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BSF shoots down Made in China drone along India-Pak border
Amritsar: Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday shot down a drone along the India-Pakistan border in the area near village – Dhanoe Kalan of Amritsar Sector. A senior BSF officer said that…
- India
US keeps India, 26 countries on intellectual property ‘watch list’
Washington: The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) revealed that India and 26 other countries are on Washington’s list of countries that must be monitored for intellectual property protection issues. In…
- World
Solomon Islands PM could use Chinese police to stay in power
London: A key adviser to the Premier of the most populous province in Solomon Islands has expressed concern that the China-Solomons security deal could enable Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to use Chinese…
- Business
Asia’s oil demand revival bears brunt of China’s endless lockdowns
New Delhi: Asia’s oil demand outlook for 2022 is starting to look dimmer than what it was a couple of months back, as China’s strict lockdowns aimed at battling the resurgence of…
- World
India offers additional $500 million after China’s muted response to Sri Lanka’s request
Colombo/New Delhi: “A friend in need is a friend indeed” is the saying as it goes. The dictum is in full play as India has offered Sri Lanka an additional $500 million…
- World
China reports first human case of bird flu
Beijing: China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of Bird Flu in the country’s Henan province, media reports said on Tuesday. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced the…
- World
Boy chosen as Panchen Lama by Dalai Lama leading a ‘normal life’ as Chinese citizen: China
Beijing: China on Tuesday said a Tibetan boy, who disappeared 27 years ago after being incarnated as Panchen Lama by the Dalai Lama is leading a normal life as a Chinese citizen…
- India
India suspends tourist visas of Chinese nationals in tit-for-tat move
New Delhi: Following Beijing’s reluctance to allow the return of Indians stuck at home since 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, India has also suspended tourist visas for nationals of China. The…
- World
China to help Sri Lanka to solve economic crisis: PM Rajapaksa
Colombo/Beijing: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday said he had a “very productive” conversation with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang and thanked him for assuring support to his government to…
- Technology
Global chip shortage set to ease despite China lockdowns
New Delhi: The global chip shortage, that plagued several industries like automotive and consumer electronics, is set to ease during the second half of the year despite lockdowns in China as demand-supply…
- Pakistan
Pak lost $40 bn in foreign investment due to slow pace of CPEC
Islamabad: China had so many expectations from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), but it was perplexed after seeing the former PTI government’s attitude and policies, said Pakistan Minister for Planning and Development,…
- World
COVID-19: Death toll in China’s Shanghai rises to 17; cases begin to fall
Beijing: China’s business hub Shanghai has reported seven more fatalities due to COVID-19, taking the death toll to 17 amidst signs of a declining trend in fresh cases, the health commission said…
- Technology
India to replace China as 2nd largest SaaS nation by 2026
Bengaluru: The Indian software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry is likely to reach $100 billion in revenue by 2026, superseding China as the second largest SaaS nation in the world, a new report said on…
- World
$7.2 trillion of China’s GDP under lockdown
New York: Nearly 400 million people across 45 cities in China are under full or partial lockdown as part of China’s strict zero-Covid policy. Together, they represent 40 per cent, or $7.2…
- World
More Covid cases reported in China’s Shanghai
Shanghai: China’s economic hub Shanghai has reported 3,590 confirmed locally transmitted Covid cases and 19,923 local asymptomatic carriers, the municipal health commission said on Saturday. Thirteen patients with severe Covid symptoms were…
