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Hundreds of uniformed school students, many wearing masks, formed human chains in districts across Hong Kong on Monday in support of anti-government protesters after another weekend of clashes in the Chinese-ruled city. Metro stations reopened after some were closed on Sunday amid sometimes violent confrontations, although the mood in the Asian financial hub remained tense. Early on Monday, before school started, rows of students and alumni joined hands chanting “Hong Kong people, add oil”, a phrase that has become a rallying cry for the protest movement. “The school-based human chain is the strongest showcase of how this protest is deep-rooted…

Iran has begun installing more advanced centrifuges and is moving toward enriching uranium with them even though that is forbidden under its nuclear deal with major powers, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday. The 2015 deal only lets Iran produce enriched uranium with just over 5,000 of its first-generation IR-1 centrifuge machines. It can use far fewer advanced centrifuges for research but without accumulating enriched uranium. But in response to U.S. sanctions imposed since Washington withdrew from the deal in May last year, Iran has been breaching the limits it imposed on its atomic activities step by step.…

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan met his Saudi counterpart Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman here on Sunday and the latter reiterated the kingdom’s commitment to remain a reliable and sustainable partner in hydrocarbon supplies for India. “Met the newly appointed Saudi Minister of Energy HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman in Jeddah and renewed my earlier acquaintance with him during his previous assignments with Saudi Ministry of Energy,” Pradhan tweeted. “Saudi Minister reiterated Saudi Arabia’s commitment to remain a reliable and sustainable partner in hydrocarbon supplies and also on Saudi investments in India: he said in another tweet. Pradhan…

British Airways on Monday said it was forced to cancel all flights operations for today and tomorrow (Tuesday) after it’s pilot union went on strike over a heated pay dispute with the airline. “We put forward a proposal to BA management last Wednesday that would have enabled us to call off the strikes for Monday and Tuesday,” the British Airline Pilots Association wrote on Twitter. But the “BA didn’t reply,” the post added. Responding to the tweet, the British Airways said in a statement today that it was “ready and willing to return to talks with BALPA.” “We understand the…

China on Monday opposed any unilateral actions that complicate the situation’ in Jammu and Kashmir as it maintained that the issue should be “peacefully resolved based on the UN Charter, relevant UN Security Council resolutions and bilateral agreements.” China also said that it was paying close attention to the “current situation in Jammu and Kashmir.’ The remarks were made in a joint statement after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s two-day visit to Pakistan. The two sides exchanged views on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani side briefed the Chinese side “on the situation, including its concerns, position, and…

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with his ministers took lessons on leadership, governance, and management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here on Sunday. Yogi and his entire ministerial team took several lessons from senior faculty at the business school as a part of a three-days long leadership development program, Manthan. The session ran from 8 am to 6 pm with the ministers holding group discussions on management and execution of government schemes. The major aim is to develop leadership capacity and achieve goals of good governance. This program ran through 10 hours but there was no sign of…

With the Left-unity on the verge of sweeping the Jawaharlal Nehru Student’s Union (JNUSU) elections, Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s (ABVP) presidential candidate, Manish Jangid has alleged that their fight was not with the students but with the Left-wing teachers in the university. “ABVP’s fight is not with the students this time but with the teachers of the Left-wing, the comrades in the faculty. Teachers have threatened students in the chambers. ABVP has gotten close to 1128 votes this time. It is also the only organization that is fighting on its own: Jangid told here. After the counting of 5050 votes,…

A two-year-old girl died after falling into an overflowing drain in Phanda village of Bhopal, earlier on Sunday. The deceased is identified as Anushka, daughter of Choturam. The incident took place while she went with her elder sister and other friends for playing at a nearby drain. However, she accidentally fell into it. Locals retrieved her and she was rushed to the nearby hospital. However, she was declared dead in the hospital. Follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/StarvisionN Like & Follow us on Facebook – www.facebook.com/starvisionnewsenglish

A strong typhoon with a record level of gusts and torrential rains is expected to make landfall near Tokyo by early Monday morning, reported NHK. The Izu Island chain and part of Shizuoka Prefecture are under the typhoon storm zone. The authorities have issues alert for landslides and other disasters. Japan’s meteorological agency said that Typhoon Faxai was 100 kilometers off Izu Oshima Island and is heading north-northwest at 25 km per hour. Evacuation advisories have been issued for more than 40,000 households or more than 1,00,000 in parts of Kanagawa, Shizuoka prefectures and Tokyo metropolitan areas Extremely rough seas…

Despite President Donald Trump announcing the decision to call off US-Taliban peace talks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said that the administration is still working toward a deal and but it will not proceed until the Taliban delivers on its commitments. The United States’ move came after the Taliban last week took the responsibility for the attack in Kabul in which 10 people, including an American soldier, were killed. Earlier in the day, Trump announced that he is calling off the peace negotiations with the Taliban and is also canceling a ‘secret meeting” with the Taliban representatives at…