Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India last week concluded with the unveiling of an ambitious new economic partnership aimed at firming up trade, energy and physical connectivity between the two countries and simultaneously helping the island nation overcome its continuing balance of payments crisis.
Some measures included in...
India has blocked a $1bn (7.19bn yuan) bid by Chinese carmaker BYD to set up an electric vehicle factory in partnership with a local company.
The Indian Government dismissed the plan from BYD and Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructures, citing national security concerns.
The move comes three days after the Australian Government also blocked...
There was a time when Sri Lanka was viewed as a neighbour of India that was rapidly moving out of New Delhi’s orbit. Despite protestations to the contrary by Sri Lankan policymakers, it was quite evident that the tilt in favour of China was getting more pronounced with Chinese...
Words — from both Beijing and corporations — sound sweet, but reality is less encouraging. Beijing says that it is open for business and that it welcomes foreign investment but has made doing business in China more difficult than ever. Corporate executives speak of engaging China and then send...
NEW YORK/SHANGHAI -- New graduate Glonee Zhang had high hopes when he landed a job at a lithium battery company in Shenzhen last summer. Now, like more than one in five young people in China, he's out of work.
An English major entering a post-COVID working world, Zhang thought "the...
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday issued a non-bailable warrant against former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in a contempt case. The commission directed the Islamabad Police to arrest and present Khan before it on Tuesday, Dawn reported.
Imran Khan, along with former information...
The pictures posted on the Chinese company’s website show a tall, Caucasian man with a crew cut and flattened nose inspecting body armor at its factory.
“This spring, one of our customers came to our company to confirm the style and quantity of bulletproof vests, and carefully tested the quality...
Argentina’s Army is poised to undergo a significant upgrade as it embarks on a mission to bolster its military capabilities. Recently, a crucial step was taken with a Letter of Intent (LoI) signed between Argentina and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the procurement of approximately 20 Light and Medium Utility Helicopters.
Additionally,...
China has become an enigma to the entire world, India in particular. Although actual hot war conditions prevailed between Russia and Ukraine for over 500 days, the war against China in the South China Sea (SCS) has been going on ever since the Permanent Court of Arbitration decided the...
New Delhi: India gifted its in-service missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam today in reflection of growing bilateral strategic and defence partnership amid common concerns over China's increasingly aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea.
This is the first time that India handed over a fully operational corvette to any friendly...
