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a person taking photos while water is released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river, to relieve flood pressure in Yichang, central Chinas Hubei province. (AFP)World
China-'s mighty Yangtze nears crest again, new floods feared

The rains are putting renewed pressure on the massive Three Gorges Dam that straddles the river upstream of Wuhan city...

21 July 2020 11:21 AM IST

A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) looks at reagent bottles before performing vaccine tests. (AFP)World
Bangladesh allows late-stage trial of China-'s Sinovac COVID-19...

Sinovac has been looking for volunteers outside of China as the number of coronavirus cases there has dwindled

20 July 2020 3:32 PM IST

A Mars lander is lifted during a test for its hovering, obstacle avoidance and deceleration capabilities at a facility at Huailai in Chinas Hebei province. The site outside Beijing simulated conditions on the red planet, where the pull of gravity is about one-third that of Earth. China will launch their Mars rover and an orbiter sometime around July 23, 2020, in a mission named Tianwen, or Questions for Heaven. (AP )World
China moves rocket into place for its 1st Mars mission

The mission is one of the most ambitious yet for China’s space program, which advanced rapidly since its first crewed...

17 July 2020 2:33 PM IST

Indian flood affected people take shelter at temporary structures near their submerged house along river Brahmaputra in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed dozens of people in this northeastern region. (AP)World
Monsoon floods wreaking havoc in other South Asian countries too

As Indian states struggle with floods and collapsing buildings, situations are similar in neighbouring Nepal and...

17 July 2020 12:39 PM IST

Such a ban, if implemented, could hit the ruling Communist Party from the highest levels down to its rank-and-file and would be certain to draw retaliation against Americans who travel to China. (Representational Image:AFP)World
US considering travel ban on entire Chinese Communist Party members

Senior officials discussing the matter have begun circulating a draft of a possible presidential order, sources reveal

17 July 2020 11:24 AM IST

Members of a civil society group hold a demonstration demanding the government allow the construction of a Hindu temple, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP)World
Religious minorities under attack in Pakistan

An opposition politician was charged this week with blasphemy after declaring all religions were equal in the country

16 July 2020 3:00 PM IST

An online post by SinoPharm shows pictures of workers it says got vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine candidate and the words Giving a helping hand in forging the sword of victory. (AP)World
Chinese firm SinoPharm boasts about using workers to -'pre-test-'...

The company’s claim that 30 ‘special volunteers’ rolled up their sleeves for pre-test without a government...

16 July 2020 12:37 PM IST

U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad. (AP)World
China summons US ambassador, says US blocks its development

US and other Western democracies have grown increasingly concerned over developments in Hong Kong, particularly the...

16 July 2020 10:20 AM IST

A man walks through flooded waters in Sunamgong on July 14, 2020. (AFP)World
Over 1 million marooned in Bangladesh as floods worsen

Officials say heavy rainfall and rushing waters from upstream India are the main reasons for floods in the delta nation...

15 July 2020 10:21 AM IST

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli speaking at an event on Monday. ANI PhotoWorld
Lord Rama Nepali, Real Ayodhya not in India: KP Sharma Oli

Balmiki Ashram is in Nepal and the holy place where King Dashrath had executed the rites to get the son is in Ridi

14 July 2020 12:14 AM IST

Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, departing after speaking during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC.(AFP)World
China hits top US officials with retaliatory sanctions over Uighur row

Human rights groups say China has rounded over one million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in a vast...

13 July 2020 3:47 PM IST

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. (PTI)World
Pakistan restores bank accounts of Mumbai terror attack accused Hafiz...

Saeed-'s bank accounts were frozen by the Pakistani government complying with the UNSC resolution

13 July 2020 2:38 PM IST

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