Today, 19 December, marks 40 years since the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984, which laid out the conditions for the July 1997 British handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Among its provisions, the Joint Declaration laid out the principles of ‘one country,...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held his annual news conference. Putin echoed India's stance on BRICS as " non-western". Expressing his views about BRICS, the Russian President said the group is not working against any country, rather it is working for the interests of the member nations.
During the annual news conference, Putin called External Affairs...
IIT Bombay has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tohoku University, Japan, to launch the IIT Bombay-Tohoku University Joint Academic & Research Programme. The initiative aims to introduce collaborative Master's and PhD programmes, offering students dual mentorship, access to state-of-the-art resources, and exposure to the academic systems of...
Xizang , December 21: A prominent Tibetan rights activist, Tsering Tso, was detained for two weeks in Qinghai province from November 29 to December 13 on charges of "spreading false information" and "causing trouble" via social media, as reported by Radio Free Asia.
The 39-year-old has long been outspoken against...
The recent meeting between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing was an important diplomatic step forward. The two officials met as Special Representatives (SR) of the two countries. They have met periodically in the last two decades to address bilateral issues, with...
India and Japan have resolved design differences regarding the upcoming high-speed Bullet Train along the Mumbai - Ahmedabad route, senior officials told.
The design changes are expected to be “formally approved soon”.
The redesigning will allow these high speed trains in India to have better load bearing capacities - that include...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain called for transforming the Bay of Bengal into a hub of collaboration and sustainable development, while Japan's Ambassador to Bangladesh, Iwama Kiminori stressed the need for mutual trust between Dhaka and Delhi to unlock the region's connectivity potential.
Addressing the inaugural session of an international...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is printing new notes changing the existing design with the inclusion of features of the July uprising.
According to the central bank, the banknotes of Tk20, 100, 500, and 1000 are being printed as per instruction of the interim government.
The new notes will not include image of...
The United States is stepping up its efforts to stop goods prepared with alleged forced labour in China's Xinjiang region from entering the US markets, as per reports.
The VOA stated that on November 22, the US Department of Homeland Security added 29 more Chinese companies to a list of...
U.S. officials suspect that a recently discovered Chinese hacking and espionage campaign scooped up data on hundreds of thousands of American mobile phone users, likely stealing information about more than 1 million customers, ABC News has learned.
Sources familiar with the investigation gave ABC News a detailed sense of the...
