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China’s economy accelerates as virus recovery gains strength

2:29 pm October 19, 2020

Beijing: China’s shaky economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is gaining strength as consumers return to shopping malls and auto dealerships while the United States and Europe endure painful contractions. The world’s second-largest economy expanded by 4.9% over a year ago in the three months ending in September, official data showed Monday. Retail spending rebounded […]

Tobacco Still Leading Cause of Cancer, say Experts

3:46 pm October 18, 2020

By Aditya Vikram Singh: Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and inhaling the smoke (consisting of particle and gaseous phases). A more broad definition may include simply taking tobacco smoke into the mouth, and then releasing it, as is done by some with tobacco pipes and cigars. The practice was believed to have […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Rising Pollution, Winter Could Worsen COVID-19 Situation

10:38 pm October 11, 2020

Written By Aditya Vikram Singh: Studies from China and Italy show that in areas where there is increase in PM 2.5 levels, it leads to a surge of at least 8-9% in coronavirus cases. The study conducted by Ocean and Climatic Sciences at IIT-Bhubaneswar have revealed every degree rise in temperature corresponds to a 0.99% […]

Ex-Raw Chief Vikram Sood explains, why it's risky to permit Huawei in India

Ex-RAW boss explains, why it’s risky to permit Huawei in India

10:15 pm October 8, 2020

New Delhi: Former R&AW chief Vikram Sood says there are several powerful reasons – strategic, technological, geopolitical and legal – to suggest that it that could be risky to permit Chinese telecom major Huawei, with its state-structured backing, to launch operations in India’s critical infrastructure. His assessment comes at a time when the government is […]

US, Australia, India, Japan discuss China’s growing power

7:01 pm October 6, 2020

TOKYO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that China’s increasingly assertive actions across the region make it more critical then ever for the four Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad to cooperate to protect their partners and their people from Chinese “exploitation, corruption and coercion.” Pompeo made the remark at a meeting in […]