Day: August 27, 2019

Rains in some parts of Delhi brings relief from heat

Heavy rain to lash Odisha in next four days: MeT

8:29 pm August 27, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rainfall will lash many parts of Odisha during next four days with a fresh low pressure area building up over the Bay of Bengal, a MeT official said here Tuesday. Odisha has been battered by heavy downpour triggered by three low pressure areas formed earlier this month over Bay of Bengal. South and […]

Hong Kong Market ends softer

8:17 pm August 27, 2019

Hong Kong City: The Hong Kong share market finished session lower after erasing initial gains on Tuesday 27 August 2019, as risk sentiments remained vigilant amid worried about the impact of higher trade tariffs on Chinese corporate profits. Market losses were limited on optimism about the progress in the trade war between the U. S. […]

Beijing voices ‘strong dissatisfaction’ with G7 backing Hong Kong’s autonomy

8:14 pm August 27, 2019

Beijing: China on Tuesday voiced ‘strong dissatisfaction’ with a joint statement issued by the G7 leaders supporting Hong Kong’s autonomy and urging for peace after months of pro-democracy protests across the city. “We express our strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the statement made by the leaders of the G7 Summit on Hong Kong affairs,” […]

Blossom everywhere: This new campaign by protesters has crippled Hong Kong

China expresses ‘strong dissatisfaction’ with G7 on Hong Kong

8:10 pm August 27, 2019

Beijing : Beijing on Tuesday voiced “strong dissatisfaction” with a joint statement issued by the G7 leaders, who backed Hong Kong’s autonomy and called for calm after months of civil unrest. G7 leaders meeting in France on Monday backed Hong Kong’s autonomy as laid out in a 1984 agreement between Britain and China, and called […]

India’s first woman DGP Kanchan Chaudhary, the inspiration behind ‘Udaan’ TV serial, dies

7:59 pm August 27, 2019

Mumbai/Dehradun: Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, the country’s first woman DGP and whose inspiring true life story was adapted into a popular tele-serial ‘Udaan’ aired on Doordarshan in late 80s, died in a Mumbai hospital after prolonged illness. She was 72. Chaudhary breathed her last late Monday night at a private hospital in Mumbai, a police official […]