Podul weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm after making landfall in Taiwan but still pummels provinces of Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi, and Hong Kong.
Declaration of strategic partnership by PM Modi & President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. focuses on defence coproduction & potential hydrographic collaboration in South China Sea.
Chinese aircraft accused of ‘releasing flares within 30 metres’ of Australian aircraft. China says expulsion measures legitimate as Australia ‘deliberately intruded’ into its airspace.
Tensions have prevailed over aggressive Chinese assertions in the waters. Beijing's claims overlap with exclusive economic zones of several countries in the region, including Indonesia.
The Philippines alleges Chinese vessels rammed and used water cannons against ship transporting food, fuel and medical supplies for Filipino fishermen.
Remarks come at joint media interaction with Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh, who is on a visit to India. Nine agreements announced, including $300-million line of credit.
Manila and Beijing saw increased tensions after a sailor on one of Philippines' ships was injured in an incident between the China Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy earlier in June.
The Philippines and China, longstanding rivals in the strategic waterway, agreed on Tuesday on the need to 'restore trust' and 'rebuild confidence' following a high-level meeting.
By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.
It will be tough for Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to get right. Rupee is the worst-performing Asian currency this year against the dollar.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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