Air strike in Gaza by Israeli air force, Hamas sites were targeted

Highlights

• Israeli planes attack two sites in Gaza, on Sunday
• Prime Minister Naftali’s US trip successful, all objectives fulfilled

On Sunday, the Israeli air force attacked two sites in Gaza on Sunday. The planes stuck two sit...

KARNATAKA HIGH COURT DISMISSES PETITION DEMANDING PERMISSION TO SELL LIQUOR ONLINE

HIGHLIGHTS

• HIP Bar Private Limited filed a petition in Karnataka High Court, demanding permission to sell liquor online.
• Karnataka High Court ruled that excise rules did not allow the online sales of liquor.

The ban on online sale of...

BYTEDANCE MAY SELL TIKTOK'S INDIA BUSINESS TO GLANCE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Last year the Indian Government banned TikTok in India.
• Bytedance is planning to sell India operations of TikTok to Glance.

Last year, the Indian Government banned many Chinese apps in India, including TikTok. Now Bytedanc...

CHINA GOVT. LAUNCHES CEREMONY FOR FISHING BAN IN YANGTZE RIVER

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• China Govt. launches ceremony for fishing in Yangtze River.
• The central government has planned a complete 10-year fishing ban in the key waters of the Yangtze.
• The country’s province-level regions have been putting ...

CHINA BANS IMPORTS OF COAL FROM AUSTRALIA OVER SHIPMENTS BEING OF INFERIOR QUALITY

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• China bans imports of coal from Australia over shipments being of inferior quality.
• China has bought $10.5 billion worth of Australian coal last year.
• Australian Trade Minister is calling on China to uphold its trading ob...

NAGASAKI CITY ASSEMBLY URGES JAPAN GOVT. TO SIGN AND RATIFY U.N NUCLEAR BAN TREATY

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• Nagasaki city assembly urges Japan Govt. to sign and ratify U.N nuclear ban treaty.
• The central govt. has been urged to attend meetings of the member states of the nuclear ban treaty.
• The local assembly seeks that nuclea...

JAPAN WILL MAKE ONLINE COVID-19 QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TRAVELERS ENTERING THE COUNTRY

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• Japan will make online COVID-19 questionnaire for travelers entering the country.
• The questionnaire will have to be filled out to streamline the immigration control process.
• The questionnaire will be handed out to travele...

JAPAN ADDED 13 NEW COUNTRIES UNDER ITS ENTRY BAN LIST TO CURB THE SPREAD OF COVID-19

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• Japan added 13 new countries under its entry ban list to curb the spread of COVID_19.
• It raised its travel advisory, mainly in Africa.
• The country now has banned 146 countries and regions.
• Japan saw a plunge o...

TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BAN CHINESE APP TIK TOK TO FACE LEGAL CHALLENGES

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• Trump’s executive order to ban Chinese app TikTok to face legal challenges.
• Trump had issued an executive order to ban the app and its parent company ByteDance.
• TikTok plans to file a suit against the executive ord...

JAPAN AND CHINA TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS RESUMING TRAVEL

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• Japan and China to work together towards resuming travel.
• Toshimitsu Motegi had an 80-minute long call with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
• Japan currently has banned 146 countries and regions to enter the country; COVID-19...

HUAWEI TO SACK 60-70% STAFF IN INDIA, CUTS REVENUE TARGET BY UP TO 50%

Highlights

• Huawei has decided to lay off its Indian staff except those working in research and development and the global service centre

• As per the reports, Huawei is presently targeting revenue of $350-$500 million in 2020 as compared to previous target of $700-...

JAPAN ROLLS BACK TRAVEL BAN MAKING 88,000 PEOPLE’S RETURN POSSIBLE 

Highlights: 

• The travel ban stranded many residents, long term residents and family members
• The rollback will not affect people who left after the travel ban was imposed 

Following the pandemic, the Japanese government has put travel restri...

EVERY CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBER MIGHT BE BANNED FROM ENTERING THE US

Highlights: 

• Trump is not ready to go easy on China for its failure to stop the spread of the Coronavirus 
• He is reviewing a proposal to ban all communist members from entering the US. 

Trump’s grievance against the Chinese gover...

ITALY PLANS TO EASE ITS CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN FROM JUNE

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• From June 3 Italy plans to ease coronavirus lockdown.
• It allowed factories and parks to reopen on 4 May.
• Shops and restaurants are also due to reopen from 18 May.
• Government-approved $59 billion as a stimulus p...

LIQUOR SALE IN BANGKOK PROHIBITED FOR TEN DAYS TO SILENCE COVID-19

• Authorities have banned the sale of liquor for ten days in Bangkok to help prevent gatherings from breaking out.
• This and social distancing measures will win the battle against the virus is what most have to say.

Authorities have banned alcohol sale for 10 day...

PARIS IMPOSES BAN ON DAYTIME OUTDOOR EXERCISE

Highlights

• Death toll in France goes beyond 10,000

• Previous regulations allowed exercise and jogging within km from the home

France is among worst affected countries from coronavirus outbreak. With over 10,000 deaths by coronavirus, France is fourth in ...

The African Development Bank, others team up on weather resilience, energy

Over the weekend, the African Development Bank teamed up with 11 other global establishments to aid developing nations in forming resilience to counter the effect of natural catastrophes which are a consequence of severe weather.

After a couple of severe weather occurrences that have re...

Paris to Ban Circuses with Wild Animals by 2022

Paris has adopted a resolution to ban all the circuses using wild animals by the year 2022. The council passed a resolution that will prohibit authorization of land by the end of 2020. Paris’ Secretary for City Nature, Pénélope Komitès said, “We will no longer giv...