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Sri Lankas Air Force fireboats battling to extinguish a fire on the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 kms off Sri Lankas eastern coast where a fire was reported inside the engine room.

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 Fenghi is understood to have sought a meeting with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh. (AFP File)

Chinese defence minister may talk to Rajnath over border tension

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

4 Sept 2020 10:38 AM IST

(Image: Twitter/@IndiaCoastGuard)

Indian Oil-chartered 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

$A girl holds her smart phone as she updates the \PUBG Mobile\ game, owned by Chinese internet giant Tencent, in Siliguri on September 2, 2020. - India on September 2 banned 118 Chinese apps as it stepped up economic hostilities over an increasingly bitter border showdown between the giant neighbours. (AFP)$ World

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 3:35 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (AP File)

UNSC blocks Pakistan-'s bid to get two Indians listed as terrorists

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

3 Sept 2020 1:44 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 claims it -'has made solemn representations to the Indian side and urged India to strictly control and restrain...

2 Sept 2020 10:52 AM IST

Army trucks move towards Ladakh via LehManali Highway, in Manali. (PTI)

China using coercive tactics in pursuit of territorial, maritime...

-'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 1:20 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)

Bangladesh-'s Khaleda Zia seeks 6 more months out of prison

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

30 Aug 2020 1:01 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (via AP)

China-'s Xi calls for constructing -'impregnable wall-' against...

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

30 Aug 2020 11:14 AM IST

Rescuers and medics gather near the site of a collapsed two-story restaurant in Xiangfen county in northern Chinas Shanxi province. (AP)

Two-storey restaurant collapses in China during birthday party, 29...

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

30 Aug 2020 10:42 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 will reopen schools this week

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

29 Aug 2020 2:09 PM IST