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Blackouts in China as heat wave pushes electricity usage to record levels
Blackouts in China as heat wave pushes electricity usage to record levels

More than 300 cities were forecast to reach temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou from September 23, 2023
Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou from September 23, 2023

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will take place less than 10 months after the Asian Games.

  • Tuesday, 19 July 2022
India, China agree to maintain dialogue to resolve issues: Defence Ministry
India, China agree to maintain dialogue to resolve issues: Defence Ministry

Building on the progress made at the last meeting on March 11, 2022, the two sides continued discussions for the resolution of the relevant issues along the LAC.

  • Tuesday, 19 July 2022
India projected to surpass China as world's most populous country during 2023: UN report
India projected to surpass China as world's most populous country during 2023: UN report

The global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, having fallen under one per cent in 2020.

  • Monday, 11 July 2022
Vivo India
Vivo India remitted Rs 62,476 crore, 50% of total sales to China: ED

The ED said that out of the total sale proceeds of Rs 1,25,185 crore, Vivo India remitted Rs 62,476 crore -- almost 50 per cent of the turnover out of India, mainly to China.

  • Thursday, 07 July 2022
NATO declares China as a security threat for the first time
NATO declares China as a security threat for the first time

NATO's new 10-year strategic blueprint, agreed to by leaders at a summit in Spain on Thursday morning (AEST), called out the rising Asian power for conducting "malicious" cyber operations, for its strategic partnership with Russia, rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal and its efforts to dominate key supply chains, Sydney Morning Herald reported.

  • Thursday, 30 June 2022
China's lunar lander Chang'e-5
China's Chang'e-5 finds source of water on Moon

Chang'e-5 did not observe lunar rivers or springs; rather the lander identified, on average, 30 hydroxyl parts per million in rocks and soil on the Moon's surface.

  • Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Relatives of Azovstal works defenders ask China to intervene
Relatives of Azovstal works defenders ask China to intervene

The relatives of the fighters said at a press conference, "We ask China to intervene and become a peacemaker in this war, to become a lifeline for our fighters from Mariupol, from Azovstal," Ukrayinska Pravda reported.

  • Sunday, 15 May 2022
Asian Football Confederation
2023 AFC Asian Cup to be relocated from China

The 2023 Asian Cup football tournament will be relocated from China to a new host, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the tournament's Local Organising Committee announced on Saturday.

  • Saturday, 14 May 2022
WHO
WHO chief censored in China after questioning zero-Covid policy

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is being censored on China's internet after questioning the sustainability of the country's zero-Covid policy, CNN reported.

  • Thursday, 12 May 2022
Hangzhou Asian Games
Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 postponed; fresh dates to be announced soon

The fresh dates for the quadrennial continental showpiece will be announced in "due course", said the statement. The decision has come after several provinces of China reported a spurt in Covid-19 cases

  • Friday, 06 May 2022
Sri Lanka Crisis
India offers additional $500 million after China's muted response to Sri Lanka's request

"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 to help it to import fuel while it is in an advance stage of discussion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout package.

  • Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari
Musk has to manufacture here to sell Tesla cars in India: Gadkari

Elon Musk, who has just bought Twitter for $44 billion, will have to manufacture his Tesla cars in India, and not China, if he wants to come and sell the vehicles in the country, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said here on Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Blast In Karachi University
4 killed in blast near Chinese institute in Karachi varsity

At least four people, two of which were said to be foreign citizens, were killed and several others injured in an explosion inside the University of Karachi campus on Tuesday, media reports said.

  • Tuesday, 26 April 2022
India-China
India suspends tourist visas of Chinese nationals in tit-for-tat move

The government's move came after thousands of Indians including more than 23,000 students, have been stuck in India for over two years as Beijing has suspended the visa process as well as flights from India due to the pandemic situation.

  • Sunday, 24 April 2022
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