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This Sunday, 10 March, Tibetan communities in Australia and globally will mark the 65th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day. On 10 March 1959, thousands of Tibetans took to the streets of capital Lhasa to resist China’s invasion of Tibet. The crackdown on the protest led to the loss of many...
Labour has warned China that it will respond to any interference in UK democracy after the government announced fresh sanctions against hackers linked to Beijing. The warning came at the party’s first public meeting with the Chinese government since Keir Starmer became Labour leader. Catherine West, the shadow Asia minister, travelled...
India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar may disagree, but the country has failed to use its import trade muscle to improve its diplomatic relations with China. His recent statement on Sino-India relations at a gathering in Nagpur earlier this month that “a strife-torn border and good business can’t go...
Nikolai Nozdrev, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Japan, warned Tokyo of severe repercussions and punitive measures if Patriot missile systems manufactured in Japan under license from the United States were to be sent to Ukraine. This statement was made during his inaugural interview as...
For Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a time for fasting, praying, charity work and providing community assistance. In China, as Muslims mark the holiday from March 10 to April 9, restrictions in some areas where large populations of Hui Muslims live have triggered heated discussions. Hui Muslims are China’s...
NEW DELHI: India and Indonesia will soon begin to trade in local currencies. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Bank Indonesia (BI) on Thursday signed and exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a framework to promote the use of local currencies (Indian Rupee (INR) and Indonesian Rupiah...
Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced on Tuesday that diplomatic efforts have been initiated with China to convert a loan for Pokhara International Airport to a grant as it failed to garner income, instead piled up more debt. This came after opposition lawmaker Chanda Chaudhary raised questions about the...
India criticised the Uniting for Consensus (UFC) model at the United Nations for “opposing” real reforms to the UNSC. The UFC model, started by Italy in the 1990s, primarily aims to counter bids for permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council by G4 nations – India, Brazil, Germany...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in diplomatic conversations with the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday, reiterating India's steadfast commitment to peace amid the ongoing conflict between the two nations. Sources revealed that both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin extended invitations to PM Modi to...
WASHINGTON — The United States (US) government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands of internet-connected devices, according to two Western security officials and one person familiar with the matter. The Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation sought and received legal authorization to...