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]G20 in Italy: Piyush Goyal holds talks with Canada’s Mary Ng with eye on CEPA
Piyush Goyal tweeted about the meeting saying talks were on “for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), with energy, new technologies, and manufactured goods and services being key areas for future cooperation”
Published on Oct 12, 2021 11:14 AM IST
'Time for attacks is over... engage through diplomacy': Taliban to Nato
- The Taliban officials also said that the group, designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States and now ruling over Afghanistan, will never allow the country to be used as a centre for proxy wars between the world powers.
Published on Oct 12, 2021 08:40 AM IST
Written by Shivani Kumar | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
US 'root cause' of tensions, says North Korea's Kim Jong Un
- Pyongyang is under multiple international sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, which have made rapid progress under Kim.
Published on Oct 12, 2021 06:29 AM IST
AFP |
Facebook's oversight board to meet with whistleblower Frances Haugen
Whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed last week she was the person who provided documents used in a Wall Street Journal investigation and a Senate hearing on Instagram's harm to teenage girls.
Published on Oct 12, 2021 05:23 AM IST
Reuters |
UN chief Guterres slams 'broken' Taliban promises made to women and girls
The comments came on the heels of the first face-to-face talks between the United States and the Taliban since the Islamists took control of the country, at which the issue of women's rights was raised, according to the State Department.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 11:12 PM IST
AFP |
‘Don’t worry, everything's fine': Putin says while repeatedly coughing at a meet
That unannounced broadcast followed an earlier one Putin held with officials to discuss agriculture, in which he was seen and heard coughing on numerous occasions.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 11:03 PM IST
Bloomberg |
Germany unveils world's first automated, driverless train
- The project, which Siemens and Deutsche Bahn called a "world first", is part of a 60 million euro ($70 million) modernisation of Hamburg's rapid urban rail system.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 10:38 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Shubhangi Gupta
Thailand lifts curbs for vaccinated visitors from low-risk nations Nov 1 onward
- Currently, vaccinated tourists need to undergo at least seven days of quarantine in a hotel after their arrival in Thailand.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 10:11 PM IST
Written by Shubhangi Gupta | Edited by Avik Roy
Taliban to meet EU officials on Tuesday: Report
Acting foreign minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi said the Taliban-led government is having ‘positive meetings with representatives of other nations’ as well.
Updated on Oct 11, 2021 09:46 PM IST
AFP |
WHO experts suggest booster Covid-19 vaccine shot for immunocompromised
WHO experts stressed they were not recommending an additional booster dose for the population at large.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 09:34 PM IST
By hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
‘Extremist, terrorist’: Navalny on how prison in Russia has changed his status
- Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Instagram that he had been summoned before a commission at the prison in Vladimir region, east of Moscow, which voted unanimously in favour of the change of status.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 09:03 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Sharangee Dutta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India condemns suicide attack on mosque in Afghanistan
India on Monday strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a Shia mosque at Kunduz in Afghanistan in which more than 100 people were reportedly killed and said the perpetrators of the assault should be speedily brought to justice
Published on Oct 11, 2021 08:45 PM IST
What are ‘natural experiments’ which fetched the 2021 Economics Nobel?
Three US-based economists won the 2021 Economics Nobel Prize for pioneering ‘natural experiments’, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday
Published on Oct 11, 2021 07:24 PM IST
By Zia Haq
Did Russia steal AstraZeneca Covid jab formula? This report suggests so
Last week, the World Health Organization said it was about to restart the process of approving Sputnik V following a series of problems with the dossier.
Updated on Oct 11, 2021 06:12 PM IST
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Meenakshi Ray, New Delhi
No food, bottlecaps to moisten lips: Ex-Chinese cop on Uyghur travel woes & more
A spokesperson for the Xinjiang government, however, said the revelations of the “so-called local policeman could not happen".
Updated on Oct 11, 2021 06:16 PM IST
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
Iraq says it arrested top Islamic state leader Sami Jasim
- Al-Kadhimi described it as “one of the most difficult" cross border intelligence operations ever conducted by Iraqi forces.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 04:35 PM IST
AP | , Baghdad
Chinese women speak out on Weibo against Beijing's ‘three-child-policy’
- China did away with the repressive ‘one-child-policy’ in 2015 and replaced it with the ‘two-child-policy’, which was then replaced with the controversial ‘three-child-policy’ in 2021
Published on Oct 11, 2021 04:26 PM IST
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Ayshee Bhaduri | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Card, Angrist and Imbens win 2021 Nobel economics prize
The prize, is also known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 03:39 PM IST
Reuters | , Oslo
Singapore Airlines's website crash amid surge in flight demand
- Singapore Airlines said it has seen “very high demand” for flights and may take longer to respond to queries from customers.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 03:23 PM IST
Bloomberg |
Don't lose sight of the issue of a two-state solution: Merkel tells Israel
- Merkel's support for a two-state solution has been one of the key disagreements with Israel's leadership during her 16 years in office, which were characterized by unwavering support for Israel.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 02:26 PM IST
AP | , Jerusalem
Singapore to allow quarantine free travel for 11 countries; India not included
- This announcement comes days after Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s push to live with Covid-19 without being paralysed by fear.
Updated on Oct 11, 2021 11:23 AM IST
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Ayshee Bhaduri | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
‘Leave immediately’: US, UK warn citizens of threat to Kabul hotels
- "US citizens who are at or near the Serena Hotel should leave immediately," the US State Department said, citing "security threats" in the area.
Updated on Oct 11, 2021 10:45 AM IST
AFP |
India making ‘unreasonable, unrealistic demands’: China says after border talks
The meeting between India’s Ladakh Corps Commander and Chinese South Xinjiang military district commander took place on Sunday on the Chinese side of the Moldo-Chushul border meeting point.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 09:59 AM IST
By Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Amit Chanda
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calls for improved living conditions
- The country has ramped up its missile testing activity in recent weeks while making conditional peace offers to Seoul, reviving a pattern of pressuring South Korea to get what it wants from the United States.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 07:39 AM IST
AP | , Seoul
Trump adviser Fiona Hill reveals sexist nickname given to her by officials
Fiona Hill rose to prominence in November 2019, while testifying at the Trump impeachment hearings. She warned warned Republicans against promoting the "fictional narrative" that Ukraine, not Russia, meddled in the 2016 US elections.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 07:20 AM IST
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UK to drop 10-day quarantine for Indians from today: Details here
- A traveller has to take the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at least 14 days before arrival in England.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 06:56 AM IST
Written by Susmita Pakrasi | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Taiwanese President's remarks incite confrontation, distorts facts: China
Tsai -- who delivered an address on Taiwan's National Day on Sunday -- promised to defend Taiwan's sovereignty in the face of "unprecedented challenges" brought by China's military coercion.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 06:06 AM IST
ANI | , Beijing
US couple arrested for selling nuclear warship information: Justice Department
Jonathan Toebbe, who worked as a nuclear engineer for the US Navy, and his wife Diana -- both in their forties -- were arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on Saturday and charged with violating the Atomic Energy Act in a criminal complaint, the Justice Department said in a statement.
Published on Oct 11, 2021 05:30 AM IST
AFP |
Myanmar to launch Covid-19 vaccination program for school children
In an attempt to tackle the spread of Covid-19, nearly 1 million middle and high school students -- who have enrolled for the 2021-2022 academic year -- will be vaccinated, reported Xinhua.
Published on Oct 10, 2021 11:43 PM IST
ANI |