Mr. Kim spoke on Wednesday during a Workers’ Party meeting convened to follow up on decisions made at the ruling party’s congress in January, where he admitted previous economic plans had failed and announced a new five-year development plan. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered tougher legal supervision to support his development plans and eradicate various economy-related unlawful acts, state media said on Thursday, as he works to salvage an economy battered by the pandemic and other challenges.Mr. Kim spoke on Wednesday during a Workers’ Party meeting convened to follow up on decisions made at the ruling party’s…
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“I have a message for all of you — come, work in India, earn money but you will have to follow India’s laws,” Ravi Shankar Prasad says in Rajya Sabha Minister for Information Technology and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said global social media platforms such as Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and others were welcome to work, earn money in India but they should follow the law and the Constitution of India.Also read: Parliament proceedings updates — February 11, 2021Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Prasad said his Ministry had flagged Twitter and called out the microblogging…
“Our defence exercises – in bilateral and plurilateral formats, have increased in both frequency, scope and coverage, India’s ambassador to the U.S. Taranjit Singh Sandhu said. The India-U.S. defence trade, which has grown significantly in a short span of time, now stands at $21 billion, India’s envoy in Washington has said, asserting that the bilateral military and security ties are stronger than ever before.India’s ambassador to the U.S. Taranjit Singh Sandhu said that India’s designation as a ‘Major Defence Partner’ and accordance of Strategic Trade Authorisation-1 Status by the U.S. and the signing of the four foundational agreements with Washington…
The rescue operation at the Tapovan hydel project tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, where about 35 workers were trapped after a snow avalanche triggered flash floods on Sunday, was halted on Thursday following reports of an increase in the water level of Dhauli Ganga river.Read: Editorial | Troubled mountains“The rescue team has been taken to a safe distance to avert any mishap. We also talked to some villagers living upstream, who said they had noticed a sudden increase in the water flow,” said an official.In the early hours of the day, the team started a drilling operation to peep into…
Mori’s comments drew sharp comments on social media and in parliament, with opposition lawmakers demanding his resignation. Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, is set to step down over sexist remarks he made that women talked too much, the Fuji News Network reported on Thursday.The comments, made at a Japanese Olympic Committee board meeting in the first week of February, set off a firestorm at home and abroad and could become the latest obstacle to the 2020 Summer Games, already postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.Mori is likely to express his intention to…
Defending champion Sofia Kenin is out of the Australian Open in the second round after a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Kaia Kanepi.After her first-round win, Kenin talked about how nervous she was as the defending champion at a major for the first time. Against Kanepi, she looked it. She was near tears during a changeover toward the end of the match.The 65th-ranked Kanepi was hardly an underdog: she had beaten Kenin in their only previous match and is a six-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist. The Australian Open is the only Slam where Kanepi has not reached the quarterfinals.The fourth-seeded Kenin only…
The two leaders spoke just hours after Mr. Biden announced plans for a Pentagon task force to review U.S. national security strategy in China U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday held his first call as President with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing’s crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other human rights concerns.The two leaders spoke just hours after Mr. Biden announced plans for a Pentagon task force to review U.S. national security strategy in China and after the new U.S. president announced he was levying sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime following…
Across India, on Wednesday, a total of 2,15,133 people were vaccinated till 6 p.m. and in last 24 hours, one person who is suffering from Anaphylaxis has been hospitalised at JIPMER, Puducherry and is stable.You can track coronavirus cases, deaths and testing rates at the national and State levels here. A list of State Helpline numbers is available as well.Here are the latest updates:Vaccinations India fastest in world to reach 70 lakh vaccinations in 26 days: Ministry India has become the fastest country in the world to finish 70 lakh vaccinations against COVID-19 in 26 days. And 17 States/UTs reported…
A 7.7 magnitude undersea earthquake struck the South Pacific region on Thursday, triggering a brief tsunami warning for Australia and New Zealand that was cancelled, with no immediate reports of damage.The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said the quake’s epicentre was 417 kilometres east of Tadine, New Caledonia, and at a depth of 10 km.Tsunami centres across the region sent alerts for the public to stay off beaches and shore areas due to risks of unexpected currents and unusual waves. Those warnings were later cancelled,and authorities said any tsunami threat to mainlands inA ustralia and New Zealand had passed.“Based on…
He visited more than 100 villages in the last 12 years to source them which he has planted at his premises Age is no barrier for 84-year-old Beluru Subbanna Heggade (B. V. Subbarao) who has has collected more than 100 appe midi varieties of mangoes which were on the verge of extinction. He has preserved these mangoes, used for pickling as whole fruit, by growing them on his premises in Belur of Sagar taluk in Shivamogga district. He has travelled every nook and corner of Western Ghats over the last 12 years and visited more than 100 villages to source…