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Centre to develop seaplane services in India

The Civil Aviation Ministry would carry out bidding and select potential airlines operators based on their commercial consideration through bidding process, reports Asian Lite News The Centre is set to develop seaplane

June 16, 2021

-Top News·India News

Belgian Parliament passes motion recognising Uyghur genocide

The WUC also extended its heartfelt gratitude to all those in the Belgian Parliament, in particular to Ecolo-Groen MP Samuel Cogolati, who has advocated extensively for the recognition for the Uyghur genocide…reports

June 16, 2021

-Top News·China

BREXIT: France warns of retaliation

The British government has threatened to unilaterally extend again the customs “grace period”, which was set to end on June 30, to October on Irish Sea border checks, over which the EU

June 16, 2021

-Top News·Europe·UK News

UK to probe Apple, Google’s ‘effective duopoly’

Referring to the existing App Store investigation, he added that the CMA had “already uncovered some worrying trends,” and that, “consumers and businesses could be harmed if they go unchecked.”..reports Asian Lite

June 16, 2021

-Top News·Tech LITE·World News

‘Pfizer, AZ jabs highly effective against Delta variant’

These are comparable with vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation from the Alpha (B117) variant: 96 per cent after two doses with Pfizer vaccine and 92 per cent after two doses from AstraZeneca vaccines…reports

June 16, 2021

-Top News·COVID-19·World News

Covid jabs to become mandatory for care home staff

Organisations have warned that making vaccinations compulsory could cause serious difficulties in the care home sector, reports Asian Lite Newsdesk The UK government is expected to make Covid-19 vaccination compulsory for staff

June 16, 2021

-Top News·COVID-19·UK News

Naturally connect kids with nature

It will help sharpen their observation skills. Don’t encourage children to pluck flowers or leaves as that would undermine the process of teaching them to respect the environment…writes N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe. Lockdown

June 15, 2021

LITE BLOGS·Parenting

G7 to counter China in Indo-Pacific

Though the G7 has refrained from presenting any anti-China picture, experts said that the initiative is aimed at providing an alternative to Beijing’s moves, reports Mahua Venkatesh The G7 countries, fresh out

June 15, 2021

-Top News·World News

Bengal’s Santhals go back to their roots

The use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides directly impacted the health of farmers. Some Santalis claimed that their cattle had been falling sick and dying after eating the straw or drinking the

June 15, 2021

COMMUNITY·LITE BLOGS·West Bengal

Retail inflation zooms to over 6% in May

According to the data furnished by the National Statistical Office, the CPI rose to 6.30 per cent last month from 4.23 per cent in April, reports Asian Lite News Exponential rise in

June 15, 2021

-Top News·Business·Economy