- Saturday, April 05, 2025
US President Donald Trump believes that China’s “aggressive stance” against India and other countries in the region confirms the “true nature” of the ruling Communist Party of China, according to his spokesperson. The armies of India and China have been locked in a bitter standoff at multiple locations in eastern…
The Pakistan Army on Thursday rejected as "false and irresponsible" media reports that it has moved around 20,000 additional soldiers along the LoC in PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan to match the Chinese deployments on the LAC. The military''s media wing in a statement on Twitter "vehemently" denied the presence of Chinese…
India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past six lakh cases on Thursday with a single-day increase of 19,148 cases, just five days after it crossed the five-lakh mark, while the death toll rose to 17,834, according to the Union health ministry data. The COVID-19 case load increased to 6,04,641 while 434 people have succumbed to the disease in the last…
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Wednesday (1) applauded India’s sweeping ban on Chinese apps including TikTok, saying New Delhi was ensuring its own security. “We welcome India’s ban on certain mobile apps that can serve as appendages of the CCP surveillance state,” Pompeo said, referring to the Chinese…
More than 100 people have tested positive for coronavirus in India after attending the wedding — and then funeral — of the groom, who reportedly tied the knot while ill with the disease. Officials in Bihar state said on Wednesday the 26-year-old groom had symptoms of the deadly virus when…
A storm could be brewing in India’s top-flight football, a glamorous and acrimonious world that encompasses Asia’s richest man, the cream of Bollywood and a self-styled former gangster. Mukesh Ambani, the billionaire tycoon who commands the Reliance Industries corporate empire that owns the Indian Super League, is facing pushback to…
SRI LANKA opener Upul Tharanga on Wednesday (1) became the first player to be grilled by detectives in a probe investigating claims that the 2011 Cricket World Cup final was fixed. The 35-year-old was questioned for two hours by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) examining the conduct of the final,…
AN INDIAN artist has expressed her delight at becoming the inaugural National Gallery contemporary fellow, which will see her create new art for UK exhibitions in 2022-2023. Nalini Malani is the recipient of the first Contemporary Fellowship awarded by London’s National Gallery, announced last Thursday (25). It will see Malani…
Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Charge d’Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia to register its protest over the alleged ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC). The Foreign Office said in a statement that "indiscriminate and unprovoked firing" in Kayani and Jura sectors of the LoC on June…
AN Indian ban on dozens of Chinese apps following a border clash between the two nations has possibly derailed a $1 billion India expansion plan of China’s ByteDance, while also sparking an uproar from users of its popular TikTok video app. TikTok was blocked on Google and Apple app stores…
