India's recent move to ban dozens of Chinese mobile apps on security grounds has found favor among local start-ups, some of whom have seen a surge in users.One of them is a short-form video sharing app called Chingari, which crossed 10 million downloads on the Android Play Store in under a month. It is seen as…
The over 250,000 Indian students enrolled in US universities now run the risk of being sent packing.The Donald Trump administration on July 6 tweaked an exemption that allowed foreign students to stay in the US even when most of their classes are being held online amid the Covid-19 pandemic.In the fall semester starting in August/September,…
At least three Indian soldiers were killed during a "violent faceoff" with Chinese troops in the Himalayas on Monday night, according to a statement by the Indian army.The confrontation was the first between the two nuclear powers that resulted in fatalities since 1975. India said China also suffered casualties.“The loss of lives on the Indian side includes…
By Abhirup Roy and Euan RochaPUNE, May 22 (Reuters) - If the world is to gain access to a vaccine for COVID-19, there's a good chance it will pass through the doors of Serum Institute of India.Serum Institute, the world's largest manufacturer of vaccines by volume, is working on several candidates for the novel coronavirus…
April 22, 2020Updated 1:13 p.m. ETNEW DELHI — When President Trump announced via a late-night tweet that he would “suspend immigration” to protect American jobs from an economic tailspin caused by the coronavirus, Priyanka Nagar prepared for the worst.For more than a decade, Ms. Nagar, an Indian citizen, had steadily built a life in the…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…