LUCKNOW, India—At least eight workers were killed and over a dozen others injured after a fire erupted in a chemical factory in northern India, police said Saturday. The fire broke out after a boiler exploded in the factory in the Hapur area of Uttar Pradesh state, said senior police officer Pravin Kumar. The injured have…
China-Based Phone Maker Xiaomi Sees Shipments to Key Markets of India, Europe Shrink in Q1
May 28, 2022
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Xiaomi, China’s leading smartphone company, saw its cellphone shipments shrink in the first quarter Q1 of this year, especially in India and Europe—two pillars of its overseas revenue. According to Xiaomi’s financial report released on May 19, the company shipped 38.5 million smartphones in Q1, down 10.9 million units or 22 percent compared to the…
India Caps Sugar Exports to 10 Million Tons After Reaching Record High
India said on May 24 that it would limit sugar exports to 10 million tons due to its export levels reaching a record high in the past few months. India, the world’s top sugar producer and second-largest exporter after Brazil, stated that the move was necessary to maintain “domestic availability and price stability” amid tightening…
Floods Kill 25 in India’s Assam, Displace Thousands
GUWAHATI, India—Flash floods and landslides in India’s northeast Assam state killed at least 25 people and displaced over 650,000 from their homes in the past 10 days, officials said on Tuesday. Heavy monsoons are a yearly occurrence in Assam, resulting in flooding and landslides which force residents to flee their homes, often leaving behind their…
Quad Leaders Unveil Maritime Security Initiative to Increase Surveillance in Indo-Pacific
The leaders of the “Quad”—the United States, Japan, Australia, and India—on Tuesday unveiled a maritime security initiative to better track illegal fishing and “dark shipping” in the Indo-Pacific. The initiative, dubbed the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA), was unveiled during the Quad meeting in Tokyo. It will enable the nations to “fully monitor”…
Eyes on China as Quad Leaders Vow to Stand Together for Free and Open Indo-Pacific
TOKYO—With eyes on an increasingly assertive China, “Quad” leaders from the Indo-Pacific nations of the United States, Japan, India, and Australia met on Tuesday morning to discuss cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. The four Indo-Pacific leaders vowed to stand together for a free and open region at the start of talks, vowing also to work…
9 More Bodies Found in Kashmir Tunnel Collapse, Toll at 10
SRINAGAR, India—Rescuers on Saturday found the bodies of nine more workers in a collapsed tunnel in Indian-controlled Kashmir, taking the death toll to 10. The tunnel is part of a mountainous highway tunnel system that was under construction in the Himalayan region when it collapsed Thursday night. The body of one worker was recovered Friday….
Indian Spokesperson: China Building Second Bridge in Disputed Border Area
India has received reports of the Chinese regime building a second bridge across the Pangong Lake, a disputed border area in Eastern Ladakh that China has “illegally occupied” since the 1960s, a government official said on Friday. “We have never accepted such illegal occupation of our territory, nor have we accepted the unjustified Chinese claim…
Garcetti’s Parents Hire Lobbyists to Aid Ambassadorship Confirmation
May 20, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti’s parents hired McGuireWoods Consulting to lobby for the mayor’s ambassadorship nomination to make it through the U.S. Senate, it was reported Friday. Garcetti was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the U.S. ambassador to India on July 9, 2021. The Senate’s confirmation of the nomination has become more uncertain amid…
India to Allow Export of Wheat Consignments Registered Before May 13
India has granted “some relaxation” to its decree banning wheat exports following reports that thousands of wheat-laden trucks were stuck at ports since the ban went into force on May 13. “It has been decided that wherever wheat consignments have been handed over to Customs for examination and have been registered into their systems on…
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