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In focus, 15 Aug 2020 Page-2
Tech This Week | Forget TikTok, what India must focus on is semiconductors
Where India could have leverage with China is not in manipulating ByteDance’s revenues but if it got into the semiconductor space.
15 Aug 2020 4:04 PM
Canadian authorities investigate Amazon for misuse of its market dominance
The Competition Bureau seeks to determine whether Amazon influences consumers to purchase its own products over those of competing sellers.
15 Aug 2020 3:26 PM
UN launches $565 million appeal for Beirut victims
The blast killed over 170 people, injured more than 6,000 and left thousands homeless
15 Aug 2020 3:20 PM
Elephant kills local forest officer in Madhya Pradesh's Panna Tiger Reserve
Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed shock and grief over the tragic death of the forest officer.
15 Aug 2020 2:56 PM
US Embassy, Consulates to process visa applications of Indian students from August 17
Meanwhile, the Embassy and Consulates would continue to remain closed for routine immigrant and non-immigrant visas
15 Aug 2020 2:38 PM
Pentagon to set up new unit to investigate UFOs
Washington is particularly concerned about China's spying capabilities, using drones or other airborne means
15 Aug 2020 2:36 PM
Holidaymakers rush home as second coronavirus wave threatens Europe
France and the Netherlands were removed from a list of quarantine-exempt countries on Friday
15 Aug 2020 1:56 PM
India reiterates support to Palestinian cause
India has close strategic ties with Israel which have been a key defence platform and equipment supplier to New Delhi for more than 15 years
15 Aug 2020 1:43 PM
Two months after Galwan Valley standoff, ITBP recommends 21 names for gallantry awards
Till now only clashes between Indian, Chinese troops in Pangong Tso and Galwan on May 5, and in Galwan Valley on 15 June have been reported.
15 Aug 2020 1:41 PM
India sends humanitarian aid to Lebanon
The materials were transported by an IAF C-17 transport aircraft that landed in Beirut earlier in the day on Friday
15 Aug 2020 1:11 PM
Three Indian Army personnel awarded Shaurya Chakra for counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir
Army personnel who fought Chinese troops in Eastern Ladakh are likely to be given gallantry awards during Republic Day in January
15 Aug 2020 1:10 PM
Ship owner says will handle Mauritius oil spill compensation 'sincerely'
Mauritius declared an unprecedented environmental emergency last week as the ship began seeping oil into a protected marine park
15 Aug 2020 12:48 PM
Latin America's COVID-19 cases exceed 6 million
The region’s worst-affected country is Brazil, which has the most cases in the world after the United States, and 15% of world’s total
15 Aug 2020 12:11 PM
Ex-Maharashtra CM Fadnavis set to play a key role for BJP in upcoming Bihar polls
BJP sources said Fadnavis has been roped in by the party leadership for the poll preparedness
15 Aug 2020 12:04 PM
Australian newspaper cartoon of Harris and Biden criticized as racist
The cartoon, which refers to Harris as a ‘little brown girl’, drew immediate criticism from officials, and other critics
15 Aug 2020 11:50 AM
As India's marks 74th Independence Day, COVID-19 cases cross 25 lakh-mark
India has been reporting over 60,000 cases daily since August 7, barring August 11
15 Aug 2020 11:36 AM
South Korea fears infections getting out of control
With 103 new cases reported Friday, this is the first time since late March that the daily increase surpassed 100 two days in a row
15 Aug 2020 11:05 AM
Independence Day 2020: PM Modi makes a passionate pitch for aatmanirbhar India in his address
In his seventh straight Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort, Modi made a host of new announcements
15 Aug 2020 10:48 AM
Vaishno Devi yatra to resume from Sunday after nearly 5-month long suspension
The yatra was suspended on March 18.
15 Aug 2020 10:07 AM
UN Security Council rejects US resolution to extend Iran arms embargo
Iran says it has the right to self-defense and that a continuation of the ban would mean an end to the nuclear deal
15 Aug 2020 9:59 AM
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