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Japan suspects missile data leak in Mitsubishi cyberattack

5:51 pm May 20, 2020

Tokyo: Japan is investigating a possible leak of data including details of a prototype missile in a massive cyber attack earlier this year on Mitsubishi Electric Corp., officials said Wednesday. The suspected leak involves sensitive information about a prototype of a cutting-edge high speed gliding missile intended for deployment for the defense of Japan’s remote […]

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

There will be flight of capital from China: Ram Madhav

8:56 pm May 3, 2020

New Delhi: There will be a flight of capital from China in the post COVID-19 period and India could emerge as an attractive investment destination for global giants shifting businesses from the neighbouring country, BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav said on Sunday. His comments came in the midst of reports that a sizeable number of […]

NYSE: Stocks turn choppy as investors weigh earnings, recovery

Economic figures show grim toll in Europe and US from coronavirus

8:14 am May 1, 2020

New York: Bleak new figures Thursday underscored the worldwide economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits has climbed past a staggering 30 million, while Europe’s economies have gone into an epic slide. And as bad as the numbers are, some are already outdated because of the lag in […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

Trump blames China for coronavirus pandemic; a lab ‘mistake’?

8:06 am May 1, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Thursday speculated that China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible “mistake,” and his intelligence agencies said they are still examining a notion put forward by the president and aides that the pandemic may have resulted from an accident at a Chinese lab. […]

FinMin notifies changes in FDI policy under FEMA

4:25 pm April 23, 2020

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry on Wednesday notified changes in FDI rules, which made prior approval of the government mandatory for foreign investments from countries that share border with India, to prevent opportunistic takeover of domestic firms amid COVID-19 pandemic under the FEMA law. The countries which share land borders with India are China, Bangladesh, […]