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Special Desk International Monetary Fund has predicted a decline of almost 5% in 2020 hence has lowered its global growth forecast for this year and even the next year. This in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. IMF predicts a decline substantially worse than its forecast only 10 weeks ago …

Special Desk Maldivian sunset could be a reality soon as the Indian Ocean island nation is planning to open itself up to tourists from around the world with no Covid-19 reservations. His Excellency President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has announced that the date for reopening Maldives for tourism after closure of …

Special Desk Amid allegations about making in its lab coronavirus, China has put into orbit the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 navigation system. This helps China advance as a major space power. Well launch is significant too in context to US-China dependency. It will allow China to no longer rely …

Special Desk News for those in foreign jobs. The US has decided to prolong the hiatus on some green cards and suspended visas for other foreign workers until the end this year. This decision will effect those in high-skilled tech workers, non-agricultural seasonal helpers, au pairs and top executives. White …

Special Desk Brazil has now become second country in the world to report more than a million cases of Covid-19. The health ministry also posted a record number of new cases in the past 24 hours, more than 54,000. In addition, there were more than 1,200 deaths for the fourth …

Special Desk Hackers are troubling Australian government and institutions in the cyber world. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned terming this a ongoing sophisticated state-based cyber hacks. Morrison said the cyber attacks were widespread, covering “all levels of government” as well as essential services and businesses. He declined to identify …

News Desk While coronavirus cases are on the rise in the country some hope is coming from the scientists who are working to develop vaccine and many are testing existing vaccines and drugs to try and use it to treat patients. The CSIR –Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow is going …

Special Desk While Kim Jong-un’s sister attacked the South Korean president for putting his neck into the noose of pro-US flunkeyism, North Korea has explained why it blew up its South Korean liaison office in a border town. A state media article accused the South of breaking 2018 agreements. South …

Special desk Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has said she has ordered the army to prepare entering in to the demilitarised zone dividing the two Koreas. The threat is partly in response to defector groups in the South sending propaganda material north. Kim Yo-jong, has said …

Special Desk What shutdown did to the entire world had for the Athens International Airport also. Located on the southern Athenian coast on a site roughly three times the size of Monaco, Hellenikon — which translates to “the Greek” — was for decades the only international airport in Athens. The …