NEW DELHI: Amid a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia cases causing worry in parts of China, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the citizens to wear masks, adhere to social distancing and stay home in case they feel unwell. The measures are reminiscent of the three-year-long Covid pandemic, which...
The United States is advancing its plans to deploy long-range land-based missiles in the Pacific as a countermeasure against a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan. This development, which could lead to a conventional missile arms race in the region, was confirmed by General Charles Flynn, Commander of US Army...
There’s a lot more going on in Taiwan than the media’s obsessive focus on its tensions with China, with more than seven lakh foreign workers Taiwan is now preparing to welcome skilled Indian workers for its semiconductor and medical sectors initially and perhaps more going forward.
Taiwan is experiencing critical...
Influenza, Covid-19, and respiratory syncytial are common viruses circulating in Nepal that lead to sickness and pneumonia. Likewise, Mycoplasma pneumonia and pneumococcus are common bacterial infections in the country that cause pneumonia, especially in children.
According to reports, the same viruses and bacteria are responsible for the ongoing outbreak of...
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a Chinese warship acted in a dangerous and unprofessional manner during an incident with an Australian navy vessel that injured a military diver, his first comments on the matter which he said had damaged ties.
HMAS Toowoomba - a long-range frigate - was conducting...
Chinese population registering for their first marriages dropped to bellow 11 million for the first time in 2022, a 55.9 percent decrease from the peak of 23.85 million in 2013 over the consecutive past nine years. Experts think it’s a comprehensive result from the decrease of young people of...
It is now well-established that China’s declining demography is a cause for concern. I was, therefore, reading up on the subject when I came across the graph below, which indicates China’s population aged over 65.
It caught my attention since it resembled a typical run rate graph in limited overs...
The much-awaited meeting between US President Biden and CCP President Xi Jinping took place on the 15th November 2023 on the sidelines of the APEC Summit, which was almost eclipsed by the former. While there was no breakthrough, progress on some issues was observed. An analysis of Xi’s statements...
Environmentalists have stepped up a pressure campaign in East Africa amid reports that China is considering backing a major oil pipeline that runs from the Ugandan oilfields to Port Tanga in Tanzania.
Hundreds of environmental and community demonstrators staged coordinated multi-country protests at the corporate headquarters of various Chinese lenders...
On September 27, 2019, while speaking at the annual United Nations General Assembly meet at Geneva, Pakistan’s then Prime Minister Imran Khan passionately spoke on Islamophobia. While his particular concern for what he perceives is persecution of the ‘ummah’ should have won him accolades but it didn’t,...
