China has demonstrated that it has the power to not be isolated, and it is likely to become more powerful over time.
Its latest member is a Frenchman. Bernard Arnault's fortune is now estimated at $100.4 billion.
'Washington senses that the anchor sheet of India's strategic autonomy lies in its longstanding partnership with Russia, which remains firm and immutable despite the changes in world politics in the post-Cold War era,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.<
Snooping is one of the oldest peccadilloes of man, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth on Wednesday after a 15-day trip -- the longest in country's history -- to a proposed space lab set to be ready by 2020, marking the latest success for China's manned space programme.
The Chinese air force is now a 400,000-person force that flies some 2,000 combat aircraft -- more than thrice the size of the Indian Air Force.
The JF-17 Thunder aircraft, an advanced multi-role light combat aircraft, has been jointly developed by China and Pakistan.
Shuttler Anup Sridhar's Olympic campaign did not proceed beyond the first round as Shoji Sato of Japan sent the Indian packing in straight sets at the Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) Gymnasium on Monday evening.
From using Artificial Learning to Machine Learning to deploying drones food delivery platforms are going all out to reach the extra consumer, says Peerzada Abrar.
The US became the first country in the world to have more than one million cases of coronavirus. It accounts for nearly one-third of the 3.1 million cases globally.
How much are others responsible for the Trump presidency moving in the directions it has, asks T N Ninan.
Global IT giant, Wipro Technologies, will open a third delivery centre in China to cater to the growing needs of its multinational clients.
Both protesters and the authorities in Hong Kong are using complex combinations of technology, reports Devangshu Datta.
China, which is aggressively working on improving people's English language proficiency, will challenge India's domination in the information technology sector by 2008, a global research company has indicated.
In yet another recognition to India Inc's growing prowess, Infosys Technologies Ltd founder N R Narayana Murthy takes over as Chairman of the prestigious Asia Business Council.
China's official media on Tuesday went public over India's Nuclear Suppliers Group bid for the first time, saying New Delhi's membership of the elite club will not only touch a "raw nerve" in Pakistan and increase a nuclear arms race in the region but also "jeopardise" China's national interests.
The next plenary session of the Nuclear Suppliers Group is likely to be held in Swiss capital Bern next month.
The office will be headed by Twitter executive Peter Greenberger.
Vivek Paul, chief executive officer of Wipro Technologies, California and Balaji Krishnamurthy, CEO of Planar Systems, Oregon have been named among 25 most "business influential" by Time magazine and CNN.
A Chinese firm said the unmanned aircraft was not sold to any government.
This is the time when the US would need the conceptual strategic thinking of a Henry Kissinger, able to ally diplomatic skills with a well-conceived worldview of what the emergence of a new balance of forces will mean for a US whose ability to shape global events has definitely declined but still exists, says Claude Smadja.
'The onus is now on China to explain to the world why it feels Pakistan should accompany India on the question of NSG Membership!! China's not so covert help for Pakistan's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes will stand exposed,' says former ambassador G Parthasarathy.
Though dubbed as the 'war hero', the role of Rajapaksa in ending the conflict with the LTTE with the death of its supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran in 2009 is quite divisive as he stands accused of violating human rights, a charge he vehemently denies.
The country opened its airspace for all flights except for New Delhi, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur on March 27.
'India imports 70 per cent of its bulk drugs from China. Are we going to live without antibiotics?' asks Debashis Basu.
Known for his Zen-like poise and preparation bordering on self-flagellation, the Olympic gold medallist shooter has mastered the art of defying expectations from a nation of 1.2 billion that has rarely tasted success in Olympic sport.
Computer education major NIIT has decided to scale up its China operations both qualitatively and quantitatively to meet the growing information technology manpower needs of the communist giant, senior company officials said in Beijing.
'The Chinese made their point repeatedly after August 5. They backed Pakistan more overtly than in the past.' 'Kashmir is not completely off their radar. But in order to keep the atmosphere surrounding the Chennai meeting, they did not discuss Kashmir.'
China continued to stonewall India's entry harping on the need to have a criterion for countries like India which have not signed the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty and clubbing India's case with that of Pakistan for which it is batting.
China will prioritise the development of a floating nuclear power platform in the coming five years.
A Chinese company, which promised plots of land on the moon has come up with a more earthly plan 'World Cup air' for sale.
'A lack of strategic trust and the 'persistent security dilemma' prevails between India and China,' points out Dr Rup Narayan Das.
China on Friday claimed a breakthrough in developing the world's first IPV6 router for the next generation of Internet which will enhance the communist nation's competitiveness in the global hi-tech arena.
Nandan Nilekani, chief executive officer of IT major Infosys Technologies will be among the world's most prominent business leaders who will address the prestigious 'Fortune 2005 Global Forum' to be held in Beijing from May 16-18.
