New Delhi: In a recent statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated India's firm stance on Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), highlighting that the entire region of Jammu and Kashmir, including Ladakh, is an integral part of India. Jaiswal underscored India's opposition to the...
Singapore, May 31: The tense US-China relationship has been in the limelight and is expected to be at the centrestage of the Shangri-La dialogue, which is set to begin today in Singapore. The annual gathering in Singapore has become an increasingly influential forum for the world’s top defence and security...
MANILA -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. considered China’s threats to detain ‘trespassers’ in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) an act of escalation. In an interview with members of the media on the sidelines of his state visit to Brunei Darussalam, President Marcos described China’s threat as a different policy...
New Delhi: Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Chen Song, verbally sparred with a Nepali editor over his claim that the actual interest rate for the loan given by a Chinese bank to the Pokhara airport was much higher than previously reported. Song retorted on X with an angry post: “Worst lies...
Chinese makers of electric vehicle batteries are curtailing their production plans in Germany as falling EV purchases in Europe's largest auto market hamper their sales. SVOLT Energy Technology, spun off Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor, said last week it would halt plans to build a battery cell plant in Lauchhammer...
As we mark Africa Day on 25 May, we are reminded of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on this day in 1963, which transformed into the African Union in July 2002. Both organizations have faced challenges to peace and security, often relying on external support. The...
China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, launched military exercises three days after Lai Ching-te became Taiwan's president, a man Beijing calls a "separatist". Taipei:  China ended two days of war games around Taiwan in which it simulated attacks with bombers and practiced boarding ships, exercises that Taiwan...
The US State Department said on Saturday that the United States was "deeply concerned" over China's military drills in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan, and strongly urged it to act with restraint. "Using a normal, routine, and democratic transition as an excuse for military provocations risks escalation and erodes...
The US administration on Thursday added 26 textile entities like traders and warehouses to the forced labour entity list, for having an alleged link with Uyghur labour camps from China's Xinjiang. This latest decision will now ban, products associated with these entities from entering the US market, the same report...
A book titled India, China and Tibet: A Quest for Autonomy authored by Rakhee Viswambharan, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, Sree Narayana College, Chempazhanthy, Thiruvananthapuram, was released by Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama at a function at Mc Leodganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh the other day. Published by Nova Science...