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Pakistan struggling to arrange $1.8 billion for repayment of Chinese loan
Karachi: Pakistan’s foreign exchange market is tense on reports about the expected higher dollar outflows, local media reported. State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is currently burdened with arranging $1.8 billion for repayment…
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China agrees to rollover USD 2 billion debt to Pakistan on existing terms
Islamabad: China has agreed to roll over a USD 2 billion debt on existing terms after initially seeking a hike in price as debt-trapped Pakistan’s policy to maintain foreign exchange reserves through…
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China one of the costliest places in the world to raise a child
Hong Kong: China is one of the most expensive places in the world to raise a child in relative terms, a new report said, with the disproportionate impact on women driving the…
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Jaishankar, Chinese counterpart meet at security conference in Germany
Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi have met briefly in Germany on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, their first meeting in more than six…
- World
China ‘pushes the boundaries’ with its expanding borders
Beijing: In late 2021, Chairman Xi Jinping famously told President Joe Biden, “Aggression or hegemony is not in the blood of the Chinese nation. Since the founding of the people’s republic, China…
- India
Govt examining FDI flow from China in Paytm Payments Services
New Delhi: The government is examining foreign direct investment from China in Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL), the payment aggregator subsidiary of One97 Communications Ltd, sources said. In November 2020, PPSL had…
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US critical infra compromised, China-backed hackers prepare for cyber attack
Washington: China-sponsored cyber actors have accessed IT networks for destructive cyber attacks against US critical infrastructure in the event of a major crisis or conflict with the country, a coalition of top…
- Bollywood
First Indian film to earn Rs 2000 crore at box office is…
Mumbai: The Indian film box office business was very limited till 2010. Only a few movies were able to cross the 100cr mark at the box office. But after 2010 the film…
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Ladakh is facing crucial security situation
Ladakh Buddhists who have always been at the core of Indian nationhood and celebrated conferment of the Union Territory status to their region four years ago with unrestrained jubilation are on streets…
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5.7 magnitude quake hits China
Beijing: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck China’s Xinjiang on Tuesday, local authorities said. The temblor that struck Akqi County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 6:27 a.m was epicentred at 41.15 degrees north…
- India
Not possible for India to remain truly non-aligned with China sitting on its frontiers: Tharoor
Kolkata: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said that with China sitting on India’s frontiers, it is not possible for India to remain “truly non-aligned”. He said that the world being in…
- India
Cash-strapped Pakistan seeks USD 2 billion loan from China
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan has sought financial assistance of USD 2 billion from its close ally China for a year, according to a media report on Saturday, January 27. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul…
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Earthquake of magnitude 7.2 jolts China’s Xinjiang, tremors felt in parts of India
Xinjiang: An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale hit China’s southern Xinjiang late Monday night, the National Centre for Seismology said. The depth of the earthquake was found at 80…
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Landslide traps 47 people in southwest China; 2 killed
Beijing: At least two people were killed and over 40 others went missing after a landslide struck southwest China’s mountainous Yunnan province on Monday. The disaster struck the Liangshui village of Zhaotong…
- India
Modi shifts political agenda every poll year: Tharoor
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress Working Committee member and MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of shifting the political agenda every election year and alleged that the BJP-government at the Centre…