China

Chinese official media highlights PLA casualties at Galwan clash without mentioning numbers

9:11 pm June 17, 2020

Beijing: China may have officially maintained a steady silence on the casualties suffered by its troops in the clashes with the Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley but editorials in the state-run dailies acknowledged the PLA fatalities while calling for disengagement to avert a border war. China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday parried all questions related to the casualties suffered by the […]

Military talks with China have no link with "any extraneous issue": India

Galwan Valley incident will have serious impact on bilateral ties: India to China

9:06 pm June 17, 2020

New Delhi: India on Wednesday delivered a strong message to China that the “unprecedented” incident in the Galwan Valley will have a “serious impact” on the bilateral relationship and held the “pre-meditated” action by Chinese army directly responsible for the violence that left 20 Indian Army personnel dead. In a telephonic conversation, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar conveyed to his Chinese counterpart Wang Wi […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

India set for comfortable victory in UN Security Council elections

2:17 pm June 17, 2020

United Nations: India is expected to register a comfortable victory in the Security Council elections on Wednesday that will bring the country to the UN high-table as a non-permanent member for the 2021-22 term. The 193-member UN General Assembly will hold elections for President of the 75th session of the Assembly, five non-permanent members of […]

Violent face-off in Ladakh result of China’s attempt to unilaterally change status quo in region: MEA

10:26 pm June 16, 2020

New Delhi: India on Tuesday said the violent face-off between the armies of India and China in eastern Ladakh was the result of an attempt by the Chinese side to unilaterally change the status quo in the region. The Ministry of External Affairs said both sides suffered casualties that could have been avoided had the agreement arrived at earlier at the higher level […]

Coronavirus tracing app a test for privacy-minded Germany

8:55 pm June 16, 2020

Berlin: Germany launched a coronavirus tracing app Tuesday that officials say is so secure even government ministers can use it, though developers acknowledge it isn’t perfect yet. Smartphone apps have been touted as a high-tech tool in the effort to track down potential COVID-19 infections. Experts say finding new cases quickly is key to clamping […]