The warmth in Nepal-China ties seems to be dissipating, the recent being the debates surrounding the Pokhara International Airport (PIA). The airport, built by China, is the focal point of recent civil society protests in Nepal. The rallying point is that Beijing may develop an opportunity with the pretext...
Mumbai: India can be a trusted supply chain partner of Taiwan, which leads in hi-tech manufacturing in the Asian region, remarked Edison Hsu, Director, Taipei World Trade Center Liaison Office in Mumbai at an interactive meeting organized for an in-bound Taiwan Trade Mission at WTC Mumbai.
Notably, India ranks as Taiwan’s 14th largest export destination and 18th...
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG: China should allow cross-border sharing of information by financial firms operating in the country, a leading financial lobby group said, as authorities tighten control of data generated within its borders in a national security drive.
Last July, China unveiled cross-border data review measures that require a security review...
Karachi , March 17: Expressing grave concerns over the shortage of different medicines including life-saving drugs, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) demanded the government to ease the process of opening letters of credit (LCs) for drug manufacturers, Dawn reported.
In a statement issued here on Thursday, the PMA said that...
Tokyo, Dec 14: Haruyuki Takahashi, a former member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, appeared in a Tokyo district court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to taking bribes tied to the Games.
Takahashi was arrested more than a year ago and it’s unclear when his trial will end.
The defense...
ISLAMABAD: Acute food insecurity in Pakistan is likely to further exacerbate in coming months if the economic and political crisis further worsens, compounding the effects of the 2022 floods, warns a new United Nations report published on Monday.
The report titled, Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity,...
New Delhi , April 22: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed admiration for Nidhi Chaphekar, a survivor of the 2016 Brussels terror attack, who has chronicled her harrowing moments in her book "UNBROKEN."
The External Affairs Minister took to social media to highlight Chaphekar's remarkable courage and resilience in the...
Naypyidaw , November 28: The ruling Junta in Myanmar has been losing vital military locations and border towns to well-armed ethnic militias that have collaborated with resistance forces to launch massive new offensives in recent weeks, CNN reported.
This is a development that has not been seen in decades when...
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.
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As India is ready to hold a virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit on Wednesday, African envoys have hailed New Delhi’s presidency.
In a video posted on X by G20India with the caption, “As we gear up for the Virtual #G20 Leaders’ Summit, listen to what resident African Ambassadors have to say...
