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Indian coast guard ship (R) battling to extinguish the fire from the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 km off Sri Lankas eastern coast.(AFP)

Fire-stricken oil tanker pushed away from Sri Lankan coast

The vessel is larger than the Japanese ship which crashed into a reef in Mauritius, leaking more than 1,000 tonnes of...

5 Sept 2020 10:02 AM IST

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe. (AP)

Chinese defence minister requests meeting with Rajnath Singh amid...

Singh and Wei are currently in Russia to attend a meeting of SCO defence ministers on Friday

4 Sept 2020 10:39 AM IST

The New Diamond, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC), was heading to the port of Paradip in India.(Image: Twitter/@IndiaCoastGuard)

Indian Oil Corp-chartered oil tanker catches fire off Sri Lanka

The ship had sailed from the port of Mina Al Ahmadi in Kuwait, carrying Kuwait Export Crude, Refinitiv Eikon ship...

3 Sept 2020 4:11 PM IST

Indian children play online game PUBG on their mobile phones sitting on stairs outside their house in Hyderabad, India. India on Wednesday banned the widely popular Chinese mobile game PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds, known by the acronym PUBG, along with other 117 mobile applications in yet another move targeting China in the online space.(AP File)

China 'strongly opposes' India's ban on Chinese apps

'Indian actions violate the legal interests of Chinese investors and services providers,' commerce ministry spokesman...

3 Sept 2020 3:38 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (AP File)

UNSC thwarts Pakistan's attempt to get two Indians listed as global...

Sources pointed out that a similar request by Pakistan containing names of Mistry and Dongara had been blocked earlier...

3 Sept 2020 1:45 PM IST

Army convoy moves on Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, in Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir. In a fresh incident in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese PLA carried out provocative military movements to unilaterally change the status quo on the southern bank of Pangong Tso (lake) but the attempt was thwarted by the Indian troops, the Army said on Monday. (PTI)

China says India violating territorial sovereignty and disturbing...

China said it 'has made solemn representations to the Indian side and urged India to strictly control and restrain its...

2 Sept 2020 10:53 AM IST

Army trucks move towards Ladakh via LehManali Highway, in Manali. Chinese and Indian patrols regularly encounter one another along the disputed border, and both sides often accuse one another of border incursions, the report said.(PTI)

China using coercive tactics in pursuit of territorial claims in...

'These tactics are particularly evident in China's pursuit of territorial claims along its border with India and...

2 Sept 2020 9:47 AM IST

Referring to the deadly Galwan valley clash between Indian and Chinese troops in mid-June, Sun Weidong said it would be a miscalculation for India to treat China as an enemy or as a threat only by one issue or one incident . (Photo: www.china-embassy.org)

Border disputes should not affect bilateral ties: Chinese envoy

The remarks are yet another indication that Beijing is keen to protect Sino-Indian economic ties to avoid any...

30 Aug 2020 1:21 PM IST

The government had in March released Zia for six months on a condition that she would stay at home amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country, receive treatment and not travel abroad. (AFP)

Khaleda Zia's family seeks extension on her suspended prison sentence

The 74-year-old opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief is serving a 17-year prison term in two graft cases...

30 Aug 2020 1:02 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

Xi calls for building a 'socialist Tibet', favours Tibetan Buddhism's...

Tibet remains deeply devoted to Buddhism where the Dalai Lama is revered as the spiritual head despite his self-exile to...

30 Aug 2020 11:15 AM IST

Rescuers searching through the rubble of a collapsed restaurant in Linfen, in Chinas northern Shanxi province. (AFP)

China restaurant collapses during birthday party, killing 29

Hundreds of rescue workers using sniffer dogs, cranes and high-tech sensors had searched the rubble in hopes of freeing...

30 Aug 2020 10:51 AM IST

As many as 2,842 educational institutions across the city are set to open their doors to almost 1.4 million students when the autumn semester gets underway. (AP)

China's Wuhan says all schools to reopen on Tuesday

Schools have been ordered to stock up disease control equipment and to carry out training sessions to help prepare for...

29 Aug 2020 2:12 PM IST