Diplomatic relations between India and Canada have soured following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that the Indian government was involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader on Canadian soil. Amid this, many Twitter accounts have been spreading disinformation about domestic unrest caused by this, adding fuel...
China and India, the world’s two largest populations, are competing against each other by developing their own 1,000-qubit quantum computers, a goal that will be achieved by the United States’s IBM this year. In terms of making quantum computers, India is a latecomer when compared with China. The Indian government in...
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) since 2012, President of the People’s Republic of China since 2013, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2014. He is one of the most powerful and influential leaders...
At the onset of his unprecedented third term, Xi Jinping stacked China’s top ranks with a slate of loyalists who he presumably hoped would smooth the paths to achieve his grand vision for China. Less than a year on, however, a storm of turbulence is roiling Xi’s hand-picked ruling elite,...
Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent absences from the G20 and ASEAN summits have drawn widespread attention. Additionally, there have been reports of ongoing arrests or disciplinary actions against senior military officers in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The crackdown has hit several high-ranking officials within the People's Liberation...
ISLAMABAD: A nearly $4.5 billion hole has surfaced in Pakistan’s external financing plan and its budget may also overshoot by another Rs1 trillion due to the understatement of debt expenditures, which may become a serious issue during the first review of the International Monetary Fund programme. Both the problems of...
A research analyst came down heavily on Pakistan for openly recruiting mercenaries and terrorist organizations to pursue its own interests and political agenda in South Asia. Luce Plaid was speaking at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. She said, "Among the list of UN-designated terrorist entities...
While governance in Pakistan is entered a state of limbo under the interim government, its various conflicts continue at the same pace. The border with Afghanistan remains unsettled due to cross-border attacks while the Baloch armed groups continue to inflict damage on Pakistani security forces in the south-west. India Narrative...
New Delhi: China won’t be the focus of the Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (IPACC) to be hosted by India next week in Delhi, the Indian Army said Wednesday. Asked if the event is aimed at discussing the tensions in the Taiwan Strait, Maj. Gen. Abhinaya Rai, Additional Director General (Strategic Planning),...
Terming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations about India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader as “very serious”, a top US official has said that Washington supports Ottawa’s efforts to investigate the matter and encourages New Delhi to cooperate. “I’m going to protect diplomatic conversations and I’ll...