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Indian government is reviewing around 50 investment proposals involving Chinese companies under a new screening policy. (AFP Photo)

India reviewing around 50 investment proposals from Chinese firms

The official said about 40-50 applications involving funding from Chinese investors filed since rule change and are...

7 July 2020 9:07 AM IST

Oil prices cautiously rose in early trade on Tuesday with major producers sticking to supply cuts. (AFP Photo)

Oil prices cautiously rise on output cut support

The market is still being supported by a bigger-than-expected drawdown in US crude stockpiles reported last week

7 July 2020 9:04 AM IST

South Koreans reacted with disgust to the courts ruling disallowing the extradition of the convicted child porn site operator. One Twitter user said, South Korea must be the only country that lets child sex abusers go free. (Photo | AFP)

Court in S Korea rejects US extradition of man who traded in child...

He served just an 18-month sentence, and a judge ruled that he would not be extradited to the US where he could face...

6 July 2020 9:35 PM IST

The SMIC IPO push is part of the Communist Partys strategy to develop global leaders in artificial intelligence, big data, and other advanced sectors.

Chipmaker SMIC set for a huge IPO as China looks to make semiconductor...

SMIC is China's biggest contract manufacturer of chipsets, and the country's hope to make its tech firms non-dependent...

6 July 2020 9:07 PM IST

Deepika Padukone

Deepika's new yoga kick

This development could be somehow connected to her role, but the makers are keeping all the details under wraps

6 July 2020 7:36 PM IST

One may recall that Ajay had a fabulous start to 2020 with his film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior conquering the box office and going on to be a huge hit

Ajay Devgn is the new deshbhakt

Following Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn now has a spate of patriotic films in the works this year

6 July 2020 7:20 PM IST

Ubers ride sharing business has faced losses due to the restriction on movement and travel across the world but its food delivery arm is doing well, and is now expanding with the acquisition of Postmates. (Photo | AFP)

Uber expands its US food delivery business with purchase of startup...

Postmates, whose business delivering food, groceries and other goods doubled amid lockdown, was bought for $2.65...

6 July 2020 7:13 PM IST

A nuclear accord with the US signed in 2015 by the Obama administration, under which Iran would stop all nuclear activity, was unilaterally abandoned by the Trump administration in 2018. Since September 2019, Iran began enriching uranium at the Natanz facility, where the accident took place on Thursday. This photo released Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. (Photo | AP)

Accident at site damages Iran's nuclear programme restarted after US...

The accident at a warehouse could slow the production of centrifuges used to enrich uranium.

6 July 2020 6:30 PM IST

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AA Edit | With Covid-19 vaccine, make haste slowly

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time

6 July 2020 5:41 PM IST

Huawei has said it will pull out of partnerships with any hostile countries and focus on working with countries where they are welcome. (Photo | AP)

Restrictions put in place to limit Huawei's access to France's 5G...

While the Chinese company is not banned, operators using Huawei will be given only limited permits for 3-8 years.

6 July 2020 5:26 PM IST

Suspension of the H1-B visas by the US will cost domestic IT firms Rs 1,200 crore. (AFP Photo)

H1-B visa suspension by US to have Rs 1,200 crore impact on Indian IT...

Visas used by Indian tech professionals were suspended by the Donald Trump administration as it looked to arrest the...

6 July 2020 4:52 PM IST

An IAF helicopter flies in the sky, in Leh, Ladakh. (PTI)

Troops taking effective measures to disengage and ease tensions: China

China's People's Liberation Army was seen removing tents and structures at patrolling point 14, the sources in New Delhi...

6 July 2020 4:17 PM IST