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India's services growth at one-year high on boom in domestic demand
Published On: March 3, 2021 01:19 PM NPT By: Reuters
BENGALURU, March 3: India’s dominant services activity grew at its fastest pace in a year last month, driven by an extended robust recovery in domestic demand though input costs rose at the quickest rate in eight years, a private survey showed.
One in five Chinese Australians report attacks or threats amid pandemic, rising tensions
Published On: March 3, 2021 11:08 AM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY, March 3: One in five Chinese Australians say they have been physically threatened or attacked in the past year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and tensions in Australia’s relationship with China, a survey by the Lowy Institute think tank reported.
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California crash kills 13 of 25 people crammed into SUV
Published On: March 3, 2021 08:54 AM NPT By: Associated Press
HOLTVILLE, March 3: An SUV packed with 25 people pulled in front of an oncoming tractor-trailer on a two-lane highway cutting through farmland near the U.S-Mexico border early Tuesday, killing 13 and leaving bodies strewn across the roadway. Most of the dead were Mexicans, a Mexican official said.
Biden vows enough vaccine for all US adults by end of May
Published On: March 3, 2021 08:49 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 3: President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May — two months earlier than anticipated — and he pushed states to get at least one shot into the arms of teachers by the end of March to hasten school reopenings.
Myanmar U.N. envoy, junta make rival claims to U.N. representation
Published On: March 3, 2021 07:38 AM NPT By: Reuters
NEW YORK, Mar 3: Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York has formally staked his claim as the country’s legitimate representative while the junta seeks to replace him in a dispute that will likely have to be settled by the world body’s 193 member states.
U.S., EU impose sanctions on Russia for Navalny poisoning, jailing
Published On: March 3, 2021 07:32 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Mar 3: The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions to punish Russia for what it described as Moscow’s attempt to poison opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent last year, in President Joe Biden’s most direct challenge yet to the Kremlin.
Myanmar's neighbours press for Suu Kyi's release, restoration of democracy
Published On: March 2, 2021 07:50 PM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, Mar 2: Myanmar’s neighbours pressed its ruling military on Tuesday to release ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and cease what Singapore called the disastrous use of lethal force against opponents of their Feb. 1 coup and work out a solution to the crisis.
Woman dies from brain haemorrhage in Japan days after vaccine, but link uncertain
Published On: March 2, 2021 07:11 PM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, Mar 2: A Japanese a woman in her 60s died from a brain haemorrhage three days after receiving a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination, the health ministry said on Tuesday, adding that there may not be a link between the two.
Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed
Published On: March 2, 2021 01:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press
GUSAU, Nigeria, Mar 2: Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday.
Canada vaccine committee advises against use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots for 65 years and above
Published On: March 2, 2021 11:33 AM NPT By: Reuters
TORONTO, March 2: Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization released new guidelines on Monday that advise against vaccinating people who are 65 years and older with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, citing lack of information about efficacy in that age group.
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