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

India has received USD 358.30 bn during 2014-20: Som Parkash

10:52 pm February 3, 2021

New Delhi: India has received USD 358.3 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) in the last six financial years (2014-20), Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Parkash informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. He said that investment outreach activities are being carried out for enhancing international co-operation to promote FDI and improve ease of doing business in the country. ”In […]

LG directs for over three-fold increase in sea buckthorn harvest in Ladakh

10:22 pm February 3, 2021

Leh: Ladakh Lt Governor R K Mathur on Wednesday asked officials to explore ways and means to increase the production of sea buckthorn, a berry plant said to be having many medicinal values and prevalent in the Union Territory. Maintaining that sea buckthorn is a potential large GDP contributor and a means of employment generation, LG Mathur asked officials […]

US extends sole remaining nuclear arms treaty with Russia

10:10 pm February 3, 2021

Washington: The United States joined Russia on Wednesday in extending the two countries’ last remaining treaty limiting their stockpiles of nuclear weapons, two days before the pact was set to expire. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement the U.S. would use the five years of the New START treaty’s renewal to pursue limits on all of Russia’s nuclear weapons. That’s after the Trump administration […]

Over 80 people arrested in China for smuggling fake COVID-19 vaccines

9:58 pm February 2, 2021

Beijing: China has arrested over 80 people for smuggling and supplying counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines, amid reports that some of the jabs have already made their way to Africa, the official media reported on Tuesday. Apart from the arrests, 3,000 doses of the fake vaccines were confiscated from the accused in a special drive that China has carried out […]

US concerned by China’s ongoing attempts to ‘intimidate’ neighbours: White House

2:17 pm February 2, 2021

Washington: In its first response to the China-India border standoff, the Biden administration has voiced concern over Beijing’s ongoing attempts to ”intimidate” its neighbours and said it was closely monitoring the situation. A top official of the new Biden administration also asserted that the US will stand with its allies to advance its shared values in the strategically-vital Indo-Pacific region. ”We […]