Category Archives: News

• Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins 100-metre dash, takes the ‘world’s fastest man’ title 2 August 2021 | Rob Woollard one comment

  Lamont Marcell Jacobs stormed to a shock victory in the Olympics 100m final on Sunday to cap a golden double for Italy on a dramatic day of athletics action at the Tokyo Games. ...

• Coronavirus: China sounds Covid-19 alarm as Delta variant spreads 1 August 2021 no comments

  The highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 has raised major concerns in China as it spread to 18 provinces with fresh cases emerging in capital Beijing on Sunday. More than 300 domestic cases were detected in 10 days. ...

• Indian, Chinese army officers meet to defuse border standoff 31 July 2021 | Ashok Sharma one comment

  Top Indian and Chinese army commanders met Saturday after a gap of three months to discuss the expeditious disengagement of thousands of forces in a bid to ease the 15-month border tensions and clashes. ...

• US warns China is building more nuclear missile silos 30 July 2021 | Huizhong Wu and Jon Gambrell no comments

  The US military is warning about what analysts have described as a major expansion of China’s nuclear missile silo fields at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and Washington. ...

• Coronavirus: India extends suspension of international flights until 31 August 30 July 2021 | Rhik Kundu no comments

  The Indian government has extended the ban on international commercial flights till 31 August, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a circular on Friday. The ban on scheduled overseas flights was to end on 31 July. ...

• China lashes out at Blinken’s meeting with Dalai Lama aide 29 July 2021 | Sutirtho Patranobis 2 comments

  Beijing on Thursday lashed out at the US secretary of state Antony Blinken for meeting Tibetan leader Dalai Lama’s representative in New Delhi, saying it violated Washington’s commitment to recognise Tibet as part of China. ...

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Dalai Lama’s representative in Delhi 28 July 2021 one comment

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday held a meeting with a senior representative of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, in a clear signal to China about the Biden administration's continued support to the Tibetan cause. ...

• China-Taliban ties warming ahead of US withdrawal 28 July 2021 no comments

  China’s foreign minister met Wednesday with a delegation of high-level Taliban officials as ties between them warm ahead of the US pullout from Afghanistan. ...

• Ecuadorian court revokes citizenship for Julian Assange 28 July 2021 no comments

  Ecuador has revoked the citizenship of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who is currently in a British prison. Ecuador’s justice system formally notified the Australian of the nullity of his naturalization in a letter. ...

• Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Tibet is a threat to India: US Congressman 27 July 2021 one comment

  Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Tibet last week is a threat to India, an influential US lawmaker has said, accusing the Joe Biden-led administration of not doing enough to stop the Chinese "march". ...