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Stronger India-US health partnership can be a ‘powerful force’ to fight global COVID pandemic: Jaishankar

11:59 pm May 27, 2021

Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday emphasised that a stronger India-US health partnership can be a ”powerful force” to fight the global COVID pandemic as he met top members of America’s corporate sector and discussed India’s priorities and the importance of strengthening critical supply chains and collaboration for production of vaccines and therapeutics. Jaishankar arrived […]

Singapore judge says Hindu temple management committee case was the ‘most absurd’

5:50 pm May 27, 2021

Singapore: A tussle between two factions for the control of a prominent Hindu temple in Singapore’s suburb Yishun housing estate ended up in what a High Court judge called ”one of the most absurd and pointless actions to have been filed”. In a written judgment on Thursday, Justice Choo Han Teck said the dispute over the Sree […]

US security assistance to Pakistan remains suspended: Pentagon

11:58 am May 25, 2021

Washington/Islamabad: US President Joe Biden has continued his predecessor Donald Trump’s policy on suspending security assistance to Pakistan and there is no clarity if the administration will change its stance in the future, the Pentagon has said. Former US president Trump suspended all security assistance to Pakistan in January 2018, arguing that he was not […]

Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China’s Xinjiang

11:55 am May 25, 2021

Aksu (China): A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking a toll on China’s cotton industry, but it’s unclear if the pressure will compel the government or companies to change their ways. Li Qiang, general manager of the Huafu Fashion yarn factory […]

Athletes to be vaccinated in Miami for Olympics

11:01 am May 25, 2021

Miami: The president of the Pan American Sports Organization (Panam Sports) is concerned about the health of athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games and is encouraging them to travel to Miami to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Olympic athletes from different Latin American countries began to get vaccinated in Miami on Monday as part of an agreement between Panam Sports, the Consulate of Mexico and the Marsoni Foundation, […]