China’s era of mega-dams is ending as solar and wind power rise
China’s hydro industry is down-shifting toward smaller projects and pumped storage. Rival energy sources are also deterring the move to more challenging locations.
Australia’s most-populous states to close shared border as Covid cases spike
The decision by the governments of New South Wales and Victoria marks escalation of efforts to contain the virus despite its impact on Australia's economic recovery.
UK to start phasing out of Huawei’s 5G equipment as soon as this year
The move comes as UK's National Cybersecurity Centre concluded that new US sanctions mean Huawei will have to use untrusted technology, which shoots up security risks.
Covid-like virus was sent to Wuhan in 2013, Sunday Times report says
Frozen samples were sent to a Wuhan lab in 2013 after six men clearing out bat feces in a former copper mine in southwest China contracted severe pneumonia.
City in China’s Inner Mongolia region sounds alert for bubonic plague
Authorities said the warning period will last till the end of 2020. Bubonic plague can kill an adult in less than 24 hours if not treated in time.
48 doctors in Pakistan resign citing shortage of protective gears
The health department of Pakistan's Punjab province said the doctors, mostly young ones, resigned from govt teaching hospitals & their resignations were accepted.
New studies show novel coronavirus could have been in Europe as early as March 2019
Wastewater is a key to understanding coronavirus outbreaks in a region as the virus is found in faeces.
Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei CFO at the heart of China-US-Canada political & diplomatic crisis
Meng's arrest in Canada is being seen as the result of the US-China tussle but it has also raised questions about whether Huawei is a private firm or an arm of the Communist Party.
Kanye West says he’s running for US President, gets Elon Musk’s support
West’s Saturday night Twitter post, saying he's running for president, instantly went viral, with more than 100,000 retweets within the first hour.
Amid China-Australia’s barley feud, it’s Canada that’s brewing some profits
Canada, the second-largest malt-barley exporter to China, had already been trying to win a bigger share of China’s beer market from Australia.
Yogi Adityanath said ‘gunda raj’ over and people bought it. But UP crime still the worst
The Yogi Adityanath govt’s brazen touting of encounter killings has gained popular support, but has failed to curb crime on the ground in Uttar Pradesh.
World economy that took elevator down faces steep stairs back up
President of European Chamber in China, Joerg Wuttke, said the recovery isn't V or W, it's looking like the top of a chainsaw — up and down and painful all the way.
Defence
Indian and Chinese troops begin disengagement in Ladakh, Army to remain very cautious
The Indian Army will carry out a verification process in a 72-hour window to ensure China's PLA soldiers have adhered to the agreement arrived at the Corps Commander-level meetings.
It’s time for China, Pakistan, even India to rethink the fantasy Modi called expansionism
India, China and Pakistan all want territory from another. But it’s a pursuit doomed to fail as they can’t get it without annihilating the other.