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...

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...

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 ...

DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRY ON THE BRINK OF INSOLVENCY

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• Doosan Heavy Industry’s insolvency can trigger chain bankruptcies
• Company has been virtually out of work since 2017
• The company laid off more than 1,000 employees and cut the number of management by half

SOUTH KOREAN FILM INDUSTRY SUFFERS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Highlights –

• COVID-19 makes people stay away from cinema theatres
• Korean Film Council mentions drop in figures of average moviegoers on weekends
• All new movie releases have either been postponed indefinitely or canceled.