Omicron: Beijing shuts metro stations, schools; to test 21 mn people daily

China's capital Beijing on Wednesday shut down several metro stations besides schools, restaurants and businesses and ordered daily COVID-19 testing of its 21 million people as it ramped up......

Beijing Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions

Beijing on Wednesday shut down 40 subway stations -- about 10 per cent of the total -- and 158 bus routes metro stations besides schools, restaurants and businesses and ordered daily COVID-19......

Sushma's Tokyo visit: Bringing Japan closer

'While economic ties are making incremental progress, it is in the security and strategic domains that the India-Japan synergy is more compelling,' says Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: External Affairs......

How will Modi factor Japan in his China policy?

Being a pragmatist Modi is not likely to give preference to China over Japan. Both security and economic aspects are likely to shape Modi’s decision in terms of engaging the two biggest......

New jobs: Pushing commuters into trains!

Shanghai Metro officials have started hiring people to solve the problem of overcrowding in its 37.5-km subway line, which was opened two years ago. The hired people have been given the......

Now, a 'war room' to turn Mumbai into Shanghai!

Battle-ready, the CM's 'foot soldiers' are warriors as they closely monitor infra projects with a quiet sense of urgency, finds Anjuli Bhargava. IMAGE: Of the 27 projects being monitored,......

Rs 1-lakh-crore infra projects for Mumbai in the pipeline

This is part of BJP’s Mumbai Mission to gain supremacy in Mumbai civic body In the run up to the crucial election to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation slated for February 2017, the......

London, Paris, New York, Shanghai... Here comes khadi!

KVIC is keen to build an international footprint and is hopeful about signing up B2B agreements with at least 40 countries, to which end it has even registered a GI (geographical indicator) tag in......