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NEW DELHI — Farmers in India held protests against three farm laws at the Jantar Mantar, a historical observatory located in the Indian capital Delhi, on July 22 after the Delhi Police permitted them. The farmers are demanding […]

SYDNEY — Five million residents of Australia’s New South Wales will suffer through at least another fortnight of lockdown after sustained high daily Covid-19 numbers forced the state government to extend the measure. New South Wales […]

Jerusalem-based ZzappMalaria, developer of a system to help eliminate malaria-carrying mosquitos, won the $3 million grand prize in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition as well as the People’s Choice Award as the “Most Inspiring […]

NEW DELHI — Bhutan became the first country in the world to adopt India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) standards for its quick response (QR) code on July 13. In a virtual ceremony, Indian Finance Minister […]

WASHINGTON — Facebook-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has finally rolled out the ‘View Once’ feature for iOS Beta users after months of testing. The disappearing message feature was in the works for quite some time.  The new […]

NAGPUR, India — Indian researchers have developed customized implants for patients who faced facial tissue loss due to mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection. The developments come from LUCID Implants located in Nagpur, a city in India’s southwestern state, […]

SYDNEY — Amazon Australia has rejected claims it underpays delivery drivers, spies on workers and blocks unions from attending warehouses. Senators grilled Amazon’s public policy director Michael Cooley at a Senate inquiry investigating job security on […]

ADELAIDE, Australia — The South Australian government has promised to spend AU$111 million ($8.60 million) over the next 10 years to upgrade railway stations across metropolitan Adelaide. The funding includes AU$66.4 million ($5.14 million) across the […]

CANBERRA, Australia — Allowing Apple to move allegations of Australian law breaches to the United States is against the public interest. It contains “fundamental errors of law,” an appeal court has heard. Apple in April succeeded […]

CANBERRA, Australia — The Reserve Bank of Australia continues to monitor developments in Australia’s booming housing market, but at this stage, it is comfortable that lending standards have not dropped. House prices rose further in May […]