SKIN MEDICATION TAINTED WITH A SLEEP-INDUCING DRUG KILLS A WOMAN IN JAPAN

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• Skin medication tainted with a sleep-inducing drug kills a woman in Japan.
• Kobayashi Kako Co., the maker of the drug announced the death of the woman.
• The woman passed away after ingesting “Itraconazole tablet 50 &l...

MOROCCO AND SPAIN POSTPONED THEIR HING-LEVEL MEETING TO FEBRUARY 2021

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• The governments of Morocco and Spain have agreed for postponing a meeting on the current state and the future bilateral tie ups
• Due to the novel corona virus pandemic, the governments of both the countries had postponed the meeting, which ...

JAPAN HELD A ONE-DAY EXHIBITION OF GYMNASTICS MEET AS A TEST FOR THE OLYMPICS

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• Japan held a one-day exhibition of gymnastics as a test for the Olympics.
• Several thousand fans attended the meet.
• 22 athletes from Russia, China, and the United States participated.
• The non-Japanese had to do ...

BOJ IN POLICY MEETING CUTS ITS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INFLATION PROJECTIONS

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• BOJ in policy meeting cuts its economic growth and inflation projections.
• The central bank kept its ultra-easy monetary policy intact.
• BOJ kept the short-term interest rates at minus 0.1 percent.
• The BOJ a...

THAI PM EXPLAINS HIS REMOVAL WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING 

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• During the Parliament's phenomenal meeting on Monday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the third perusing of the contract revision ought to be finished by December and that the Cabinet will propose a bill on public submission to Parliament on...

THAI CABINET TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION ON TUESDAY ON PROTESTS

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• Thai cabinet plans a special session on Tuesday regarding the ongoing protests in the country asking for the resignation of PM

Gen Prayut said on Monday the bureau will examine the topic of an extraordinary parliamentary meeting at i...

SEQUOIA CAPITAL INDIA OFFERS $12 MILLION IN FUNDING TO AIRMEET

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• Sequoia Capital India has offered $12 Million in funding to Airmeet.
• The investment is coming as Airmeet is exiting its public beta stage.
• Airmeet is preparing to open its app for usage via a freemium model.

In ...

BANK OF JAPAN MAINTAINED ITS ULTRALOOSE MONETARY POLICY IN ITS TWO DAY MEETING

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• Bank of Japan maintained its ultraloose monetary policy in its two-day meeting.
• The central bank however gave a slightly better assessment of the economy.
• The central bank maintained short-term interest rates at minus 0.1...

U.S. & INDIA HOLD 10TH DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION MEETING

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• According to the release, a statement of intent was signed in this meeting to strengthen the dialogue between the two countries in defense technology cooperation

• The U.S. and India had established the DTTI in the year 2012 to fasten the defense technol...

ASEAN VIRTUAL MEET FIRST DAY TOUCHED SOUTH CHINA SEA, ROHINGYA, AND COVID-19 ISSUES

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• The foreign ministers of the 10 member Southeast Asian Nations began their yearly gathering on Wednesday with the agenda of the Covid-19 pandemic, regional debates in the South China Sea, and Rohingya exiles.

Asean meeting is held on...

FOLLOWED BY SAUDI ARABIA, BAHRAIN TOO DECLINES US OFFER TO MAKE PEACE WITH ISRAEL

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• Bahrain's King has rejected the US push for slightly normalizing ties with Israel saying the Gulf State is focused on the creation of Palestinian state.

The top US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Manama on Wednesday as a pa...

FINANCE MINISTER OF CHINA VISIT ITALY AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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• Nathan Law, who is the Democracy Activist of Hong Kong was called on the Italian government for taking some decisions for security measures
• The foreign minister of China has made his first visit to Italy after the novel corona virus pandem...

JAPANESE SWIMMING STAR RIKAKO IKEE TO RETURN BACK TO COMPETITION IN TOKYO MEET

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• Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee to return back to competition in Tokyo meet.
• Rikako was diagnosed with leukemia in February last year.
• Since then she has not participated in any competition.
• Rikako will be ...

KRX HOLDSBACK DECISION ON SILLAJEN EXPULSION FROM STOCK EXCHANGE

• South Korea’s solitary bourse agency KRX said Thursday that it would further renew possible delisting of biotechnology firm SillaJen only after a close review.
• SillaJen submitted its business activation scheme to the bourse agency last month.

The KRX&rsq...

PM MODI HOLDS VIRTUAL MEETING WITH CMs OF SIX FLOOD AFFECTED STATES

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• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the use of innovative technologies in order to improve the forecast and warning system

• Along with the Chief Ministers, this meeting was also attended by the Union Defence Minister, Health Minister and senior...

VIDEO CONFERENCING REDEFINING COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS IN BUSINESS HOUSES

• South Korean telecom companies are shoring up plans to enhance their videoconference capabilities.
• In order to meet rising demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it has boosted a telework model here, industry insiders said Monday.

Global videoconference an...

ZOOM PLANNING TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST JioMeet FOR COPYING UI

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• Zoom has accused Reliance of completely copying its user interface (UI)

• Reliance JioMeet was largely criticised for its uncanny resemblance with Zoom

• Reliance JioMeet is completely free and provides all the features similar to Zoom and...

RELIANCE JioMeet: INDIAN SUBSTITUTE FOR ZOOM

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• JioMeet allows users create multiple meetings in a day and supports HD calling

• JioMeet is available on Google Playstore and the App Store

• With extremely simple interface and equipped with all the features, JioMeet is all set to compete...

GOOGLE MEET: THE NEWEST COMPETITOR FOR ZOOM

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• Google Meet will have features like blur backgrounds or replace them completely

• According to the reports, Google Meet will bring some important features for students and teachers to make learning comfortable

As the global coronavirus tally go...

HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH MEETS LEADERS OF ALL PARTIES ON DELHI VIRUS CRISIS PLAN

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• Ahead of this all-party meet, Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and many other officials

• Under the Delhi Coronavirus Crisis Plan, a comprehensive health survey of all the people livi...