China’s use of water as an “unconventional weapon” of warfare against India is a major geopolitical and environmental concern for New Delhi, strategic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney warned, as he recalled how Beijing’s refusal to provide New Delhi with hydrological data in 2017 had caused “preventable deaths.” “As an upper-stream state, China is obliged to […]
Kerala government has issued a request for proposals from artificial intelligence companies to develop a real-time mass surveillance and facial identification system to be deployed across the state. The surveillance cameras will be connected to powerful computers, and any person whose name has been entered into the system will be detected the minute he or […]
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries today announced that it had licensed two of its products — for psoriasis and for dry eye — to China Medical System Holdings Ltd or CMS. CMS will pay Sun Pharma an initial upfront payment, regulatory and sales milestone payments, and royalties on net sales, the Indian pharma company said. The financial […]
In what is considered a major diplomatic victory for India and an extra push for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the middle of the general elections, the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday declared Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan based terror group Jaish-e –Mohammad, a designated terrorist. The way was cleared for declaring the terror […]
At least four militants are carrying out a terror attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. The police are trying to neutralize the militants, resulting in heavy firing on both sides. The militants have been reported to have killed the security guards at the consulate. The militants are reported to have tried to enter […]
Market research firm CyberMedia Research has called the OnePlus 6, the latest smartphone from the eponymous Chinese start-up, the ‘finest Android smartphone out there today’. In a note trying to explain the success of the Chinese company in markets like India, Prabhu Ram, head of Industry Intelligence Group at the firm also called it the […]
CMR, part of CyberMedia, said a total of 14.83 cr 4G LTE devices were sold in India during 2017 — or one for every 5 adults in the country. The number of 4G devices sold in the country rose 80% compared to 2016, it added. This includes mobile phones, tablets and dongles and mifi devices. […]
Several foreign banks, including the Bank of China, have sought RBI’s permission to set up operations in the country. Among those who have applied for permission to open a branch or office in the country are three banks from Iran, two from South Korea, one each from Malaysia and Netherlands. Bank of China is one […]
The government of India today said that it has stopped taking new applications for setting up Electronic Manufacturing Clusters under a plan announced five years ago. A total of 18 electronic manufacturing clusters in 12 states were approved to be set up under the scheme, the government said. The cluster scheme envisaged the housing of […]
Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday denied reports that China has restarted construction activity at or near the site of a stand-off between the two countries earlier this year. “Since the disengagement of Indian and Chinese border personnel in the Doklam area on 28 August 2017, there have been no new developments at […]
A report by the Border Security Force has flagged what it called increasing presence of Chinese military personnel on India’s border with Pakistan. While the presence of Chinese troop in the Gilgit Baltistan region near the trijunction of the three countries was already known, the activities of Chinese soldiers and engineers have now spread to […]
Doklam is in the news again, 40 days after the Chinese pulled back their construction equipment on the border plateau in deference to Indian sensitivities. With two weeks to go for the crucial National Congress of the Communist Party of China, India’s northern neighbor has again started construction activity near Doklam. Apart from some verbal […]
The government of India has warned against the import of illegal chemicals used in making fireworks and sought citizens’ help in tracking them. “Possession and sale of fireworks of foreign origin is illegal and punishable under the law,” it said in a statement today. “Information about possession and/or sale of such fireworks may be reported […]
India and Japan have agreed to increase defence cooperation, particularly in terms of providing mutual training as well as in sharing technology. India’s outgoing defence minister Arun Jaitley reached several agreements with his Japanese counterpart in this matter, days after the country ended a tense border dispute with China that saw the northern neighbor make […]
The Indian government is likely to announce a new industrial policy in October, the ministry of commerce and industry said, and sought feedback from the public. Commerce and industry minister Nirmala Seetharaman will hold a final round of consultations with stakeholders soon, it added. “Sitharaman will hold consultations with stakeholders, including industry captains, think tanks […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China to attend the upcoming conference of the BRICS forum on September 3-5, the Prime Minister’s Office said today. On the way back, he will also conduct a three-day visit to Myanmar, it added. “At the invitation of the President of People’s Republic of China, Prime Minister Shri […]
The Doklam withdrawal has been accompanied by a tremendous amount of spin, with both countries trying to portray the development in a favorable light. But what neither side is saying is what happens to the road that China was building — will it continue to build it, or will it abandon it? INDIAN VERSION The […]
The External Affairs ministry of Government of India has said that India and China have agreed to an ‘expeditious disengagement’ of border personnel at the Doklam plateau in Bhutan. In a statement, the external affairs ministry said: “In recent weeks, India and China have maintained diplomatic communication in respect of the incident at Doklam. During […]
The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government of India is ramping up defense cooperation with the United States, and will restart COPE INDIA, a mock combat exercise between the US and Indian Air Force. COPE INDIA was first conducted in 2004, and subsequently in 2005, 2006 and 2009, after which it was abandoned. The exercise […]
Even as attempts are made to lower the consumption of Chinese products in India by a section of the population, Xiaomi said it has sold 50 lakh units of Redmi Note 4 smartphone in India in six months. A total of 100 mln smartphones are expected to sell in India in 2017, and going by […]
