China aims to make 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses a year
Beijing: A Chinese health official said Friday that the country’s annual production capacity for coronavirus vaccines will top 1 billion doses next year, following an aggressive government support programme for construction of new factories. Capacity is expected to reach 610 million doses by the end of this year, Zheng Zhongwei from the National Health Commission […]
Hope India, China would be able to resolve border differences: Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump hoped that India and China would be able to resolve their current border disputes as he reiterated his offer to help the two Asian giants. “I know that China now, and India, are having difficulty, and very very substantial difficulty. And hopefully, they will be able to work that out,” […]
Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent capable of ‘small-scale attacks’: US official
Washington: Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a globally-banned terror group, is now probably capable of only “small-scale regional attacks”, a top American counter-terrorism official has told lawmakers. AQIS was set up by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2014 to expand the terror group’s influence in the region. In South Asia, al-Qaeda in the Indian […]
London put on COVID-19 watchlist as coronavirus infection rate rises
London: London was put on a coronavirus watchlist on Friday while stricter lockdown restrictions were imposed in several other British cities as the R number, or the rate at which the infection is spreading, went further up beyond the mark of one. The R number, which indicates the average number of people each person with […]
Who cares for the poor nations?
As winter is all set to make its presence in many countries the worries too are piling up for the leadership as the battle against the deadly covid-19 has not reached any point where the leaders would feel some ease. The disease is still killing and infecting people with many countries failing to understand about […]
Why Assault on Urdu?
Apne Bhi Khafa Muj Se Baiganay Bhi Nakhush
Sahil Ahmad Lone The decision of union government to replace Urdu with 5 regional languages as official languages of JK has given rise to many questions. Has the decision been taken to blot out Urdu, often labeled as “The language Of Muslims”? If so, what would be its outcome? And what would be the strategy […]
Economic, empirical analysis of internet restrictions in JK
Fahid Fayaz Darangay After the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, the internet was shut down completely in Jammu and Kashmir to avoid any cataclysm through the misuse of any social media. This was not the first time the internet was banned in the region. Earlier the first major internet ban happened on […]
