Human trials of India’s first Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to begin soon
NEW DELHI, Jul 7, 2020, WHO. India’s first potential indigenous coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine, Covaxin,…
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US-listed Chinese firms trade mostly higher
BEIJING, Jul 7, 2020, Xinhua. U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Monday, with eight…
TikTok to exit Hong Kong market ‘within days’
HONG KONG, Jul 7, 2020, BBC. TikTok has said it will quit the Hong Kong…
China for border talks with Bhutan, India wary
NEW DELHI, Jul 7, 2020, TNS. To India’s discomfiture, China is signalling its desire to…
Death toll rises to 50 in rain-hit southwestern Japan
FUKUOKA, Jul 7, 2020, Kyodo. The death toll from torrential rain in southwestern Japan rose…
About 50 investment proposals from Chinese companies are reviewing by the Indian govt as new FDI rules came into force in April
NEW DELHI, Jul 6, 2020, The Economic Times. The Indian government is reviewing around 50…
[Analytics] Myanmar ponders what to do with its out-of-work elephants
As the Myanmar government moves to rein in deforestation, thousands of captive elephants trained to…
Shanghai, Shenzhen stocks jumped amidst China told citizens to buy stocks
BEIJING, Jul 6, 2020, CNBC. Strategists say two factors are helping give legs to the…
Japan floods kill at least 18 people after record-breaking rainfall
TOKYO, Jul 6, 2020, CNN. Rescue workers in Japan are beginning a desperate search for…
First Hong Kong national security law defendant denied bail
HONG KONG, Jul 6, 2020, RTHK. The West Kowloon court has denied bail to the…
[Analytics] China, India standoff more than a war over rocks
As China and India square off in a Himalayan standoff after a skirmish in that…
S. Korea’s first military satellite could be launched next week: Reports
SEOUL, Jul 6, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea’s first military communications satellite could be launched into…