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The Nobel Prize 2023 in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The top honour was given by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute on October 2 as the prestigious ceremony kicks in. The discoveries by the two Nobel Laureates were critical “for developing effective mRNA… read-more

In Iraq, a horrific fire incident occurred during a wedding which killed as many as 100 people and left more than 150 injured. The fire happened in Iraq's Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area, they said. That's a predominantly Christian area just outside of the northern city of Mosul, some 335 km northwest of the capital, Baghdad. In viral footage, charred debris inside of the wedding hall, with firefighters rescuing.

The US on September 21, said it had been in constant contact with India and Canada amid escalating diplomatic tensions between New Delhi and Ottawa over the latter's allegations of the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil. "I am not going to get into the private diplomatic conversations that have either already happened or going to happen on this topic." said Joe Biden administration.

Concerned with the rising cases of gun violence in the United States, the Joe Biden led US Government announced first-ever federal office, focusing on the prevention of gun violence. The plan was confirmed by three people with knowledge of the details who spoke on the condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement. An official annoucement regarding the same is expected on September 22, confirmed sources.

Ukraine's military said that Russia could launch a big mobilisation campaign soon to try to recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers from inside Russia and occupied Ukraine. Without any evidence, the Ukrainian general staff said, “A mass forced mobilisation of the population is expected soon in the Russian Federation and temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine due to the occupiers' catastrophic losses.”