Companies shifting production out of China ‘normal market phenomenon: China
Beijing: International companies are shifting their production out of China due to increasing costs and intensifying Sino-US trade friction, a top Chinese trade official has acknowledged while downplaying it as a “normal market phenomenon.” Meng Wei, spokesperson for the country’s planning body National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), played down the steady closures by the […]
Individuals from various states have joined IS: MoS Home
New Delhi; Some instances of individuals from different states, including from southern ones, having joined terror group Islamic State have come to the notice of government agencies, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered 17 cases related to […]
COVID-19 will likely become seasonal, but not yet: Scientists
Dubai: Once herd immunity is attained, the novel coronavirus may follow suit and become a seasonal virus in countries with temperate climates, but until that time, COVID-19 will continue to spread across the seasons, a new study says. According to the review research, published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, when a significant section […]
Fighting Covid-19: UK trials new antibody cocktail for treatment
London: The UK on Monday began human trials of a new antibody treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. As part of the government-backed Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY (RECOVERY) Trials, monoclonal antibodies, or potent laboratory-made antibodies, will be given to about 2,000 patients in the coming weeks to see if they are effective against coronavirus. […]
Chinese military calls US biggest threat to world peace
Beijing: China’s Defence Ministry on Sunday blasted a critical US report on the country’s military ambitions, saying it is the US instead that poses the biggest threat to the international order and world peace. The statement follows the September 2 release of the annual Defence Department report to Congress on Chinese military developments and goals […]
India-born famed Pakistani Shia scholar passes away
Karachi; India-born renowned Pakistani Shia scholar Allama Zameer Akhtar Naqvi has died here following a heart attack. He was 76. Naqvi, who was born in 1944 in Lucknow where he studied until graduation and moved to Karachi in 1967, breathed his last late on Saturday night, Dawn reported on Sunday. Citing doctors at the Aga […]
Intra-Afghan talks: Seize historic opportunity to end years-long conflict: Pak to Afghan leaders
Islamabad: Leaders of Afghanistan must seize the historic opportunity to work together constructively and secure an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement to the years-long conflict in their country, Pakistan said on Saturday at the start of the long-awaited Afghan peace talks in Qatar. The talks were set to take place in March but have […]
India joins inaugural session of intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said the peace process in Afghanistan must respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country as he joined the inaugural session of the intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha through video conference. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Jaishankar’s participation was in response to an invitation extended […]