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With new trade tensions with US looming, India looks to extend Iran loan-waiver
New Delhi/Washington:India wants to keep buying Iranian oil at its current level of about 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), as it negotiates with Washington about extending a waiver of US sanctions past early May, two sources in India…
‘UN chief monitoring situation between India, Pak’
UN chief Antonio Guterres is "continually" monitoring the situation between India and Pakistan and his office is available to both parties, his spokesperson said.Spokesman for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric was asked if…
Google doodle celebrates International Women’s Day with 13 inspiring quotes
As the world celebrates the International Women's Day on Friday, March 8, 2019, Google has dedicated a doodle to the strength of women by sharing 13 quotes of inspirational women.The Google doodle begins with the word "woman"…
Bug in Facebook Messenger exposed users’ data
San Francisco, March 8: As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed about making his platform more secure, a bug in Facebook Messenger allowed websites to gain access to users' data, including who they have been chatting with, say…
US ‘following up closely’ after India gives proof of Pak misusing F-16s against it
Washington is taking a close look at reports that Pakistan used US-supplied F-16 fighter jets in the recent confrontation with India, according to State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino."We've seen those reports and…
Israeli fighter jets strike Hamas compound in Gaza
JERUSALEM/GAZA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Israeli fighter jets struck on Tuesday night a Hamas military compound in Gaza after "explosive balloons" from the Palestinian enclave reached southern Israel, the Israeli army said.…
Flag Comes Down on US Palestinian Mission in Jerusalem
Jerusalem: The United States lowered the flag on Monday at the Jerusalem consulate that had served as its diplomatic channel to the Palestinians, merging the mission with the new U.S Embassy to Israel in the contested city.The…
Donald Trump Plans to End India’s Preferential Trade Treatment
Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he intends to end India's preferential trade treatment under a programme that allows $5.6 billion worth of Indian exports to enter the United States duty free.Trump, who has…
China says Canadian stole secrets; Huawei to sue U.S.
BEIJING/OTTAWA- China's government and its leading smartphone maker, Huawei Technologies Ltd, stepped up pressure on Monday on the U.S. and Canadian governments in a dispute over trade and telecoms technology that has ensnared Huawei's…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Won’t Meet Indian Parliamentary Panel
Social networking giant Facebook has confirmed that CEO Mark Zuckerberg or COO Sheryl Sandberg are not travelling to India for a hearing with the Parliamentary Panel on 6 March.Instead, Facebook is sending Joel Kaplan, Vice President,…