Month: March 2021

Basketball-Lin fears calling out anti-Asian racism could encourage hate

Former New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin said he feared that calling out racially motivated violence in the United States could fuel further attacks on Asian-Americans. Taiwanese-American Lin’s comments come after a shooting spree at three spas in and around Atlanta on Tuesday left eight people dead, including […]

Through the brush: A migrant teen mom’s journey across the U.S.-Mexico border

Mayra stepped from her hiding place in the dense brush on the banks of the Rio Grande, the river that marks the border between the United States and Mexico, as the sun came up on Wednesday morning. The 17-year-old migrant from Guatemala had her one-year-old son, Marvin, swaddled […]

PM writes to a farmer on crop insurance scheme

Making continuous efforts to ease every problem of the farmer from seed to market: Prime Minister DELHI, MARCH 18: Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s daily routine is very busy, not many people are aware that whenever he finds time, he does not miss the opportunity to respond to […]

US India Artificial Intelligence (USIAI) Initiative launched

Experts underline necessity of scaling up S&T relations between India & US to solve problems of both countries DELHI, MARCH 18: Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Prof Ashutosh Sharma, emphasised the necessity to scale up the S&T relationship between India and the United States to solve problems […]

Why Mumbai police held press conference over TRP scam? HC

Mumbai, Mar 16:  The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked what had prompted the Mumbai police to hold a press conference last year over the alleged Television Rating Points (TRP) scam. “Does the police have an obligation to interact with the press? Why did the commissioner (of police) […]

140 new COVID cases in J&K, 1 death

Srinagar, Mar 18:  Jammu and Kashmir recorded 140 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the tally to 1,28,097, while one more person succumbed to the pathogen, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 25 were from the Jammu division and 115 from the Kashmir division, officials said. Srinagar […]

EU chief says AstraZeneca shortfalls slow vaccine campaign

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s chief executive criticized Anglo-Swedish vaccine-maker AstraZeneca on Wednesday, accusing the embattled pharmaceutical company of delaying Europe’s coronavirus vaccination campaign and warning that the EU is weighing export bans to ensure supplies. “AstraZeneca has unfortunately under-produced and under-delivered, and this painfully, of course, reduced […]

India says it has no concern about AstraZeneca vaccine side effects

India has no concern about possible side effects of the AstraZeneca (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine being used in its immunisation campaign, government health official Vinod Kumar Paul told a news conference on Wednesday. Reuters March 17, 2021 Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-says-it-has-no-concern-about-astrazeneca-vaccine-side-effects-2021-03-17/

EXCLUSIVE TikTok considers introducing group chat feature this year -sources

Video-sharing platform TikTok may launch a group messaging feature this year, people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters, putting the Chinese-owned app in more direct competition with social media rivals such as Facebook (FB.O). Group messaging is part of owner ByteDance’s plan to develop TikTok into more of […]

UNESCO chief set for new term, eyes U.S. return – official

The head of UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural agency, is expected to win a second term later this year after nobody else submitted their candidacy for the position by the deadline on March 16, a UNESCO official said on Wednesday. Outgoing Director General Audrey Azoulay was appointed in […]

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