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Typhoon Hagibis: Death toll rises to 58
TOKYO: The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 58 as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing and as thousands of homes remained without power or
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Hong Kong bans protesters from police housing areas amid escalating violence
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court has granted an injunction to ban anyone from blocking or damaging areas used to house married police officers and other disciplined services that have been targeted in more than four months of anti-government protests.
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Moderate earthquake hits south Sumatera
KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale hit South Sumatera, Indonesia at 6.23 am this morning. In a statement today, the Malaysian Meteorological Department said the quake was reported at 140 km Southwest
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Xi: Attempts to break China risk ‘smashed bodies and bones’
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that any attempts to split the nation would result in “bodies smashed and bones ground to powder,” amid four months of anti-Beijing unrest in Hong Kong. Xi issued the dire message during a
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Modi assures Kashmir lockdown will normalise in four months
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said it would take four months for Jammu and Kashmir to return to normal after his government stripped the state of its special status in August and imposed harsh restrictions. At a
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Japan sends troops to help victims of Typhoon Hagibis
NAGANO: Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers yesterday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history. At least 30 people were killed in
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HK protesters and police clash, metro and shops targeted
HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and riot police clashed in chaotic scenes around the city yesterday, with police in riot gear chasing protesters through crowds of lunchtime shoppers. Rallies in shopping malls on Hong Kong island and across the
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Modi and Xi to discuss border issues amid Kashmir row
NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to agree new security measures along their unsettled border during a summit today, officials said, in an effort to smooth ties ruffled by differences over Kashmir.
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North Korea warns it may end freeze on missile testing
North Korea issued a veiled warning yesterday that it could end a freeze in long-range missile testing as it criticised a call by UN Security Council members for it to give up its nuclear weapons and denounced a recent US
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Agatsa leads innovation in cardiac care for the world
Agatsa Software Technology Pvt. Ltd is a product and solution-based company formed in 2010, with its headquarters located in Noida, India. The company was co-founded by a dynamic couple, Rahul Rastogi and Neha Rastogi, both engineers from Aligarh Muslim University
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