China braces for new Covid wave, may see 65 million cases weekly

The Chinese authorities are rushing to push out vaccines to combat an ongoing new wave of the coronavirus that is expected to peak in June and infect as many as 65 million people a week since the......

Beijing reports first Covid deaths after lifting pandemic curbs

Beijing on Friday reported the deaths of two former Chinese state media journalists due to COVID-19, the first since most pandemic control measures were lifted on December 7, reported Singapore......

Step down Xi Jinping, Communist Party, demand Chinese

Xi Jinping seems to have become the first Chinese President to be asked by people to step down, Inside Over reported. People across the nation have been carrying out protests demanding the......

Covid-hit China welcomes international passengers after 3 years

China on Sunday welcomed international travellers and returning residents without the need to quarantine for the first time in three years, even as infections surge after it scrapped its stringent......

Andaman & Nicobar can attract Hong Kong investments

'Leaders of the Indian community in Hong Kong had broached the idea of developing the Andaman and Nicobar islands for investment and setting up manufacturing units,' points out Rup Narayan Das.......

Big drugmakers step in to develop, import test kits

Cadila, Biocon developing rapid antibody testing kits; Eris, Mylan, Gland importing. Indian pharma majors are gearing up to develop or import testing kits for the novel coronavirus as demand for......

India to post customs sleuths overseas to detect money-laundering

India is looking for suitable officers for posting as customs sleuths in London, Hong Kong, Dubai and Brussels in an effort to check trade-based money-laundering among others, officials said on......

Kenin upsets Kasatkina in Tokyo, advances to semis

IMAGE: Sofia Kenin of USA in action. Photograph: Jeff Burke / Reuters Sofia Kenin advanced to the Toray Pan Pacific Open semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4 upset of No. 3 seed Daria Kasatkina on Friday in......

Prep for Paris Games-bound shooters not ideal: Sodhi

'I would say you have to give six months to a year to give the athletes to kind of even register that person is going (to the Olympics). People are struggling to find their kit. So, things could......

India bag record 111 medals at Para Asian Games

IMAGE: Neeraj Yadav celebrates winning gold in the men's javelin throw F55 with a record of 33.69 metres at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games on Saturday. Photograph: SAI Media India’s para......

Asian Games: India set up semifinal clash with Pakistan in men's kabaddi

Photograph: Kind Courtesy SAI Media/X Seven-time champions India on Thursday set up a semifinal clash with Pakistan in the men's kabaddi competition after topping their group following an unbeaten......

Asian Games: Wrestler Sunil bags Greco Roman bronze

IMAGE: Sunil Kumar won India's first Greco Roman medal in 13 years at the Asian Games, bagging a bronze in the 87kg category at the Asian Games. Photograph: SAI Media/X Sunil Kumar won India's......