Month: March 2021

BJP MLA stopped from speaking in Punjab Assembly

Chandigarh, Mar 3: Ruling Congress and opposition SAD members on Wednesday prevented BJP MLA Arun Narang from speaking in the Assembly, asking him to clear his stand on the Centre’s farm laws first. Narang was participating in the discussion on the Governor’s address on the third day of the […]

China has mobilised conventional and cyber forces to threaten India: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Mar 3: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that China had mobilised its conventional and cyber forces to threaten India and warned that the government’s “cowardice” would have tragic consequences in the future. He cited a news report that claimed that night satellite images show Chinese […]

Myanmar police fire tear gas, rubber bullets at protesters

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 […]

Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns

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 […]

Mumbai power outage could have been cyber sabotage, says minister

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 […]

‘Pawri’ power: 5-second social media clip pulls India, Pakistan closer

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 […]

Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, to mark 90th birthday on Zoom as Putin lauds him

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 […]

Chinese fintech platforms expected to meet capital requirements within 2 years-regulator

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 […]

Jack Ma loses title as China’s richest man after coming under Beijing’s scrutiny

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 […]

Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu & Gujarat witness an upsurge in Daily New Cases

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 […]

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