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India, Australia to conduct 2-day naval exercise in Indian Ocean from Wednesday

11:21 pm September 22, 2020

New Delhi: Navies of India and Australia will carry out a two-day mega exercise in the Indian Ocean Region beginning Wednesday that will involve a range of complex naval manoeuvres, anti-aircraft drills and helicopter operations, officials said. The exercise comes in the midst of India’s tense border row with China and in the backdrop of growing activities by the Chinese navy in the […]

5 Chinese nationals charged in mega hacking scheme, Indian govt networks hit: US

11:55 pm September 16, 2020

Washington: The US Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacking over a 100 companies and institutions across the world, including Government of India networks, stealing valuable software data and business intelligence. Deputy US Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Wednesday announced three indictments have been unsealed in the matter that collectively charge five Chinese nationals with computer hacking and charge two Malaysian nationals for helping some […]

Countries speaking about 2050 climate goals haven’t done enough under Paris Agreement: Javadekar

11:52 pm September 16, 2020

New Delhi: The countries which are speaking about ambitious climate goals and action for 2050 have not done enough about commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. The minister, in a series of tweets, informed that he spoke about the issue during the Environment Ministerial Meeting (EMM) of the G20 […]

Yoshihide Suga named Japan’s prime minister, succeeding Abe

11:30 am September 16, 2020

Tokyo: Yoshihide Suga was formally elected Wednesday as Japan’s new prime minister in a parliamentary vote. Suga is replacing Shinzo Abe, who resigned earlier in the day because of ill health. Suga had been chosen as leader of the ruling party on Monday, virtually assuring his succession. Suga, who was chief Cabinet secretary and long seen […]

Vishnu Saravanan becomes 2nd Indian sailor to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo, IOC dismiss study showing Olympic costs rising

11:35 pm September 15, 2020

Tokyo: The CEO of the Tokyo Olympics and the IOC member in charge of Japan’s games have dismissed a new study from the University of Oxford that finds Tokyo is the most expensive Summer Games since 1960. Tokyo, postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, is only a small part of economist Bent Flyvbjerg’s study which was published on Tuesday and titled, […]