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Workers wearing protective gear stand next to barriers placed to close off streets around a locked down neighbourhood after the detection of new cases of Covid-19 in the Huangpu district of Shanghai (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China reports first two Covid-19 deaths in more than a year

China has gone from reporting under 100 daily infections just three weeks ago to well more than 1,000 per day for over a...

19 March 2022 10:33 AM IST

Residents queue to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Shenzhen, in Chinas southern Guangdong province on March 14, 2022. (AFP)

Nearly 30 million under lockdown in China as coronavirus surges

China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous day-'s tally as the Omicron variant...

15 March 2022 11:00 AM IST

Workers wait to collect deliveries for a lockdown community in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China returns to mass shutdowns as COVID-19 cases surge

Meanwhile, an outbreak of the omicron variant in Shanghai saw schools shuttered again

13 March 2022 3:07 PM IST

The report further found that China was building a fence around a border pillar and attempting to construct a canal and a road on the Nepalese side of the border. (Image via ANI)

China encroaching into Nepal-'s territory, says report

According to report, surveillance activities by Chinese security forces had restricted religious activities on the...

12 March 2022 1:29 PM IST

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo:PTI)

Pakistan likely to remain on FATF-'s grey list for four more months:...

Pakistan has been on the grey list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force since June 2018

4 March 2022 2:32 PM IST

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo:PTI)

Imran Khan: I would like to have a TV debate with Modi to resolve...

-'It would be so good for over a billion people of the subcontinent if differences between Pakistan and India could be...

23 Feb 2022 12:56 AM IST

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar speaks during a press conference following a bilateral meeting during the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) in Melbourne on February 12, 2022. (William WEST / AFP)

Current situation at LAC arisen due to China-'s disregard: Jaishankar

-'When a large country disregards written commitments, I think it-'s an issue of legitimate concern for the entire...

12 Feb 2022 1:07 PM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Pakistan summons Indian Charge d-'Affaires over hijab controversy

The official was conveyed Pak-'s deep concern over alleged religious intolerance, negative stereotyping and...

10 Feb 2022 11:57 AM IST

Cyclists ride past a traditional Chinese gateway during a day murky from fog and pollution in Beijing, on Oct. 26, 2007, top, and the same location on Feb. 5, 2022. Beijings air still has a long way to go, but is measurably better than past years. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

EXPLAINER: How China got blue skies in time for Olympics

At this monthâ€™s Beijing Games, the air is clear enough for athletes to see the mountains surrounding the city

8 Feb 2022 12:51 PM IST

This video frame grab taken from footage recorded in mid-June 2020 and released by China Central Television (CCTV) on January 20, 2021 shows Chinese (foreground) and Indian soldiers (R, background) during an incident where troops from both countries clashed in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan Valley, in the Karakoram Mountains in the Himalayas. (Photo by - / CCTV / AFP)

China suffered higher losses Galwan Valley clash than reported: Report

The report said it also showed the extreme lengths Beijing has gone to silence discussion about the battle

3 Feb 2022 10:08 AM IST

Taliban fighters stand guard at the main gate of Laghman University after classes resumed for the first time since the hardline Islamist group returned to power (AFP/Mohd RASFAN)

Afghan universities reopen with trickle of women attending

Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were shuttered when the hardline Islamist group stormed...

2 Feb 2022 12:25 PM IST

India has already announced to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat and medicines to Afghanistan by road transport through Pakistan. (AFP file photo)

India-'s wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Pakistani soil to begin in...

Pakistan last year allowed India to send 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan by using its land route

29 Jan 2022 1:03 PM IST