Rajnath, Jaishankar to visit Japan for 2+2 ministerial meet
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and S. Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Japan to attend the second India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial...
Category : Eastern Asia
China to resume student visas for Indians
Beijing/New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) China on Monday announced that it will resume issuing visas to students, especially Indians, intending to pursue education in the country....
China not complying with border pacts leading to friction, says Jaishankar
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The spectre of China disregarding border pacts is clearly influencing India-China bilateral relations, according to India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S....
China enforces lockdowns as Covid cases spiral in Xinjiang, Tibet
Urumqi (China), Aug 19 (IANS) A sharp increase in the number of Coronavirus cases in Xinjiang has led Chinas government to send a delegation throughout the...
Metro stations in China dim their lights to save electricity
Chengdu (China), Aug 19 (IANS) Metro stations in Sichuan province’s capital city Chengdu have dimmed their lights to save electricity, leaving some travellers in partial darkness...
Putin, Xi plan to attend Nov G20 summit: Indonesian Prez
Jakarta, Aug 19 (IANS) Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping are both expected to attend the G20 summit in Bali in November, Indonesian President Joko...
Disturbance of peace by China will impact its relation with India : Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday stressed that if China disturbed peace in the border areas, this will have impact on the bilateral relationship....
Taiwan conducts live-fire artillery exercise amid China manoeuvres
Taiwan on Tuesday conducted scheduled live-fire artillery exercises amid China’s ongoing military manoeuvres around the island. Taipei, Aug 9 Taiwan on Tuesday conducted scheduled live-fire...
Pelosi flies from Taiwan to South Korea after meeting activists
After her visit to Taiwan, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi flew on to the next stop of her Asia trip in...
China drills amount to air and sea blockade, says Taiwan
Taiwan’s government has issued strong condemnation of China’s plans for live fire drills in locations around the island – Beijing’s main response to US House...
Pelosi meets Taiwan’s president, China starts military exercises
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday during a visit to the island that has drawn Beijing’s ire. Beijing...
Defying Beijing’s warnings, US House Speaker Pelosi arrives in Taiwan
Taipei, Aug 2 (IANS) US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday, despite stern warnings from Beijing, making her the highest-level US official to...
China’s uncontrolled 25-tonne rocket crashes down over Indian Ocean
Nearly 25 tonnes of space junk from a recently-launched Chinese rocket crashed down over the Indian Ocean, landing somewhere near Sarawak which is the Malaysian...
Samsung logs record $8.5 bn profit on server chips, warns of market uncertainties
Seoul, July 28 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported its second-quarter net profit of $8.5 billion, up 15.2 per cent from a year earlier, on the...
Modi, Shehbaz meeting may take place in Uzbekistan at SCO summit
Islamabad, July 22 (IANS) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary General Zhang Ming is visiting Pakistan on Friday for three days and will invite Pak Prime Minister...
Singapore further tightens monetary policy
Singapore, July 14 (IANS) The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday further tightened its policy stand by raising the mid-point of the Singapore dollar Nominal...
Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe passed away on Friday, hours after being shot while addressing an election rally in the city of Nara, according...
Jaishankar calls for early resolution of outstanding issues at LAC
Bali, July 7 (IANS) During his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Thursday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar called for an early resolution...
Shanghai Disneyland reopens after Covid-triggered closure
Shanghai, June 30 (IANS) Shanghai Disneyland reopened on Thursday, after more than three months of closure in the wake of a Covid-19 outbreak. Tickets were available...
NATO declares China as a security threat for the first time
NATO, the worlds most powerful military alliance, has declared China as a security threat for the first time, warning that Beijings ambitions and coercive behaviour...
India, Japan hold talks to strengthen cybersecurity
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) India and Japan discussed cybersecurity cooperation during the fourth India-Japan Cyber Dialogue on Thursday. The two sides discussed the important areas...