Day: October 17, 2020

Japan’s populist, pragmatic new PM Suga pushes Abe’s vision

8:33 pm October 17, 2020

Tokyo: Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, leaves Sunday on his first overseas foray since taking over from his former boss Shinzo Abe last month, heading to Vietnam and Indonesia. The choice to visit Southeast Asia underscores Japan’s efforts to counter Chinese influence and build stronger economic and defense ties in the region, much in […]

China successfully launches new Earth observation satellite

China passes amendments outlawing insulting national flag

8:29 pm October 17, 2020

Hong Kong: The Standing Committee of China‘s congress on Saturday passed amendments to a law that will criminalise the intentional insulting of the national flag and emblem, after anti-government protesters in Hong Kong last year desecrated the Chinese flag. According to the newly amended National Flag and National Emblem Law, which will take effect on […]

Educational institutions in Assam to reopen on Nov 2

8:26 pm October 17, 2020

Guwahati: Educational institutions in Assam, which have been closed since the lockdown in March, will reopen from November 2 with strict compliance of COVID protocols, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. Educational institutions will reopen for students from class six to the postgraduate level with certain restrictions in place, he said. Schools will, […]

Man arrested in fake job advertisement scam in Gujarat

8:21 pm October 17, 2020

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly placing fake advertisements about jobs in local newspapers and collecting money from people as application fees, an official said. Cyber crime officials nabbed Sandeep Pandya in connection with placing advertisements resembling those issued by the state government for openings in various departments, a release […]

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

Going, going, gone: COVID-19 boosts online art auctions

8:14 pm October 17, 2020

New Delhi: There is never a bad time to buy art — or sell it — even if the economy is floundering and even when there is a pandemic. The long held view that the art market remains steady in the rockiest of times has been borne out with the COVID-19 forced lockdown speeding up […]