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Amid tensions, Chinese warships head for South China Sea for drills

Flexing muscles, China kicked off military exercises in the disputed South China Sea, East Indian Ocean and West Pacific involving advanced warships, helicopters and "special warfare" soldiers.......

PM thanks Fiji for its role in success of India's Mangalyaan mission

Utilising his visit to Fiji, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday acknowledged the role played by this tiny South Pacific Island nation in the success of India's Mars mission in the very first......

India's Mars Mission on track, Orbiter flying over South Pacific Ocean

The second orbit raising manoeuvre of India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft was performed in the early hours of Friday, three days after its successful launch by PSLV C-25 into orbit around the Earth.......

Miss Asia Pacific Srishti Rana's crown seized at Mumbai airport

The diamond studded crown of India's Srishti Rana, who has been crowned Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 in Busan, South Korea, was seized for not paying customs, a senior customs official said.......

US cancels tsunami alert after Vanuatu quake

A massive earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale hit South Pacific Island Republic of Vanuatu at 4:14 am local time (22:44 IST) on Friday, which sparked United States to issue a tsunami......

PM seeks to promote better Asia-Pacific cooperation

Against the backdrop of a row among East Asian countries over South China Sea, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday advocated establishing of a 'common set of principles' and 'cooperative......

India likely to have near-normal monsoon

La Nina, a weather pattern arising in the Pacific Ocean that causes heavy rain in South Asia, is assuming a neutral condition, senior India Meteorological Department officials have said.This......

The rise and fall of the ultra-right

Financial globalisation - or ultra globalisation - has done more harm than good to the majority of economies, say Anshuman Gupta & Karunakar Jha. After Brexit and Donald Trump winning in the US,......

Nifty cracks 1% to settle below 9,450, Sensex falls 200 points

S&P BSE Midcap index and S&P BSE Smallcap were down 2% and 1.3% respectively Benchmark indices settled the day lower after closing at fresh high in the precious session amid selloff as political......

Meet Christina Ruggiero, first woman CEO of Coke India's bottling co

The American, who moved from US Navy to the corporate world, is considered best suited for this role because of her understanding of both production and distribution. Arnab Dutta and Viveat Susan......

Make way for Indi toons

Cartoon characters created and developed in local animation studios are enchanting Indian kids like never before, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. It is fun time, says blue boy Kris (above) every time......

2016 Rewind: India's women shine bright; Kohli enjoys dream run

With a mixed bag of success and failure, Indian sports remains in a state of inertia in the absence of a proper vision from the administrators. IMAGE: PV Sindhu, left, and Sakshi Malik celebrate......

VOTE! The best Indian sportsperson of 2016

It was a year which P V Sindhu made memorable for all Indians with a historic silver medal at the Rio Olympics and Sakshi Malik became the darling of the nation with her bronze medal in wrestling.......

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Sterling retreats after Manchester blast, stocks steady

* Sterling falls as police treat Manchester blast as terrorattack * Euro holds near 6-mth high after Merkel says it's "tooweak" * Asia stocks... ...

http://www.sify.com/finance/global-markets-sterling-retreats-after-manchester-blast-stocks-steady-news-commodities-rfxgudihffagd.html

Asia ministers in push for China-led free trade pact

It notably excludes the United States, which had been leading another regional trade pact -- the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- until US... ...

http://zeenews.india.com/asia/asia-ministers-in-push-for-china-led-free-trade-pact-2007805.html

This South Pacific island of rubbish shows why we need to quit our plastic habit

A remote South Pacific island has the highest density of plastic debris reported anywhere on the planet, our new study has found. Our study,... ...

http://www.catchnews.com/environment-news/this-south-pacific-island-of-rubbish-shows-why-we-need-to-quit-our-plastic-habit-62082.html

Disagreements surface over China-backed trade deal

By A. Ananthalakshmi and My Pham HANOI (Reuters) - Disagreements between Asian countries over a China-backed free trade deal surfaced at talks on... ...

http://www.sify.com/finance/disagreements-surface-over-china-backed-trade-deal-news-policy-rfwmvebdhadbi.html

Cathay Pacific Airways to lay off 600 employees

Cathay Pacific Airways confirmed on Monday that it will lay off almost 600 employees from its head office, in the biggest round of job cuts by Hong... ...

http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a742798.html

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