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Hong Kong protesters call for city-wide vigils after student dies

3:38 pm November 8, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters called Friday for city-wide vigils to mourn a student who died from injuries sustained when he fell during clashes with police. The calls for candle-lit vigils on Friday evening were made on online messaging boards used by the largely anonymous protest movement.

Doors left open for India to join RCEP: NZ minister

11:52 pm November 7, 2019

Gandhinagar: New Zealand’s Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth, Damien O’Connor, said on Thursday that doors are still open for India if it decided to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Talking to the media at AmulFed Dairy here, O’Connor, who is also the Minister of Agriculture, said besides New Zealand, other […]

China imposes curfew on minors in gaming crackdown

2:08 pm November 7, 2019

Beijing: China has imposed a curfew to limit the time spent by children playing games online, in the latest part of a government crackdown on youth gaming addiction. The regulations will mean those under 18 cannot play games online between 10pm and 8am, and for only ninety minutes at a time during the daytime. In […]

Team co-led by Indian scientists solve 100-year-old mystery of how malaria affects brain

India, Bhutan hold meeting on malaria elimination

11:44 pm November 6, 2019

Guwahati: India and Bhutan held a meeting here on Wednesday on malaria elimination in both sides of the international border. Specific action plans for 9 districts of India and 10 districts of Bhutan along the border have been developed at the meeting. Addressing the meeting, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) Director Dr Neeraj […]

Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

Pak among worst countries for internet freedom: report

8:23 pm November 6, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan is among the worst 10 countries in the world for internet and digital media freedom, according to a report by an internet watchdog. The Freedom House, an international internet rights group, on Tuesday released its ‘Freedom on the Net’ (FoTN) report for the year 2019, titled ‘The Crisis of Social Media’, recording an […]