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India and Norway aim to expand trade ties

9:49 pm October 13, 2020

New Delhi: India and Norway on Tuesday carried out a comprehensive review of their fast expanding relationship and resolved to further boost trade and investment ties. The two sides deliberated on a range of key issues at a virtual meeting of the India-Norway Joint Commission which was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and […]

German population slightly lower as virus hits immigration

8:30 pm October 13, 2020

Berlin: Germany‘s population has contracted slightly for the first time in nearly a decade because immigration shrank as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed on Tuesday. Some 83.1 million people lived in Germany at the end of June, with the population declining by 40,000, or 0.05%, in the year’s first half, according […]

EU nations set to adopt common travel rules amid pandemic

11:59 pm October 12, 2020

Brussels: European Union countries are getting ready to adopt a common traffic light system to coordinate travelling across the 27-nation bloc, but a return to a full freedom of movement in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic remains far from reach. In addition to causing the deaths of at least 151,000 EU citizens and plunging […]

2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions

11:57 pm October 12, 2020

Stockholm: Two American economists won the Nobel Prize for improving how auctions work, research that underlies much of today’s economy – from the way Google sells advertising to the way telecoms companies acquire airwaves from the government. The discoveries of Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson, both of Stanford University, “have benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world,” the Nobel Committee said. […]

Torlonia Collection of ancient marbles displayed in Rome

10:30 pm October 12, 2020

Rome: One of the most important private collections of ancient Greek and Roman marble sculptures is going on display in Rome as part of the Eternal City’s 150th anniversary celebrations. The 90 works from the Torlonia Collection were opening Monday in the newly refurbished Villa Caffarelli, one of the Capitoline Museum’s exhibition spaces overlooking the ancient Roman […]