- Wednesday, May 15, 2024
CHINA and INDIA have agreed to stop sending more troops to a Himalayan flashpoint along their contested border and to avoid any actions that might complicate the tense situation there, the two countries said on Tuesday. Senior military officials from the both countries met on Monday and exchanged ideas on…
CORONAVIRUS fears meant a historic travel corridor created last year to let Indian Sikhs visit a holy shrine in northeast Pakistan remained closed on Tuesday (22), one of the faith's most sacred days. Hundreds of Pakistani Sikhs visited the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, a huge temple in Kartarpur marking the grave…
INDIA reported its lowest daily tally of coronavirus cases in almost a month on Tuesday (22) as it prepared for clinical trials of a potential Russian vaccine in the next few weeks. Federal health data showed 75,083 new cases in the last 24 hours, and 1,053 deaths over the same…
UK-based real estate developer Osborne+Co on Tuesday (22) announced the launch of its investment management business to target emerging value-add and development opportunities in the UK and Europe. Osborne+Co Investment Management (OCIM) said its aim is to become a natural investment partner for globally-focused high net worth individuals (HNWIs), family…
WHEN India began lifting its coronavirus lockdown, Meera, a child bride from northwestern India, was focused on just one thing: when she could start playing football again. In Rajasthan, one of the Indian regions where early marriage persists despite being outlawed more than a decade ago, a girls' football initiative is tackling gender inequality,…
THE Covid-19 death toll in the US exceeded 200,000 on Tuesday (22), by the far the highest number of any nation. The US, on a weekly average, is now losing about 800 lives each day to the virus, according to a Reuters tally. That is down from a peak of…
A STACK of unsold shawls is an unsettling sight for street vendor K. Kunjalata Devi, reminding her of the daily struggle to feed her family as Covid-19 threatens the livelihoods of millions of informal traders across India. India has eased most lockdown restrictions and sought to reopen its battered economy, but some…
THE company behind a homegrown rival to TikTok said its social app crossed 30 million downloads in just three months. Chingari, which allows people to record and share short video clips, in a statement said it has also added augmented reality (AR) filters on its platform to give content creators…
FOR four decades Indian Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse as the coronavirus pandemic forces children into labour. "The biggest threat is that millions of children may fall back into slavery, trafficking, child…
INDIA's famed Taj Mahal and some schools reopened on Monday (21) as authorities pressed ahead with kickstarting the nation’s coronavirus-battered economy despite soaring infection numbers. India, home to 1.3 billion people and some of the world's most crowded cities, has recorded more than 5.4 million Covid-19 cases, second only to the…
