INDIA BANS 47 CHINESE APPS; OVER 250 MORE UNDER SCANNER FO...
July 28 ,2020
India has banned 47 apps of Chinese origin in the country, nearly a month after banning 59 Chinese applications. Sources have told Indi...
KASHMIRI PANDIT BODY DEMANDS RESTORATION OF ARTICLE 370
July 28 ,2020
An organisation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits has asked the government of India to restore the statehood and special status for Jammu and...
61PC FAMILIES OF MIGRANT WORKERS RECEIVED NO REMITTANCE FO...
July 28 ,2020
About 60 percent of the families of migrant workers did not receive any remittance over the last three months amid the Covid-19 pandemi...
Chinese shipbuilder planning advanced amphibious assault s...
July 28 ,2020
The new ships would be a more advanced version of the Type 075 vessels that have yet to enter service. Photo: Weibo
A Chinese ship...
Flag lowered at US consulate in Chengdu as China takes con...
July 28 ,2020
People gather to take pictures outside the US consulate in Chengdu, south-western China. Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images...
Duterte says Beijing is 'in possession' of South China Sea
July 28 ,2020
Since his election in 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sought a closer relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping....
PAF deploys J-17 fighter jets at Skardu airbase, carries o...
July 28 ,2020
As the India-China face-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh remains unresolved, Pakistan is carrying out military exer...
Rafale: First French fighter jets head to India after purc...
July 28 ,2020
The first five of a batch of French Rafale fighter jets purchased by New Delhi in a controversial multibillion-dollar deal are headed t...
Bangladesh’s snub another blow for India
July 28 ,2020
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
One of India’s most-read and oldest English-language dailies, The Hindu, posted an...
Virtual meeting of 3 South Asian nations & China hints at...
July 28 ,2020
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi
Foreign ministers of China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal on Monday held a virtual confer...
US and China engage in 'war of words' over Myanmar and Phi...
July 28 ,2020
China-occupied Subi Reef, part of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea
The US and China have engaged in a dip...
Sri Lankan president looks to consolidate power in delayed...
July 28 ,2020
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
The campaign for Sri Lanka's rescheduled parliamentary election lacks zest. Originally slated for April 25, it...
Prevent moves that can fracture historic ties, Bangladesh...
July 28 ,2020
A.K. Abdul Momen and S. Jaishankar
The Indian government and society have an obligation to prevent any development that can fractu...
Indian PM to attend temple groundbreaking at disputed site...
July 28 ,2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a groundbreaking ceremony next month for a Hindu temple on a disputed site in northern...
In a first, India deploys T-90 missile firing tanks at Dau...
July 28 ,2020
With the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) deploying close to 50,000 troops in Aksai Chin, the Indian Army for the first tim...
Gwadar has potential to become a global city: Asim Bajwa
July 28 ,2020
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting and Chairman China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority,...
Early intervention has enabled Maldives to enter recovery...
July 28 ,2020
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said on Monday that early government intervention in response to the coronavirus pandemic has enabled M...
India directs Nepal not to allow Nepalis into disputed ter...
July 28 ,2020
The India government has sent a letter to the Nepal government directing the latter not to allow Nepalis to enter disputed territories...
Bhutan improves on the new e-Government Development Index
July 28 ,2020
Bhutan has advanced from the medium E-Government Development Index (EGDI) in 2018 to a high-level EGDI group this year according to the...
Indus dam project has Chinese footprint
July 28 ,2020
Pakistan has decided to go ahead with the 450 MW Diamer-Bhasha dam in the Gilgit-Baltistan area on the Indus river. Diamer-Bhasha Dam i...
Proposed Indian road through wildlife sanctuary could spar...
July 28 ,2020
Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary
Up in the wind-swept highlands of Bhutan-Land of the Thunder Dragon-a mythological ape-like creature ca...
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