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Massive Roll-Out of Made in China Coronavirus Vaccine Begins; 1M Citizens Already Received Jab

Vaccine developers are yet to reveal details about the side-effects and efficacy, but officials of Chinese provinces prepare for a large-scale rollout of COVID-19 vaccines

Dec 6, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Microwave Radiation Behind Mysterious Illness of US Diplomats in Cuba: NAS Report

A new report by a committee of the National Academy of Sciences of the US has found that "directed" microwave radiation is the likely cause of the Havana Syndrome

Dec 6, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Chinese Phone Manufacturer Gionee Secretly Installed Malware in Over 20 Million Devices

A Chinese court found a Gionee subsidiary and its partner guilty of intentionally implanting malware secretly in Gionee phones to make money

Dec 6, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Coronavirus Impact: UN Warns 2021 Is Going To Be a 'Humanitarian Catastrophe'

UN officials said that there is a risk of poor countries being "trampled" as rich countries roll out Covid-19 vaccines

Dec 5, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

China Is Collecting DNA from World's Population to Wipe Out Some Racial Groups, Alleges Columnist Gordon Chang

Well-known columnist, Gordon Chang explained sinister ideas of China to create a bioweapon, deadlier than COVID-19

Dec 5, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

BLACKPINK's First Online Concert THE SHOW: From Livestream to Tickets, Here is How to Watch

BLACKPINK's first ever online concert is titled 'The Show'. Here is how to watch the livestreaming, buy tickets and win prizes.

Dec 5, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

China Forced Detained Uighur Muslims to Eat Pork on 'Holy' Fridays, Report Claims

Apart from being forced to eat pork meat, the detainees were subjected to forced sterilization, made to witness beatings and were sexually abused.

Dec 4, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Sen Marco Rubio Defends Sen Marsha Blackburn After Chinese Journalist Chen Weihua Calls Her 'B**ch'

The exchange of insults came on Thursday after Blackburn tweeted that China had a "5,000 year history of cheating and stealing."

Dec 4, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Indian Teacher Wins $1M Global Prize, Gives Away Half to Runners Up; UK Math Teacher Gets Covid Hero Prize

Ranjitsinh Disale who won this year's Global Teacher Prize has given half of his prize money to the runners-up of the competition

Dec 3, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus Education

Nike Ad on Racism in Japan Divides Twitter Users, Some Call for Boycott of Products [VIDEO]

The ad prompted some to call for a boycott of the company's products, while others hailed it as "accurate" depiction of Japanese society.

Dec 2, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Malaysian Leaders Want Study on Coronavirus Vaccine's Halal Compliance

As countries are looking to carry out the largest mass immunization in the history with COVID-19 vaccine, Islamic countries want to avoid rejection from its citizens.

Dec 2, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

Singapore Becomes First Country in the World to Approve Sale of Plant-Based Meat

Singapore is fast moving toward promoting the culture of plant-based meat, and that too at a time when it is trying to be self sufficient in producing its own food.

Dec 2, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Leaked Wuhan Files Reiterate How China Mishandled Coronavirus Cases Initially

The internal documents from Hubei Provincial CDC revealed local authorities under-reporting new Coronavirus cases and lacked the urgency to address the situation

Dec 1, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Assassination: Weapon Used to Kill Physicist Was Made in Israel, Iran's Press TV Says

President Hasan Rouhani and other Iranian officials blamed the country's long-time enemy Israel for the attack.

Nov 30, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Beating Facial Recognition: Japanese Store Wants to Purchase 'Face' to Turn It into Super-Realistic Mask

As part of the 'That Face' project, Tokyo-based Kamenya Omote is paying to collect face data and turn them into 3D-printed masks with an incredible level of details

Nov 30, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

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