Day: September 3, 2020

Chinese Foriegn Minister Wang Yi to attend online BRICS FMs meeting

9:02 pm September 3, 2020

Beijing: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will participate in the virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of the five-nation BRICS grouping on Friday, a senior official announced here on Thursday. Announcing Wang’s participation in the meeting of the foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing that the Chinese foreign minister would attend the online meeting […]

UK public tribunal to probe Uighur ‘genocide’ claims

8:59 pm September 3, 2020

London: A prominent British human rights lawyer is convening an independent tribunal in London to investigate whether the Chinese government’s alleged rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in the far western Xinjiang region constitute genocide or crimes against humanity. The tribunal is expected to reveal new evidence and testimony over several days’ hearings next year. While […]

Infosys completes acquisition of Kaleidoscope Innovation

Infosys to acquire US-based Kaleidoscope Innovation for up to USD 42 mn

8:54 pm September 3, 2020

New Delhi: India’s second largest IT services firm Infosys on Thursday said it will acquire US-based product design and development firm Kaleidoscope Innovation for up to USD 42 million (about Rs 308 crore). Kaleidoscope Innovation is a full-spectrum product design, development and insights firm innovating across medical, consumer and industrial markets. It designs microsurgical instruments, devices used in minimally invasive surgery, […]

Himachal plans to plant 90k bamboo sapling under National Bamboo Scheme in 2020-21

8:48 pm September 3, 2020

Dharamsala: Himachal Pradesh has prepared an action plan to plant ninety thousand bamboo saplings in 90 hectare under the Prime Minister National Bamboo Mission in 2020-21, according to a senior official. Various government agencies and non-governmental organisations have been giving priority to manufacture bags and other packing materials other than polythene. To provide alternatives to […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

Members named to panel probing WHO’s pandemic response

8:42 pm September 3, 2020

London: An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review its coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic will have full access to any internal U.N. agency documents, materials and emails necessary, the panel said Thursday as it begins the probe. The panel’s co-chairs, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former […]