Pelosi delays infrastructure bill vote amid party divisions
Washington , Oct 29 (IANS) US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has again pushed back the timeline for a vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure...
Facebook exploded atom bomb on information, hope they listen: Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist
By Nikhila Natarajan
New York, Oct 24 (IANS) A Nobel Peace Prize spotlight isn't what Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is used to. But he's getting...
Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) US President Joe Biden said that Washington was committed to coming to Taiwan's defence if it comes under attack from...
China conducted not one but two hypersonic missile tests which stunned US
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) China conducted not one, but two tests of new hypersonic weapons in July and August, the Financial Times newspaper...
Pakistan remains under increased monitoring (Grey List), Turkey named too
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Despite all its devious manoeuvrings, Pakistan remains on the FATF grey list. "Pakistan government has two concurrent action plans,...
Sri Lanka to amend laws to ban cattle slaughter
Colombo, Oct 20 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers has approved to amend the existing laws to ban cattle slaughter in the island nation...
Foreign visitors to Japan fell over 99% in Sep
Tokyo, Oct 21 (IANS) The number of foreign visitors to Japan dropped over 99 per cent in September compared with the same month in...
Facebook to pay $4.79mn fine for discriminating in favour of foreigners against US citizens
By Arul Louis
New York, Oct 20 (IANS) In a case that turns on its head the common perception of foreigners suffering bias in the...
China’s ‘unscientific approach’ banning Indians from travelling to China
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) For last more than one year-and-a-half, China has banned Indians travelling back to China. As a result, many students,...
Warning in China of twindemic of Covid combined with influenza in winter
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) China's National Health Commission has warned of a potential "twindemic" this winter and it stresses influenza prevention as flu...
