NorthEast United inched closer to a playoffs berth with a 2-1 win over 10-man SC East Bengal in the ISL
The government on Wednesday said any attempt by China to set up a hydropower station on the Brahmaputra river will act as an encroachment on the entitled rights of lower riparian states like India and Bangladesh and adversely affect the availability of water in its basin during the lean season.
India had something to cheer about after missing out on a berth in next year's World Cup as they defeated China 3-3 via the penalty shoot-out, after both the teams were locked 2-2 in regulation time, to clinch the bronze medal in the eighth women's Asia Cup hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
The rover, Zhurong, named after a god of fire and war in Chinese mythology, landed at the pre-selected area in Utopia Planitia on Mars, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Pompeo said that for 40 years, successive US administrations just looked the other way and allowed China to trample on America.
Amid growing confrontation between China and Japan over a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea, Chinese government will be briefing the Indian government regarding its case.
The expose, which was in Chinese, said that the Chinese Communist Party was covering up the COVID-19 crisis and there was a human-to-human transmission of the virus.
Milestones in the progress of Chinese women's tennis after Li Na, the first Asian to win Grand Slam singles titles, announced her retirement from the sport on Friday.
Outgoing Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yan has said China and India face similar challenges and have every reason to work together to deepen "mutual trust, promote friendship and expand cooperation."
RMV Gurusaidutt made it to the main draw of the men's singles at the Malaysia Super Series, after contrasting victories in the first two rounds of the qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. The Indian shuttler first staved off the challenge from Andre Kurniawan Tedjono of Indonesia, winning 21-23, 21-18, 21-14, and then brushed aside Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong 21-13, 21-9.
RMV Gurusaidutt made it to the main draw of the men's singles at the Malaysia Super Series, after contrasting victories in the first two rounds of the qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. The Indian shuttler first staved off the challenge from Andre Kurniawan Tedjono of Indonesia, winning 21-23, 21-18, 21-14, and then brushed aside Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong 21-13, 21-9.
While Aditya Mehta, ranked 80th in the world, outclassed Lee Spick 5-2, Pankaj Advani spanked Justin Astley 5-1.
Indian shuttlers R M V Gurusaidutt and K Srikanth notched contrasting victories to enter the semi-finals of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold on Friday. Seeded 12th, Gurusaidutt sailed past Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong, winning 21-11, 21-14 in 34 minutes at the Macau Forum, thereby taking their head-to-head record to two-all.
Trying to shake off his pro-Communist image, Chinese author Mo Yan, who won Nobel Prize for Literature, on Friday called for the release of jailed compatriot Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.
In the wake of torture of two Indian businessmen near Shanghai, China has initiated criminal proceedings against five locals suspected for the act as it promised to address the issue and give due attention to the safety of Indian nationals on its soil.
India's hopes in the Under-18 Open brightened as R Praggnanandhaa outclassed compatriot P Iniyan in the highly-anticipated battle between two Indian Grand Masters in the World Youth Chess Championship, in Mumbai.
China on Monday evaded queries on its role in the departure of ex-Central Investigation Agency operative Edward Snowden from Hong Kong even as it asked United States to explain the whistleblower's revelations of American cyber attacks on Chinese institutions.
Pocketing his 13th World title, ace cueist Pankaj Advani feels that an IPL-like league in snooker or billiards would be a possibility in the game that has become financially rewarding.
In a significant victory, India has been elected to a prestigious United Nations body, defeating China in a direct fight for the lone seat from the Asia-Pacific region, to return to the powerful external oversight body after a gap of 35 years.
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yan on Thursday got into a spat with a journalist over a wrong territorial map of India, during which he yelled "shut up" at the scribe.
Sage India, an international publisher of books, journals, and electronic media has signed an agreement to publish Indian management books in Chinese and original scholarly works by Chinese scholars into English at the recently concluded Beijing International Book Fair.
China on Wednesday dropped broad hints at reversing its two-year-old practice of issuing stapled visas to people hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was willing to work with India to resolve issues related with people to people exchanges. "You can watch closely and you can come to a conclusion yourself," China's Ambassador to India Zhang Yan told reporters. He was replying to a question on whether China had relaxed its practice of giving visas on loose sheets of paper.
Ashu beat Syria's Abdulkarim Mohammad Al-Hasan 8-1 while Kundu defeated Nao Kusaka of Japan 8-0 inside 90 seconds in a lop-sided 72kg bronze medal bout.
Milestones in the progress of Chinese women's tennis after Li Na won the final of the French Open on Saturday.
Sania Mirza and Edina Gallovits stunned fourth seeds Anna Smith and Zi Yan in straight sets to progress to the doubles semi-finals of the Guangzhou International Women's Open in Guangzhou, China.
Ahead of Premier Wen Jiabao's visit, China on Monday said its relations with India were 'very fragile' and needed special care and guidance from the government to the public to avoid a war of words. "China-India relations are very fragile and very easy to be damaged and very difficult to repair. Therefore, they need special care in the information age," Chinese envoy to India Zhang Yan said at a conference.
China's 14-year-old Yan Bingtao scripted a sensational upset on Friday, sending 12-time World champion Pankaj Advani packing with a 6-4 victory in the quarter-finals of the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championship, at the Sree Kanteerava indoor stadium, in Bengaluru.
Bilateral trade between the two Asian giants had already reached $45 billion in the first nine months of 2010, a 50 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.
Amid growing concerns about the relations between India and China, Chinese ambassador Zhang Yan met Union Home Secretary G K Pillai on Tuesday.
Fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi overcame a late resistance from Arnaud Clement and Nicolas Mahut to advance to the second round of the men's doubles event of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York.
Notwithstanding recent recriminations, China on Wednesday said its relations with India were on a "very good term" and that the leaders of the two countries were committed to advance the ties in a "cooperative and mutually beneficial" manner.
Amid media reports of rising tensions between New Delhi and Beijing, Chinese ambassador to India Zhang Yan met officials of ministry of external affairs in South Block on Thursday, sources have said.
China on Wednesday strongly pitched for reform of global financial institutions and establishment of a new financial order with Beijing and New Delhi playing a greater role in the decision-making process of these bodies.
China said on Friday that it wanted cordial relations with India as its Ambassador Zhang Yan met Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh in an effort to reach out to the main opposition party amid a war of words between the two countries.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the media was playing up the reports of Chinese incursions across the border out of proportions.
IMAGES from Europa League matches played on Thursday.
Chinese Olympic champion Lin Dan swatted aside Dicky Palyama of Netherlands to reach the quarter-finals of the world championships on Thursday.
"We are working (on it)... we will try our best" to resolve the issue through bilateral discussions, Chinese Ambassador to India Zhang Yan. Chinese Vice-Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan and Indian Commerce Secretary G K Pillai held talks in New Delhi on Thursday on the issue. Pillai informed Zhong that India would extend the safety standards on imported toys to all the countries, not just China. Even the domestic manufacturers would be subjected to the same standards.
"We two sides support free trade. . . this (easing of ban) is a very concrete sign to show that China and India like to work together to tackle the financial crisis and to achieve common development," Chinese Ambassador to India Zhang Yan told reporters in New Delhi at a CII function.
A 300-strong Chinese delegation including military personnel, their families and civilians from across the border came to an Indian Army post located at 15,300 feet atop the Arunachal Himalayas to celebrate the 62nd Independence Day in response to an invitation by the Indian Army.
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