Yearender: A list of 2021's top 10 global events

Dec 31, 2021, at 01:45 am

With the world ringing into the New Year under the shadow of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the devastating Delta wave of COVID-19 in 2021 would haunt people despite a rapid vaccination worldwide. IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra looks back at the 10 mega events of the year which also saw a world forsaken Afghanistan overrun by Taliban as the foreign troops left the war-ravaged country.

Make 2021 a year of possibility and hope, UN chief tells General Assembly

Jan 29, 2021, at 03:14 pm

New York: Following an “annus horribilis” of death, disaster and despair, 2021 must be a year of transformation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN’s 193 Member States on Thursday.