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Britain approves Pfizer COVID-19 pill

The approval comes as the country scrambles to build its defences amid a record hit a daily record of new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, government data showed surge in COVID-19 cases. Britain has approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill for adults who have mild to moderate infection […]

Life & Style

India ‘important digital power’, won’t compromise on data sovereignty: Prasad

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MUMBAI: Union IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said India is an “important digital power” and will not compromise on its data sovereignty. Speaking at the launch of a Rs 1,100-crore data centre built by Hiranandani Group company Yotta, Prasad also said […]

Economy
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Exclusive: Chinese repression has become actual genocide now, says Uighur activist Rushan Abbas

At a time when China is in the news for its expansionist adventurism during a global pandemic, what has remained largely underreported is Beijing’s disturbing record of gross human rights violations of the Uighur Muslims, an ethnic minority in the country’s Xinjiang province. Using open-source […]

India
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How China is playing victim in the face of global isolation

With its international isolation deepening over its handling of the new coronavirus, civil liberties in Hong Kong, repression of Muslim minorities on the mainland, and over its military posturing with its neighbours, China has begun playing victim before its domestic constituency. The communist regime has […]

India
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Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television interview that he was in good health despite running a fever. The right-wing populist, who has played down the severity of the virus which he […]

Economy
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Newly appointed French minister faces rape allegation

The Paris court of appeals ruled that a judge may reopen the investigation into a 2018 allegation that Darmanin ​raped a woman in 2009, sources told CNN. A lawyer for Darmanin, who was appointed interior minister on Monday, said the accusation is baseless. On Tuesday […]

World
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Tougher lockdown to be imposed in Bengal from July 9

Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Tuesday decided to expand the areas under lockdown and impose tougher restrictions from July 9 to stem the relentless spike in COVID-19 cases, a senior official said. The containment zones and buffer zones around them will be clubbed together […]

Economy
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Vizag gas leak: 12 incuding CEO, two directors of LG Polymers arrested

The arrested people include LG Polymers MD and technical director, both of whom are foreign nationals. At least 14 people were killed after hazardous styrene gas leaked from LG Polymers plant on the morning of May 7, 2020. (Photo: PTI) Twelve people incuding the CEO, […]

India
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History is a nightmare from which stock pundits refuse to awake

By Sarah Ponczek Nothing has been normal on Wall Street for a long time. So expecting what “normally happens” to guide the here-and-now is an especially fraught exercise. And yet that’s what a legion of strategists and analysts continue to do, as the pandemic and […]

Economy
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Microsoft seizes six domains used in COVID-19 phishing operations | ZDNet

Microsoft has obtained a court order this month allowing the company to seize control of six domains that were used in phishing operations against Office 365 customers, including in campaigns that leveraged COVID-19 lures. According to court documents obtained by ZDNet, Microsoft has targeted a […]

Technology