Day: August 13, 2019

Students protesting Hawaii telescope can study remotely

10:23 pm August 13, 2019

Hilo (US): University of Hawaii students protesting the construction of a USD 1.4 billion telescope are expected to have class options allowing them to remain on the mountain, a report said. The plan to start construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the Big Island has been thwarted for more than three weeks by a […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

8-year-old passed away in train, did not get medical aid: Father

10:15 pm August 13, 2019

Ambala (Haryana): A migrant labourer has alleged that his eight-year-old daughter passed away in a moving train in Haryana after not receiving any medical aid when she felt extremely sick during the journey. Rintu Chaudhry, who belongs to a village in Bihar, said he, his daughter and his wife had boarded a train to Howrah, […]

Xi said Sino-US relations were at a "critical juncture", CCTV said, adding that cooperation was mutually beneficial and "the only right choice." "I hope that the US will take substantive actions to improve Sino-US relations, and both sides can work together to strengthen cooperation in fighting the epidemic," he said. Some provinces, cities and companies in China have provided medical supplies and support to the US as well, Xi added.

US delaying new tariffs on Chinese electronics to Dec 15: official

10:09 pm August 13, 2019

Washington: The United States is delaying until December 15 imposition of new 10 per cent tariffs on Chinese electronics, but going ahead with new duties starting September 1 on USD 300 billion in Chinese goods, the government announced Tuesday. The delay impacts cell phones, laptops, computer monitors, video game consoles and some toys, footwear and […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

UK MPs, peers continue to clash over J&K decision

10:02 pm August 13, 2019

London: The divisions across Britain’s political corridors over the Indian government’s abrogation of Article 370 continues to play out in social media clashes between MPs and peers on either side of the debate even a week later. The decision, which withdraws the special status of Jammu and Kashmir with plans to bifurcate the state into […]

Bolton’s UK trade-deal promise leaves questions unanswered

9:51 pm August 13, 2019

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that getting a free trade deal with the United States would be “a tough old haggle,” after US National Security Adviser John Bolton promised the U.K. quick sector-by-sector trade deals once it leaves the European Union. Bolton said after meeting Johnson on Monday that “it might be […]