China finally congratulates Biden, Harris

China on Friday shed its initial hesitation and congratulated United States President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris for their victory in the 2020 US presidential election, saying......

Frigate to defend Taiwan fishermen

Taiwan turned up the heat in its row with Japan over fishing on Tuesday, sending a navy frigate with anti-ship missiles to defend fishermen who repeatedly have been chased from disputed East China......

Shudder! Olympics with Chinese Characteristics

'The Olympic Spirit has been thrown to the wind in Xi Jinping's China.''The International Olympic Committee is ready to kowtow to totalitarian China,' notes Claude Arpi. IMAGE: The Olympic Park......

Mending fences with China begins

'Significantly, Foreign Secretary Gokhale was received at very high level in Beijing.''It only shows China's keenness to move forward and put the relationship on a 'win-win' footing,' says......

'Make in Maharashtra' receives good response from China, says CM

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who made a strong pitch for the 'Make In Maharashtra' initiative during his China visit, returned to Mumbai late last night. "Thanks China for the overwhelming......

Japan Open: Satwik-Chirag, Lakshya storm into Japan Open R2, Sindhu bows out

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, currently ranked 15th in the world, defeated the Korean duo of Kang Min Hyuk and Kim Dong Ju 21-18, 21-10 in just 42 minutes. Photograph: Peter......

South Korea wins gold in Archery Mixed Team event

IMAGE: Sihyeon Lim of South Korea and Woojin Kim of South Korea in action during the final. Photograph: Tingshu Wang / Reuters. South Korea's mixed archery pair of Lim Si-hyeon and......

Archery in Paris: Ankita and Dhiraj's dream ends in heartbreak

IMAGE: India’s Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara react. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters The history-making Indian mixed team of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara came agonisingly......

Sony, Wang win Asian badminton titles

Sony Di Kuuncoro of Indonesia and Wang Chen of Hong Kong won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the Asian Badminton championship at the Gachibowli indoor stadium in Hyderabad on......

Paris Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Day 3

IMAGE: India captain Harmanpreet Singh celebrates after scoring the equaliser against Argentina in the men's hockey pool B match at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters......