MAY 21, 2020
At the recently held press conference, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri highlighted the detailed plan to resume the domestic air services in India.
As per the govt's order, only one-third flights of the total scheduled flights of respective airlines will be allowed to fly starting May 25. Since there will be limited flights operational, airlines can...
MAY 21, 2020
President Donald Trump could suffer a historic defeat in the fall if the economy doesn’t sharply recover from the coronavirus pandemic and the disease lingers, according to a model that has predicted the winner of the popular vote in 16 of the past 18 elections.
Oxford Economics predicts Trump would lose to Democrat Joe Biden by a margin...
MAY 21, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks at Ford's Rawsonville Components Plant that has been converted to making personal protection and medical equipment, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Ypsilanti, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Trump said Thursday the United States would not shut down in the case of a second coronavirus wave.
"People say that's a very distinct possibility....
MAY 21, 2020
No thanks, I’m good.
President Donald Trump speaks as he tours Ford's Rawsonville Components Plant that has been converted to making personal protection and medical equipment, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Ypsilanti, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Trump refused to wear a face mask while touring a ventilator plant in Michigan on Thursday, sending a defiant message...
MAY 21, 2020
India and China flags. - Getty Images
The Centre on Thursday denied any suggestion that it has taken activity across the Line of Actual Control (LAC), it termed the reports as “not accurate”.
“Any suggestion that Indian security forces have undertaken activity across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is not accurate. We are fully aware of responsibility. In...
MAY 21, 2020
A pharmaceutical company says it has secured orders for at least 400m doses of an unproven Covid-19 vaccine that it will start delivering this year.
AstraZeneca announced on Thursday that it had “concluded the first agreements” to make the University of Oxford‘s potential coronavirus vaccine.
The British-Swedish drugmaking giant said earlier this week it had secured manufacturing capacity for...
MAY 21, 2020
Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper, shown earlier this month with President Trump, has said Russia has violated the treaty for many years. - Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
The Trump administration began privately informing allied nations this week that the United States will withdraw from a nearly 30-year-old treaty designed to reduce the chances of an accidental war between Russia...
MAY 21, 2020
Covid-19 testing in the northeastern Chinese city of Shulan, in a photo released this week by state media.
In Shulan, a city in China’s northeast, the streets are eerily quiet, devoid of taxis and buses. Apartment complexes have been sealed off, confining residents inside. Teams of government workers go door to door rounding up sick people as part...
MAY 20, 2020
Beijing is accelerating its bid for global leadership in key technologies, planning to pump more than a trillion dollars into the economy through the rollout of everything from wireless networks to artificial intelligence.
In the masterplan backed by President Xi Jinping himself, China will invest an estimated $1.4 trillion over six years to 2025, calling on urban governments...
MAY 20, 2020
China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump are increasingly divided by the coronavirus pandemic. - Brendan Smialowski
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday again lashed out at China over the coronavirus pandemic, blaming Beijing for "mass Worldwide killing."
His early morning tweet, which also referred to an unidentified "wacko in China," was the latest heated rhetoric...
