Tag: India
Covid vaccine ‘won’t prevent infection but is a weapon to fight it’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters QUESTIONS have arisen about the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine in protecting people against the “double mutant” coronavirus variant that emerged in India. This issue came to the limelight after Dr Rajendra Kapila, an infectious disease expert at Rutgers University in US, died upon getting infected with the Indian strain during …
Covid vaccine ‘won’t prevent infection but is a weapon to fight it’Read More
‘Blood on your hands’: Slater slams Australian PM over India travel ban
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsai Melbourne – Former test opener and cricket commentator Michael Slater has pilloried the Australian government over its decision to ban citizens in Covid-ravaged India from returning home, saying Prime Minister Scott Morrison has “blood” on his hands. Australian residents and citizens are banned from entering the country within …
‘Blood on your hands’: Slater slams Australian PM over India travel banRead More
Taiwan bars arrivals from India amid Covid crisis
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Taipei – Taiwan became the latest place to ban arrivals from coronavirus-stricken India today (May 3), as it moves to prevent new infections, with more nations reporting cases of a variant first identified in the subcontinent. The variant, B1617, has reached at least 17 countries, from Britain and Iran …
India records more than 400,000 new daily Covid cases, first country to do so
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia New Delhi – India recorded more than 400,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours for the first time today (May 1), the first country to do so in the pandemic, official data showed. According to the health ministry, 401,993 new infections were registered taking the total caseload to …
India records more than 400,000 new daily Covid cases, first country to do soRead More
China’s Xi offers more help to India in message to Modi amid Covid-19 outbreak
By AP and published by Channel NewsAsia Beijing – Chinese leader Xi Jinping today (April 30) offered additional assistance to India in battling the Covid-19 outbreak ravaging the country, putting aside a simmering rivalry and tensions along their disputed border. State media reported that Xi told Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a personal message of …
China’s Xi offers more help to India in message to Modi amid Covid-19 outbreakRead More
First US Covid-19 emergency aid supplies arrive in India
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia New Delhi – The first US emergency aid to India arrived today (April 30) as the country battles a devastating surge in Covid-19 cases which has overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. A Super Galaxy military transporter carrying more than 400 oxygen cylinders and other hospital equipment and nearly 1 …
First US Covid-19 emergency aid supplies arrive in IndiaRead More
India’s daily Covid cases spike to new global record
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Bengaluru – India’s Covid-19 infections crossed the 18 million mark today (April 29) with almost 380,000 new cases, breaking another world record for new daily infections. The explosion in infections, blamed in part on a new virus variant as well as mass political and religious events, has overwhelmed …
India’s daily Covid cases spike to new global recordRead More
Indians rush for Covid vaccines as death toll passes 200,000
By Reuters Staff, published by Swissinfo.ch New Delhi -Indians struggled to register online for a mass vaccination drive set to begin at the weekend as the country’s toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 today (April 28), worsened by shortages of hospital beds and medical oxygen. The second wave of infections has seen at least …
Indians rush for Covid vaccines as death toll passes 200,000Read More
Medical supplies flow into India as Covid deaths near 200,000
By Reuters Staff, published by Swissinfo.ch New Delhi – Vital medical supplies poured into India today as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, while a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000. A shipment from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in Delhi, said Reuters …
Medical supplies flow into India as Covid deaths near 200,000Read More
Ministry quashes rumours of Indian millionaires fleeing to Thailand
THE Thai Public Health Ministry today (April 25) denied Indian millionaires are fleeing their country where there is a massive Covid-19 spike to Thailand on chartered flights but underscored that regular flights cannot be halted nor can any action be taken to halt the import of Indian equipment and medical supplies that Thailand needs, Siam …
Ministry quashes rumours of Indian millionaires fleeing to ThailandRead More
From India, Myanmar’s ousted lawmakers work on challenging junta
By Reuters Staff, published by Swissinfo.ch IN A spartan hillside room in India furnished only with a thin sleeping mat, the Myanmar member of parliament spends much of his days attentively listening to Zoom conference calls and tapping away messages on his smartphone. The short, soft-spoken man is among roughly a dozen ousted Myanmar MPs …
