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Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes set to make return in November this year

Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes set to make return in November this year
Published on Aug 05, 2024 11:29 pm IST

India has strengthened its relations with neighbouring countries: President Murmu

Thursday’s address was her first one to the joint sitting of Parliament since the constitution of the 18th Lok Sabha. (PTI photo.)
Published on Jun 27, 2024 04:47 pm IST

Over 24 crore children across East Asia and the Pacific at risk due to heatwave

Over 24 crore children across East Asia and the Pacific at risk due to heatwave
Published on Apr 11, 2024 05:32 pm IST

PM Kishida’s Indo-Pacific legacy vs politics in Japan

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Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City.
Published on Jan 08, 2024 10:10 pm IST

Siliguri corridor as a bridge to East Asia

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Siliguri is the only part of India that is physically linked to four different countries
Published on Jan 01, 2024 10:13 pm IST

Five challenges that can choke Biden presidency

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his economic agenda at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland, U.S. September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Published on Oct 10, 2023 10:00 pm IST

World Bank cuts growth estimates for East Asia as China falters

The 2023 GDP forecast for China was kept at 5.1%. (Reuters/File)
Published on Oct 02, 2023 12:36 pm IST

Defence, tech in focus at bilateral meetings

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addresses a press conference in Washington, D.C. on Saturday (ANI)
Updated on Oct 01, 2023 11:01 pm IST

The diverse world of Asian-Americans

Among the six largest groups are Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese, who together constitute close to 80% of the country’s Asian population.
Published on Jul 18, 2023 10:15 pm IST

Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: India, Japan and some eastern promise

A suitable Roy? At his restaurant Ahara, the chef creates modern Indian food that draws on his skills as a Japanese chef.
Updated on Jul 24, 2023 06:30 pm IST

India, China discussing foreign ministers’ 5-point agenda to ease border situation: Chinese official

An Indian Air Force fighter jet flies in the Ladakh region amid the prolonged India-China face off, in Leh district on Wednesday.
Updated on Sept 30, 2020 02:25 pm IST

Covid-19 has created ‘new poor’ in East Asia and Pacific, says World Bank report

A woman standing near a logo of World Bank (REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo/File Photo)
Updated on Sept 29, 2020 04:08 pm IST

Won’t allow differences to escalate, both sides say

The officials of the two sides also exchanged views on the challenge posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, cooperation at different multilateral forums.
Updated on Jun 06, 2020 01:34 am IST

In hindsight: Covid profited from our mistakes

A health worker uses an infrared thermometer to measure the temperature of a motorcyclist on a road during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad.
Updated on Apr 29, 2020 10:29 am IST

Rude food by Vir Sanghvi: Molecular is meaningless

Heston Blumenthal is now more interested in the effect of the brain on taste and in the properties of water
Updated on Feb 22, 2020 11:42 pm IST

UN lowers India growth forecast; expects momentum to pick up in 2020

In a downside scenario, global growth would slow to just 1.8 per cent this year. (Representative Image)
Updated on Jan 16, 2020 11:40 pm IST

In Singapore summits, PM Modi pitches for enhanced trade, better Indo-Pacific connectivity

East Asia Summit leaders pose for a group photo during the 13th East Asian Summit Plenary on the sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. From left to right are Vietnam's Nguyen Xuan Phuc, South Korea's Moon Jae-in, Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte, New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern, Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad, China's Li Keqiang, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prayuth Chan-ocha, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Australia's Scott Morrison, Brunei's Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Hun Sen, India's Narendra Modi, Indonesia's Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Japan's Shinzo Abe and Lao's Thongloun Sisoulith. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)
Published on Nov 16, 2018 12:13 am IST

Participation in Asean, East Asia summits a sign of continued commitment, says PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on the plane to leave for Singapore on November 13.
Updated on Nov 14, 2018 12:04 am IST

Central govt likely to launch more Quick Impact Projects abroad

The government plans to launch more quick impact projects (QIPs) in East Asia and other countries under its developmental assistance programme as part of an effort to reach out to build its influence in these countries.
Updated on Aug 12, 2018 08:27 am IST

India revitalising Buddhist heritage through ties with Mongolia: Sushma Swaraj

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and Mongolian foreign minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar pose for a picture during a signing ceremony during the 6th India-Mongolia Joint Committee meeting at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia on Wednesday.
Updated on Apr 25, 2018 06:19 pm IST

World Bank says India has recovered from impact of demonetisation, GST

Demonetisation and the transition to GST may be positive in the long run but were disruptive in the short term, according to World Bank’s chief economist for South Asia Martin Rama.
Updated on Apr 15, 2018 09:29 pm IST

The versatile genius of Rahul Sankrityayan

Rahul Sankrityayan in Calcutta, 1950. Sankrityayan was the father of the Hindi travelogue and a scholar who retrieved rare Buddhist texts from Tibet.
Updated on Apr 01, 2018 08:49 am IST