Dhoom-style bikers held for snatchings by Delhi Police

Dhoom-style bikers held for snatchings by Delhi Police

Delhi Police arrested two men for their alleged involvement in snatching incidents. A sports bike, pistol was also recovered from the accused. The two accused in custody of the Delhi Police. The Delhi Police arrested two men for their alleged involvement in snatching incidents in the national capital. A country-made pistol, two live cartridges, a … Read more

Sequoia closes $1.35-billion India venture & growth fund

Sequoia closes .35-billion India venture & growth fund

BENGALURU| NEW DELHI: Sequoia Capital has closed a $1.35 billion India venture and growth fund, the largest corpus by the blue-chip Silicon Valley fund for the region. This comes at a time when the risk capital world has seen major shifts in funding and valuations, amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The Menlo Park-headquartered fund has … Read more

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: US withdraws visa for students studying online, Trudeau turns down White House invite

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: US withdraws visa for students studying online, Trudeau turns down White House invite

United States has said it would not allow foreign students to remain in the country if all of their classes are moved online in the fall because of the coronavirus crisis. “Non-immigrant F-1 and M-1 students attending schools operating entirely online may not take a full online course load and remain in the United States,” … Read more

Labor wants to ask TikTok how it approaches Australian privacy laws | ZDNet

Labor wants to ask TikTok how it approaches Australian privacy laws | ZDNet

Despite it being “really fun”, Labor Senator Jenny McAllister has raised concerns over TikTok, including that the social media platform isn’t entirely transparent about how it approaches Australian privacy laws. “There are some specific concerns that have been raised by credible sources in recent years about TikTok. The first is that they’re not entirely transparent … Read more

Brazil opens itself up, to everything except masks

Brazil opens itself up, to everything except masks

The old town was busy Monday afternoon, on the first day of a new large-scale phase of reopening of Brazil’s largest city. Shoppers were out on the streets and in stores, sellers pushed carts of watermelon and other merchandise and all around were sounds of human activity — not back to pre-pandemic levels, but a … Read more

Japan says Chinese ships spend record time violating its territorial waters

Japan says Chinese ships spend record time violating its territorial waters

The Chinese vessels came within 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) off the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, known in China as the Diaoyu Islands, well past the internationally recognized 12-mile (19.3 kilometer) limit that defines a country’s territorial waters, the Japanese Coast Guard said. Japanese chief cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tokyo has lodged repeated diplomatic protests with … Read more