From India, Myanmar’s ousted lawmakers work on challenging juntaRead More
India to buy first US armed drones to counter China, Pakistan
By Sudhi Ranjan, Bloomberg, published by MSN News INDIA plans to buy 30 armed drones from the US to boost its sea and land defenses as tensions persist with neighbours China and Pakistan, according to officials with knowledge of the matter. The South Asian nation will approve next month the $3 billion purchase of 30 …
India to buy first US armed drones to counter China, PakistanRead More
US defence chief Austin ‘likely to visit India soon’
By Reuters Staff, published by MSN News New Delhi – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is likely to visit India next week, an Indian government source told Reuters today (March 7), as the two allies seek to deepen military ties to counter the growing power of China in the Asia-Pacific region. The first visit by …
US defence chief Austin ‘likely to visit India soon’Read More
Ladakh: China reveals soldier deaths in India border clash
By BBC CHINA has for the first time revealed that four of its soldiers died during a bloody Himalayan border clash with Indian troops in June last year. The men died after fighting “foreign troops” who “crossed into the Chinese border”, said Chinese state media. The skirmish had taken place in the Galwan Valley in …
Ladakh: China reveals soldier deaths in India border clashRead More
How Mars became the prize for a new space race — and why China is hellbent on winning it
By Steffi Paladini, Space.com This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Steffi Paladini, Reader in Economics & Global Security, Birmingham City University LOOKING at its achievements over the past decade, nobody would doubt China is aiming to win the new …
How Mars became the prize for a new space race — and why China is hellbent on winning itRead More
Pangong Lake: India and China to pull back from disputed border
By BBC INDIA and China are to pull back troops from part of their disputed Himalayan border in what’s seen as a breakthrough following a deadly clash in June. India’s defence minister said the move to withdraw troops in Ladakh was the result of “sustained talks” between the nuclear-armed neighbours. His remarks came a day …
Pangong Lake: India and China to pull back from disputed borderRead More
China’s ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacy backfires
Even neutral nations are hitting back at Beijing’s “wolf warrior” tactics but China’s doubling down and has threatened Australia’s “peace and stability”. .Jamie Seidel reports. Duelling diplomats on Twitter. Fisticuffs in Fiji. “Xi thought” dominated policy. It’s all backfiring for Beijing, with previously neutral nations being driven into an alliance against it. India has been …
Indian republic is based on a consensus-building model
Democracy in the contemporary world is torn between the will of the masses and the hegemonic power of the elite on the one hand, and a growing disregard for representative government on the other. In the last two decades, Latin American countries witnessed such an unresolved situation. In the United States, the unabashed opposition to …
Indian republic is based on a consensus-building modelRead More
Indian and Chinese troops in new border brawl
NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese troops have fought a new brawl on their contested Himalayan border, leaving injuries on both sides, military officials said on Monday. The fighting on Jan. 20 came six months after a pitched battle which left at least 20 Indian troops dead as well as an unknown number of Chinese casualties. …
India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitch
By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia Satara, India: India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first day due to glitches in an app called Co-Win that is being used to coordinate the campaign, according to several officials involved in the immunisation programme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched what his government has described …
India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitchRead More
India says talks with China yet to make progress to end border standoff
By Reuters Staff, published by US News New Delhi: Talks between India and China have yet to make headway to end a standoff on a disputed section of their Himalayan border, India’s defence minister said today (Dec. 30), as thousands of troops from both sides faced a freezing winter in the mountains. Defence Minister Rajnath …
India says talks with China yet to make progress to end border standoffRead More
India bans more Chinese apps as tensions remain high
By CNN Business Hong Kong: India has banned dozens more Chinese apps, drawing a rebuke from Beijing and further straining already tense relations between the world’s most populous countries. “We firmly oppose the Indian side’s repeated use of ‘national security’ as an excuse to prohibit some mobile apps with Chinese background,” Ji Rong, spokesperson for …
India bans more Chinese apps as tensions remain highRead More