Pacific

Chinese students fleeing virus face uneasy reception back home

Fears of new virus trigger anti-China sentiment worldwide

3:15 pm February 2, 2020

Seoul: A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians. Restaurants in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam have refused to accept Chinese customers. Indonesians marched near a hotel and called […]

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

India ranks 129 in UN’s human development index

7:18 pm December 9, 2019

New Delhi: India climbed one spot to 129 among 189 countries in the 2019 human development index, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday. In 2018, India’s human development index (HDI) value of 0.647 had put it at 130 rank. In India, 27.1 crore people were lifted out […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Indian-American attorney demands US Congressional fact-finding mission to Kashmir

3:23 pm October 30, 2019

Washington : An Indian-American attorney has urged US lawmakers to schedule a bipartisan Congressional fact-finding mission to Kashmir, a day after a delegation of the European Union (EU) parliamentarians visited the Valley for an on the ground assessment of the situation there. A delegation of 23 EU MPs arrived in Srinagar on Tuesday on a […]

China, Solomon Islands establish diplomatic relations

7:58 pm September 21, 2019

Beijing : China and the Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations Saturday, days after the Pacific island nation severed ties with Taiwan. “We look forward to the quick development of bilateral relations between China and the Solomons,” Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said at a ceremony in Beijing alongside his Solomons counterpart Jeremiah Manele. “We welcome […]

Bipartisan resolution introduced to recognise contributions of Sikh Americans

11:14 am August 8, 2019

Washington: A bipartisan group of half a dozen US lawmakers Wednesday introduced a resolution in the Congress recognising the contribution of Sikh Americans in the country. Observing that Sikh Americans distinguish themselves by fostering respect among all people through faith and service, the resolution said it recognises the discrimination that they have faced in the […]