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Now pineapples are at the center of latest China-Taiwan dispute A farmer harvests pineapples at a plantation in Jenjarom, Malaysia December 12, 2020. Picture taken December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng (REUTERS)Premium . Updated: 26 Feb 2021, 03:58 PM IST Bloomberg China will suspend imports of Taiwanese pineapples from March 1 after finding pests in recent shipments. This move was a normal precaution to protect biosecurity and prevent the import of plant diseases, a spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said Share Via Read Full Story China surprised Taiwan with a move to blo...

HP Governor manhandled in Assembly complex, 5 Congress MLAs suspended File Photo: Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru DattatreyaPremium 1 min read . Updated: 26 Feb 2021, 03:28 PM IST PTI Opposition members tried to stop the governor in front of the speaker's chamber when he was going towards his cavalcade after addressing the Assembly Congress members said the issue of increase in cooking gas, petrol and diesel prices was not included in the address Share Via Read Full Story Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatreya was allegedly manhandled by some Congress members in the Assembly complex...

Lessons from the UK about a more-contagious covid-19 variant Premium Jason Douglas , The Wall Street Journal Strain first detected in Britain last year has been found in more than 70 countries, including the U.S. Share Via Read Full Story The U.K. has become a testing ground for how a more-contagious and possibly deadlier coronavirus variant spreads through communities, displacing its less-transmissible ancestors and complicating vaccine rollouts and the lifting of lockdowns. The variant has now been identified in more than 70 countries and 40 U.S. states, and its advance in Britain could he...

ByteDance agrees to $92 mn privacy settlement with US TikTok users FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2020 file photo, a view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo. The Biden administration is putting on hold a deal brokered by the Trump administration that would have had Oracle and Walmart buying a big stake in popular video app TikTok, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File) (AP)Premium . Updated: 26 Feb 2021, 07:02 AM IST Reuters The lawsuits claimed the TikTok app ‘infiltrates its users' devices and extracts a broad array of priva...

India’s covid-19 case trajectory hints at second wave of infection India reported 16,577 coronavirus infections and 120 deaths in last 24 hours, which has surpassed the average of below 10,000 cases and 100 deaths each day until last month (ANI)Premium Share Via Read Full Story With swelling number of fresh covid-19 cases, India appears to mimic the characteristics of countries who have already witnessed or are witnessing the second wave of coronavirus infections. The country reported 16,577 coronavirus infections and 120 deaths in last 24 hours, which has surpassed the average of below 10...