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,…
Vietnam’s rice exports up nearly 18 per cent in the first half of 2020
HANOI, Jul 7, 2020, VNA. Vietnam earned 1.71 billion USD from exporting nearly 3.5 million…
Saigon to open new night walking street
HO CHI MINH CITY, Jul 7, 2020, VN Express. Ho Chi Minh City is to…
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…
Thailand wants Laos to help stem drug trafficking along border
BANGKOK, Jul 7, 2020, Xinhua. Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) said on…
China for border talks with Bhutan, India wary
NEW DELHI, Jul 7, 2020, TNS. To India’s discomfiture, China is signalling its desire to…
US bans foreign students from staying if all classes go online
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 7, 2020, Yonhap. The United States will not allow foreign students 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…
With a historic low of foreign visitors, Singapore re-orientates to domestic travel
SINGAPORE, Jul 7, 2020, Bloomberg. In Indonesia, locals can soon fly from Jakarta to the…
Population and housing census crucial for Malaysia’s development planning: PM
PUTRAJAYA, Jul 7, 2020, Bernama. The Population and Housing Census conducted every 10 years gives…
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…