The Indian navy is tracking the movements of Chinese research vessel Yuan Wang 5, which entered the Bay of Bengal ahead of the Agni-V ballistic missile test slated by India for next week, Indian newspaper Hindustan Times reported on Tuesday, citing sources in the country's defense ministry.

South African Ambassador to Australia Marthinus van Schalkwyk has slammed the travel bans on South Africa as discriminatory adding that if the Omicron variant was identified in Europe, restrictions would have not been imposed