YANGON, Myanmar — Police in Myanmar repeatedly used tear gas and rubber bullets Tuesday against crowds protesting last month’s coup, but the demonstrators regrouped after each volley and tried to defend themselves with barricades as standoffs between protesters and security forces intensified. Myanmar authorities have escalated their crackdown […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago’s airport in late January, and Chile’s president, Sebastián Piñera, was beaming. “Today,” he said, “is a day of joy, emotion and hope.” The source of that hope: China – a country that […]
A power failure that crippled India’s financial capital of Mumbai in western Maharashtra state last year could have been a case of cyber sabotage, a local minister said on Monday, as China denied a report that it was behind the outage. Mumbai police were investigating further after a […]
A 19-year-old Pakistani student who shot to fame after her five-second video went viral on social media across the subcontinent, hopes numerous renditions of her monologue will translate into more dialogue between rival neighbours India and Pakistan. The short video shot by Dananeer Mobeen in the Nathaigali mountains […]
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was expected to throw a Zoom party on Tuesday to celebrate his 90th birthday as President Vladimir Putin lauded him as an outstanding statesman who influenced the course of world history. Gorbachev, who championed arms control and democracy-oriented reforms as Soviet leader […]
China’s financial technology companies are expected to meet capital adequacy requirements within a maximum of two years, said Guo Shuqing, head of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) on Tuesday. Micro lenders, consumer finance firms and banks operated by internet platforms should all have adequate capital […]
Alibaba (9988.HK) and Ant Group founder Jack Ma has lost the title of China’s richest man, a list published on Tuesday showed, as his peers prospered while his empire was put under heavy scrutiny by Chinese regulators. Ma and his family had held the top spot for China’s richest in […]
Caution advised to States showing High Active Cases Nearly 1.5 crore vaccine doses administered against COVID19 No new COVID19 Fatality reported in 19 States/UTs in the last 24 hours DELHI, MARCH 2: India’s total Active Caseload stands at 1.68 lakh (1,68,358) today as the country added 12,286 new cases in the […]
The story of development of vaccines, are amazing examples of how time can be compressed and scientific mobilisation initiated: Dr Vinod Paul, Member Health, NITI Aayog The India Biotech sector, a 62 Bn Dollars sector in 2012 is expected to grow to 150 Bn by 2025:Dr. V. K […]
25 Lakh beneficiaries register on Co-Win portal today; 24.5 Lakh are citizen beneficiaries More than 1.47 Cr COVID19 vaccine doses administered 4.27 lakh vaccine doses given till 7pm today DELHI, MARCH 2: The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 1.47 Crore today. The […]
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