Category: India

The Impact on India of China’s Increase in Nuclear Warheads

News Analysis NEW DELHI–China’s strategic competition with the United States and the strengthening of its strategic nuclear arsenal has a direct impact on India with which it shares thousands of miles of disputed border. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of the Staff of the United States, Gen. Mark A. Milley called China the number…


Asian Markets Lower After Wall Street Record, China Trade Growth

BEIJING—Global stock markets and Wall Street futures declined Monday after stronger U.S. hiring and a double-digit rise in Chinese exports. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Sydney declined while Shanghai advanced. U.S. employers hired more people than expected in October, according to government data released on Friday. China’s October exports rose 27.1…


Fire in Indian Hospital COVID-19 Ward Kills 11 Patients

NEW DELHI—Eleven patients died Saturday after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said. There were 17 patients in the ward in the city of Ahmednagar where the fire started, said police Inspector Jyoti Karkade. The remaining six patients are in stable condition, she added….


India’s Missile Test Not Meant as a Warning Shot to Beijing, Experts Say

India’s recent testing of a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile came on the heels of failed military and diplomatic talks between India and China, as well as reports of a hypersonic missile test by the Chinese regime. But experts told The Epoch Times that India’s test-fire was not a retaliatory response to the regime’s recent actions….


India Should Rethink its Taiwan Policy and Be More Proactive: Experts

NEW DELHI—In the new emerging global world order, both India and Taiwan, two key countries in the Indo-Pacific, face Chinese aggression and the increasing need to cooperate. Experts told The Epoch Times that though both countries have made efforts in the past few years for greater cooperation, there’s a need for India to initiate a…


How a Bill in the US Congress Could Influence the Spread of Communism in Asia

The Communist Party of China (CCP) has recently made major threats toward Taiwan, Japan, and India. But as the world focuses on these hostilities, what’s happening to South Korea is being ignored. South Korea is an important ally to the United States, but a bill that’s being proposed in the U.S. Congress could put South…


China’s New Border Law Will Make India-China Relations ‘Acrimonious’

NEW DELHI—China’s new law for the “protection and exploitation of the country’s land border areas” that comes into effect Jan. 1, 2022, has brought about a diplomatic war of words between India and China. “China’s unilateral decision to bring about legislation which can have implications on our existing bilateral arrangements on border management as well…


Musk’s Starlink Registers India Unit, Targets Rural Districts

NEW DELHI—Starlink, the satellite internet division of billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, registered its business in India on Monday, company documents filed with the government showed, as it gears up to launch internet services in the country. Having a local unit, Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited, will allow the company to apply for licenses…


India’s Reliance Jio to Launch Google Smartphone for About $87

NEW DELHI—Reliance Industries said on Friday its low-cost 4G smartphone, jointly developed by the Indian group’s Jio telecoms venture and Alphabet’s Google, will launch in stores from this festive season of Diwali for 6,499 rupees ($87). The smartphone, the product of a $4.5 billion Google investment in Reliance’s digital unit last year, will cost 1,999…


WHO Says Seeks More Data From Merck on COVID-19 Anti-Viral, From Bharat on Vaccine

GENEVA—The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it was seeking further data from Merck on its experimental new antiviral COVID-19 pill and hoped to issue guidance in coming weeks regarding its use for mild and moderate cases. “This is a drug that we are currently evaluating and we met with Merck on Friday…