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US stands with India against continued Chinese military aggression: Lawmaker

11:58 pm July 21, 2020

Washington: The US stands with its friends, partners, and allies like India against the continued Chinese military aggression, an influential lawmaker said on Tuesday. Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi’s remarks came as the US House of Representatives agreed to consider his bipartisan congressional resolution that urged China to work towards de-escalating the situation at the border with India through existing diplomatic mechanisms and not […]

US accuses Chinese hackers in targeting of COVID-19 research

11:47 pm July 21, 2020

Washington: The Justice Department on Tuesday accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets from companies across the world and more recently targeting firms developing a vaccine for the coronavirus. The indictment, which officials expected to discuss at a news conference, says the hackers in recent months had researched vulnerabilities in the computer […]

Nepal’s ruling communist party’s top decision-making body meets to end Oli-Prachanda infighting

7:52 pm July 18, 2020

Kathmandu: Nepal’s ruling communist party’s top decision-making body met on Saturday to try and end the tussle for power between Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and former premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. The meeting of the nine-member Central Secretariat started at around 3.15 pm at the official residence of the prime minister at Baluwatar, […]

Pakistan provides consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav

7:18 pm July 16, 2020

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday provided consular access to Indian prisoner on death row Kulbhushan Jadhav, days after Islamabad claimed that he has refused to file an appeal in a court here against his conviction by a military court. This was the second consular access to Jadhav. The first consular access was provided by Pakistan on September 2, 2019, the Pakistan Foreign Office said in […]

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks on Saturday

Sino-India border tensions: EU says it supports efforts to maintain dialogue channel for peaceful solution

11:27 pm July 15, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed about the developments on the Sino-India border during the India-EU summit, the European Council president said on Wednesday, asserting that the 27-member bloc supports all efforts to maintain a channel of dialogue for peaceful solution. European Council President Charles Michel made the remarks after the 15th EU-India summit. While the Indian side was led by […]