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China's naval chief, top nuclear scientist expelled in purge

The purge of China's powerful defence and security establishment continued as top military officials, including a senior general, chief of navy and a nuclear scientist, were expelled from the......

China hikes defence budget, 3 times higher than India

China on Wednesday announced a 7.2 per cent increase of its national defence budget totalling to USD 249 billion this year amid its hectic efforts to modernise armed forces, including fast paced......

Are Trump and Musk Dismantling American Democracy?

We the people are left in the wind, waiting on the whims of an unengaged president and an oligarch with a nearly bottomless wallet, observes Sree Sreenivasan. IMAGE: US President Donald J Trump......

9 top PLA generals dismissed from China's Parliament

In a major purge of the Chinese military, nine senior generals of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), including senior officials of the country's Rocket Force, have been dismissed from Parliament,......

No dispute with neighbours, but shared future with BRI, says China

China on Monday sought to play down increasing tensions with its Asian neighbours over the simmering South China Sea dispute and the eastern Ladakh border issue with India, saying its initiatives......

How China retaliated against Trump's tariffs

China on Tuesday retaliated US President Donald Trump's imposition of 2nd round of ten per cent tariffs on its export by slapping an additional 15 per cent tariffs on American goods and initiated......

NPC plans Rs 1,500-crore fund for civil liability

State-run Nuclear Power Corporation, which is engaged in increasing nuclear capacity to 63,000 Mw by 2032 from the present 4,560 Mw, would set up a fund of Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) to take......

Madras Fert, NPC plan JV in Iran

Madras Fertiliser Ltd and National Petroleum Company are planning to float a joint venture to run and manage a phosphoric acid plant at Razi in Iran. The phosphoric acid produced will be supplied......

China lowers GDP target for 2022 to 5.5%

China on Saturday lowered its GDP target to 5.5 per cent for this year bringing it down from last year's 6.1 per cent. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters The new target for the second-largest......

NPC threatens to shut two Tarapur units

Amidst the hype over a nuclear renaissance in India, state-run Nuclear Power Corporationhas threatened to close down two units of the Tarapur Atomic Power Station on the grounds of safety and......

Dog-bite scare jolts Para Worlds; MCD steps up action

Coach Meiko Okumatsu (NPC Japan) & Coach Dennis Maragia (NPC Kenya) sustained bites while supervising training. Both were immediately attended and provided on-spot medical attention at the Athlete......

'Longstanding demand met,' Patel on Sports Bill

'It will help India as a major sporting nation': Praful Patel on the Sports Bill IMAGE: Praful Patel emphasised that one of the most important features of the bill is the establishment of a......

Russian athletes out of Beijing Paralympics

IMAGE: A general view of athletes training during a Russian Paralympic Committee Para Ice Hockey training session. Photograph: Steph Chambers/Getty Images Russian and Belarusian athletes were......

Discus thrower Vinod loses Paralympics bronze

IMAGE: Discus thrower Vinod Kumar was found ineligible in disability classification assessment by the competition panel in the F52 category men's discus throw event at the Tokyo Paralympics.......

See: Anti-CAA protest at Wankhede Stadium

Students held a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens during the first ODI between India and Australia in Mumbai on Tuesday. Wearing white......

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