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Washington: Space agency NASA on May 9 rebuked China for failing to meet “responsible standards” regarding its space debris, hours after fragments of the country’s largest and an out of control rocket disintegrated over the Indian Ocean near the Maldives. The debris from China’s Long March 5B rocket re-entered the
Beijing: US fears for unprecedented damage as 18-tonne main segment of a Chinese rocket is in freefall and is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere around 2300 GMT on Saturday. However, Beijing has downplayed fears, saying there is a very low risk of any damage. “We’re
China said on Thursday it had suspended an economic agreement with Australia, in an apparent tit-for-tat response to Canberra’s scrapping of a Belt and Road infrastructure pact and threat to undo a deal leasing Darwin Port to a Chinese company. Relations between the two sides have collapsed into acrimony after
US President Joe Biden has said India, Pakistan, Russia, China, and Turkey have a significant stake in the stable future of Afghanistan and these regional stakeholders should do more to bring peace in this war-torn country, from where he will withdraw all American troops by September 11. “We will ask
Beijing: China which had been promoting doubt about the effectiveness of Western vaccines for long, has ironically admitted to the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, as country’s top disease control official reveals that their effectiveness is low and that the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost.
Chinese regulators have fined Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) for violating anti-monopoly rules and abusing its dominant market position, marking the highest ever antitrust fine to be imposed in the country. The penalty, equivalent to around 4% of Alibaba’s revenues in 2019, comes amid an unprecedented
Beijing: What could be an alarming situation for one of the populous countries in the world after a city on the border with Myanmar in southwestern Yunnan province accounted for all new local cases, Coronavirus has once again gripped China in its clutches with marking its biggest daily surge in
New Delhi: The squad of four world leaders of the recent Quad Summit — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga – shared vision for a “free, open, resilient and inclusive” Indo-Pacific region, in a joint opinion piece
Washington: The White House on Wednesday claimed of elevating the Quad, which is comprised of India, the US, Australia and Japan, to a first summit-level meeting, an American initiative as it has been convened by President Joe Biden. Newly elected US president Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australia’s Prime
New Delhi: One of the popular Chinese smartphone makers, Xiaomi, is now planning to expand its manufacturing in India with three more partners, of which, two -DBG and BYD – will set up manufacturing plants for smartphones and Radiant Technology has been collaborated for smart TVs. The new partnerships are
