Beijing cancels hundreds of flights, trains as COVID-19 cases spike

Beijing moved on a war footing on Wednesday, cancelling hundreds of domestic flights and trains while ramping up the mass testing of 90,000 people to stem the spread of the coronavirus, as the city......

2 Chinese workers killed in Karachi blast, Beijing 'shocked'

Two Chinese nationals were killed and 17 people injured in a suicide attack by a Baloch insurgent group that targeted a convoy of Chinese workers near Pakistan's busiest airport in Karachi late at......

Canada to make Covid report mandatory for fliers from China

Canada becomes the latest country to join the list of countries who have made the COVID-19 test mandatory for flyers coming from mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau, because of a surge in COVID-19......

Coronavirus: India temporarily suspends e-visa for Chinese citizens

India on Sunday temporarily suspended e-visa facility for Chinese travellers and foreigners residing in China in view of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 300 people, infected over......

Delhi's Connaught Place now world's 6th most expensive office hub

Mumbai’s alternative business district of Bandra–Kurla Complex was at 18th position Image: Connaught Place. Photograph: Reuters At $151 (nearly Rs 10,100) a sq ft per annum,......

Beijing, Shanghai start visa-free transit policy

From the new year, travellers to China from 45 countries can now benefit from a 72-hour visa-free stay policy in Beijing and Shanghai.The move is aimed at attracting more transit visitors to shop......

Bangalore: Cultural capital of new economy?

"Bangalore should be a global city, the cultural capital of the new economy and a microcosm of the globalised world," declares Bangalore-born Mohandas Pai. As a board member of Infosys, he is the......

Why Indian firms must invest in China

A high-level delegation from Chengdu, China's IT and outsourcing capital, is in Bangalore to promote investment in China. The team also aims at exploring an opportunity to work with the Indian IT......

Olympic flame arrives in Beijing

The 2004 Olympic flame arrivedin the Chinese capital on Tuesday for the fifth leg of a six-week 78,000-km-long global torch relay leading up to the Athens Games in August.A small lantern carrying......

IOC expects US 2024 bid despite Boston pullout

President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach arrives at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia on Friday. Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters The International Olympic......

Sports Shorts: Bronze for Advani in long-up format at World Billiards

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday India’s 17-time world champion Pankaj Advani settled for bronze in the long-up format of the IBSF World Billiards......

Beijing on track for 'great Games' says IOC

Beijing 2008 Olympics organisers are on track to stage "great Games" the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday, as the Chinese were to mark the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony......

Beijing marks 100-day countdown to Games

Beijing on Wednesday marks the 100-day countdown to the Olympics with songs, a mass run and even prayers, hoping to put behind it the tumultuous events of the past month which have taken much gloss......