Month: February 2020

SC order on commissioning of women enabling, will give clarity moving forward: Army chief

New Delhi, Feb 20: Army Chief General M M Naravane on Thursday said the force has been championing gender equality and the Supreme Court order granting permanent commission to women officers will give it a lot of clarity moving forward. The Supreme Court on Monday had directed that women […]

Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite

BOSTON — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, they more than made up in finesse. Early warnings of disease outbreaks can help people […]

9 killed in suspected far-right attack in Germany

HANAU, Germany — A 43-year-old German man shot and killed nine people at several locations in a Frankfurt suburb in attacks that appeared to have been motivated by far-right beliefs, officials said Thursday. The gunman first attacked a hookah bar and a neighboring cafe in central Hanau at […]

S. Korea reports 1st virus death; 2.5M urged to stay home

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea reported its first death from the new virus on Thursday while the mayor of a southeastern city urged its 2.5 million people to stay inside as infections linked to a church congregation spiked. The death was the ninth confirmed from the virus […]

New Chinese virus cases decline, but method revised again

BEIJING — New virus cases in China have again declined, up just 394, after authorities on Thursday again changed how they count new daily infections. They are now discounting cases that came back negative after laboratory tests. Another 114 people reportedly died from the new illness, COVID-19, as […]

Breaking news and barriers: South Korea’s first female anchor

Under gleamingly bright studio lights, Lee So-jeong reads straight from a teleprompter, rehearsing her lines ahead of the primetime newscast for South Korea’s national public broadcaster, KBS. Five times a week, she is beamed into living rooms across the country leading its “News 9” bulletin, after she broke […]

CGST wing detects Input Tax Credit fraud of more than Rs 214 crores in Delhi, 1 held

open view news desk The Anti Evasion wing of CGST Delhi South Commissionerate has detected a case of Input Tax credit fraud through fake invoices issued by bogus firms. Investigations led to discovering the accused had also been generating bogus e-way bills to back the fake invoices. Over […]

Coronavirus outbreak to hit global growth; to have limited impact on India: RBI Guv

New Delhi, Feb 19: The coronavirus outbreak will have a limited impact on India but the global GDP and trade will definitely get affected due to the large size of the Chinese economy, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has said. Only a couple of sectors in India are likely to […]

Crude bombs found in Bengal village

Bolpur (WB), Feb 19: Over 40 suspected crude bombs were found in front of a panchayat office, a TMC party office and a bank in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday, police said. However, the bomb disposal team sent to Sian Muluk village in Bolpur police station area found […]

Charred bodies of 24-year-old woman, daughter found in Bengal’s Nadia

Ranaghat, Feb 19: The charred bodies of a 24- year-old woman and her daughter were found at their home in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Wednesday, police said. The bodies of Ruma Das and her two-year-old daughter were brought out after neighbours noticed smoke billowing from the windows of […]

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