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Japan navy submarine, Hong Kong ship collide off Japan coast

11:27 pm February 8, 2021

Tokyo: A Japanese navy submarine and a commercial ship collided off Japan’s southern coast on Monday, causing minor injuries to three crew members of the submarine and damage to its mast, defense officials said. The submarine Soryu was in the process of surfacing about 27 nautical miles (50 kilometers) south of Cape Ashizuri on Japan’s southwestern island of Shikoku when it collided with […]

India can now create Aatmanirbhar secured internet

9:00 pm February 3, 2021

New Delhi: With over 50 per cent share in next generation IP addresses, India now has the potential to create its own secured internet by setting up a root server locally for less than Rs 10 crore, according to state-run ITI and industry platform IPv6 Forum. The DoT had released the first and second roadmap to roll out IPv6 […]

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 […]

Japan extends emergency amid vaccine, Olympic uncertainty

9:55 pm February 2, 2021

Tokyo: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Tuesday that he is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and nine other areas through March 7, amid growing uncertainty over the national rollout of vaccines and the hosting of the Tokyo Olympics this summer. Suga said he will speed up vaccination plans and start inoculating a first group of medical workers […]

Determined to hosting Olympics: Japan PM Suga Yoshihide

8:15 pm January 29, 2021

New Delhi/Davos: While Japan‘s fight against COVID-19 continues, the country is committed to hosting the Olympic Games, now scheduled for July, Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said on Friday. In a special address at the World Economic Forum’s online Davos Agenda Summit, Yoshihide also said he is himself standing in the front line of the […]