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Protest in Balochistan against 'cold blooded assassination' of Karima Baloch

Protest in Balochistan against ‘assassination’ of Karima Baloch

1:07 pm December 26, 2020

Turbat: Hundreds of people hit the streets of Turbat city of Balochistan to protest against the “cold-blooded assassination” of Human rights activist Karima Baloch. The protestors, many of them women, were seen holding placards reading: ‘Stop genocide’, ‘cold-blooded assassination of Karmia Baloch’. They raised slogans against the Pakistani government and demanded independence of Balochistan. The […]

Japan confirms cases of new coronavirus variant

11:14 pm December 25, 2020

Tokyo: Japan’s health ministry has confirmed the country’s first cases of infection with the new variant of the coronavirus that was identified in Britain. The five people arrived between December 18 and December 21, before Japan stepped up border control on Friday for entrants from Britain. A man in his 60s developed fatigue, but the […]

Nepal’s apex court issues show-cause notice to Oli govt over Parliament dissolution

9:52 pm December 25, 2020

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Supreme Court on Friday issued a show-cause notice to Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli-led government, asking it to submit a written clarification over its decision to abruptly dissolve Parliament. The five-member Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana issued the notice after a hearing on the writ petitions filed against the government’s […]

Chinese vaccines are poised to fill gap, but will they work?

3:44 pm December 25, 2020

Taipei: With rich countries snapping up supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, some parts of the world may have to rely on Chinese-developed shots to try to conquer the outbreak. The question: Will they work? There is no outward reason to believe they won’t, but China has a history of vaccine scandals, and its drugmakers have revealed […]

Water leaks indicate new damage at Fukushima nuclear plant

Melted fuel removal at Fukushima delayed by pandemic

11:00 pm December 24, 2020

Tokyo: Japan’s government and the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said Thursday that the removal of melted reactor fuel planned to start in 2021 will have to be postponed by about one year due to the worsening coronavirus pandemic. The economy and industry ministry and Tokyo Electric Power Co. had planned to start […]