China
- 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…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia halts deportation of four Uyghurs to China
Riyadh: After worldwide protests by human rights groups, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday halted the deportation of four Uyghur individuals to China, which included a woman and her 13-year-old daughter. Buheliqiemu Abula and…
- World
Chinese astronauts return to Earth after record 6 months on space station
Beijing: Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely on Saturday after spending a record six months aboard China’s new space station, doubling the previous stay of the country’s longest single flight in…
- India
Indians continue to bag highest number of H1B visas
New Delhi: In fiscal 2021, Indians bagged the highest number of H1B visas i.e., over 74 percent of the allotments. Out of 4.07 lakh H1B visas approved by the US Citizenship and…
