- Monday, March 31, 2025
INDIA and China have accused each other of firing in the air during a new confrontation on their border in the western Himalayas, in a further escalation of military tension between the nuclear-armed nations. Hundreds of troops are in eyeball-to-eyeball proximity along the remote border, which erupted in a clash…
SRI LANKA has “better control” over a fresh fire on a loaded supertanker off the island nation and is looking for any signs of potential oil leaks from the ship. A fire first broke out last Thursday (3) in the engine room of the very large crude carrier New Diamond…
INDIA’s top tourist attraction the Taj Mahal is set to reopen more than six months after it was shut, officials said Tuesday (8), even as the vast nation battles soaring coronavirus infections. India, home to 1.3 million people, on Monday(7) overtook Brazil to become the world’s second most-infected nation with…
Doctors at one of the largest private COVID-19 facilities in the Indian capital say they are exhausted and facing staff shortages after nearly six months of relentless work. India’s total cases of the novel coronavirus crossed 4.2 million on Monday, overtaking Brazil as the second worst-hit country after the United…
A massive fire on a stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s coast has been extinguished, the island nation’s navy said, as international salvage experts began to assess the damage over fears of an environmental disaster if there is a leak. The Panamanian-registered New Diamond, carrying over 270,000 tonnes of crude…
THE Indian Army said on Monday(7) it has asked its Chinese counterpart if five Indian civilians who went missing from an eastern border state days ago were in their custody, while tension remains high on the western frontier between the rivals. Relations between the nuclear-armed Asian giants have hit a…
INDIA overtook Brazil on Monday (7) as the country with the second-highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, even as key metro train lines re-opened as part of efforts to boost the South Asian nation’s battered economy. India has emerged in recent weeks as the new global pandemic hotspot, although cases…
The Indian military has alerted China of allegations that five men were abducted by the People’s Liberation Army from an area near the disputed border, a minister said Sunday, amid rising tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. The relationship between the Asian giants has deteriorated since a clash in the Ladakh…
India and China traded blame for rising tensions over their disputed Himalayan border on Saturday(5) following their highest level meeting since a deadly clash in June. India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe released rival statements accusing each other of inflaming the showdown after talks…
A fire-stricken oil tanker was pushed away from Sri Lanka’s coast and into deeper waters on Saturday(5), rescuers said, after successfully containing the blaze during a 36-hour operation. The Panamanian-registered New Diamond carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude had drifted dangerously close to the eastern shores of Sri Lanka since issuing…
