THE WORLD THIS WEEK
Top global news from this week at a glimpse.
Pakistan to permit Sikh pilgrims to visit Kartarpur Sahib amid COVID-19 wave
Pakistan has resolved to allow Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur from next month amid the growing concerns of the fourth wave of the coronavirus. The decision to open the Kartarpur shrine was taken by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday due to the oncoming death anniversary of Sikhism founder Baba Guru Nanak Dev on September 22. A maximum of 300 people will be allowed to assemble at a time at the Darbar.
India stands second in Chainalysis’s 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index
India stands at the second position in a list of 20 countries. India attained the highest cryptocurrency adoption rate, according to cryptoanalysis platform Chainalysis. Vietnam secured the first spot, and Pakistan came third. Chainalysis’s 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index ranked 20 countries to measure the level of cryptocurrency adoption and practice by people between July 2020 and June 2021.
Japan suspends 1.63 million COVID-19 vaccine shots of Moderna due to contamination
Japan has suspended the supply of about 1.63 million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine after it was alerted of contamination of its vaccine vials with particulate matter, the U.S. vaccine maker said on August 25. The contamination, the company said, could be due to a manufacturing problem in one of the production units at its contract manufacturing site in Spain.
Hunt for COVID-19 origins hampered: WHO experts
The international scientists sent to China by the World Health Organization to find out the origins of coronavirus said that the search has been hampered and warned that the window of opportunity for solving the mystery is “closing fast”. Meanwhile, a U.S. intelligence review ordered up by President Joe Biden proved indefinite about the virus’s origin, including whether it jumped from an animal to a human or escaped from a Chinese lab, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
Pentagon declares Kabul attack carried out by one suicide bomber
Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 95 Afghans, claimed by Islamic State militants. A single suicide bomber carried out the attack at a gate to the airport, and there was no second explosion at a nearby hotel, the Pentagon said on Friday. The Islamic State's Afghan affiliate, ISIS-Khorasan, has emerged as an enemy of the West and the Taliban.
Author:
Abhishek Bhattacharya
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