Covid-19 cases increased sharply by 71 per cent last week compared to the previous week, but the number of new deaths decreased by 10 per cent,…
United Nations, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Funding shortages are continuing to impact the UN humanitarian operation in Yemen, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned Thursday. The 2021 humanitarian response plan for Yemen…
United Nations, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Declaring northern Ethiopia volatile and unpredictable, UN humanitarians has said that the ever-worsening situation is restricting distribution of relief supplies even more. “The United Nations urgently calls on all parties…
United Nations, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on parties in Kazakhstan to refrain from violence and promote dialogue so as to address the volatile situation, said his spokesman. The world body…
Washington, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President Joe Biden has said that Americans must ensure such an attack like that on the US Capitol a year ago “never happens again” as the country seems more divided…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Aiming to corner the Congress over the recent “lapse” in the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Punjab, the BJP is all set to launch a…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) An earthquake of Magnitude 4.3 occurred just before midnight in mid-hills region, 36 kms west of Baglung in Nepal. The earthquake occurred on Thursday at 11:59 IST at a depth…
Jakarta, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indonesia will ban entry for foreign travellers from France starting from Friday following rising Omicron variant infections in the European country, according to the latest regulation on travel restriction released by…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the spurt in Covid cases in the national capital, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has ordered the closure of 173 historical monuments, including the Humayun’s Tomb, Red Fort and…