Street cheering events for the World Cup have been cancelled out of respect for the Itaewon incident

The Korea Football Association (KFA) declared on Friday that it will not hold street cheering events for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 games as the country mourns the deaths of more than 150 people in a mob crush on Halloween weekend in Seoul's Itaewon District.

The catastrophic tragedy...

The Debt Cancellation Application for Student Loans is Now Available

Vice President Joe Biden recently announced the launch of a website designed to streamline the cancellation of student loans. After going live on Friday, the website was flooded with more than 8 million loan applications.

President Joe Biden said on Monday that borrowers can begin apply...

Here's where you can apply for Biden's program to cancel student loans: So, here's the deal:

The application for President Joe Biden's one-time debt forgiveness for students with student loans is now available online. Here is where applicants for loans can do so.

It appears the federal government is confident it can deliver on its massive debt cancellation campaign promise ...

Eurowings pilots in Germany are on strike, causing flight cancellations

The one-day strike has the potential to affect as many as 30,000 people. The German airline's pilots are on strike, demanding higher wages and more downtime between flights.

German airline Eurowings pilots went on strike on Thursday, resulting in the cancellation of many flights.

Many people are left stranded at Delhi Airport due to the cancellation of Lufthansa flights.

Last night at the Delhi airport, delayed travellers and their loved ones protested vehemently the cancellation of Lufthansa flights.

700 passengers were left stranded at the T3 terminal at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport as a result of a one-day pilot strike that f...

Pilots with Lufthansa in Germany start a strike

The airline has advised that disruptions may persist throughout the weekend after canceling 800 flights from Germany on Friday.

On Friday midnight, Lufthansa's pilots began a 24-hour strike that was scheduled.

As a result,800 flights were cancelled, affecting around 130.00...

CANCELLATION OF TOKYO OLYMPICS PROTEST CONTINUES STRONG IN JAPAN

Highlights –

• Cancellation of Tokyo Olympics protest continues strong in Japan.
• The IOC and Tokyo Olympic organizers start three days of virtual meetings from Wednesday.
• Around 6,000-member Tokyo Medical Practitioners' Association ...

CHINESE PROFESSOR VISA CANCELLED IN AUSTRALIA ON NATIONAL SECURITY GROUNDS

HIGHLIGHTS

• A Chinese professor Cheng Hong of the Australian study center in Shanghai in east China received a mail of his Australian visa says he was shocked to learn of visa cancellation. He is working for 20 years and often visits Australia. It came as a shock...

TRUMP CALLS OFF THE 1ST 6-MONTH TRADE TALK OF THE PHASE-ONE DEAL WITH CHINA

Highlights:

•        Trump says he does not want to talk trade with China presently

•        The US-China trade ties get more tensed

In January 2020, the US President, Donald Trump, and t...

US-CHINA RELATION BITTERS AS US CANCELS COMMUNIST OFFICIALS VISAS

Highlights: 

• US cancellers the visas of the ruling party leaders from the present as well as the past
• China warns the US saying Hong Kong is China’s internal matter

That the US is not happy with what China is doing with Hong Kong’s f...

INDIAN RAILWAYS DENY REPORTS OF CANCELLED TRAINS

Highlights

• According to the statement issues by the Indian Railways, no trains have been cancelled and the decision has been taken only to enable the refunds for those trains that are not being operated or those tickets booked before lockdown

• Currently, Indian Ra...

TRUMP AXES ALL WORKING VISAS UNTIL THE END OF 2020 INCLUDING THE H-1B VISAS

Highlights:

• Trump suspends approval of all kinds of working visas until December 2020

• The technology sector is not happy with the decision.

After days of speculation, President Trump has signed the executive, which will stop...

REOPENING COSTS ILLINOIS MORE COVID CASES & DEATHS: CHICAGO TO REOPEN IN JUNE

Highlights:

• Illinois spikes in covid cases and deaths
• Memorial day will be lacklustre for Chicago with all event cancelled

June 1 is the scheduled date for Illinois’s third phase of reopening. Even as governor Pritzker allows Illinois to open, ...

MUNICH: FINALLY OKTOBERFEST GETS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

Oktoberfest, the biggest festival in the world  not happen this year as the risk of coronavirus hasn’t subsided yet. According to the First Minister of Bavaria Markus Soder and the Mayor of Munich Dieter Reiter, though we two are the biggest fans of this extravaganza but in the benefit...

AIR INDIA TO CANCEL BOOKINGS UNTIL THE END OF APRIL 2020

Highlights:

• Air India will not take any bookings until the end of April 2020
• These instructions to the national carrier come from the government 
• The private flights have not been issued any such instructions

The 21-day lockdown calle...

PASSENGER TRAINS CANCELLED, 75 DISTRICTS LOCK DOWN: INDIA FIGHTS CORONA VIRUS

Highlights: 

• Community spread becoming more prominent in India as people advise self-quarantine are not observing the same
• Cases in Maharashtra and Kerala spike

As much as India is trying to control the virus spread at stage II people, who defy ...

NORTH AMERICA TOUR AT CANCELLATION RISK FOR BTS

Highlights –

• U.S cases for COVID-19 are on the rise, BTS is at risk of cancellation their American tour
• American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the organizers to cancel or postpone in-person events
• Artists and ...

COVID-19’S IMPACT ON TOURISM AFFECTS REGIONAL ECONOMIES

Highlights:

• COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in the cancellation of reservations of tourists from all over the world
• The cancellations have affected the regional economies drastically

The recent ban on travel has affected the regional ...

CORONA VIRUS UPDATES FOR 14.03.2020

US declares that the US Embassy and the Consulate in India will cancel all the visa appointments from March 16, 2020, onwards. In the meanwhile, India asks the Indian students in the US to avoid unnecessary travels within the country and abroad.  

• Total global death toll at...

AIR INDIA CANCELS OVERSEAS FLIGHTS IN THE WAKE OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

Highlights

• A temporary ban has been placed on foreigners by the government 
• For some routes, operations have been suspended while for others weekly frequencies have been reduced

After the govern...