The 50,000-tonne new aircraft carrier was transferred from a dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony in northeast Dalian shipyard of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC) amid streamers and champagne. Read More
India test-fired its longest range indigenously developed surface-to-surface nuclear ballistic missile ‘Agni-5’ from the Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Monday. The indigenously-developed missile, Agni-5, is capable of striking a target more than 5,000 km away. It is about 17-metres long, 2-metres wide and has a launch weight of around 50 tonnes.... Read More
Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, 50, and Chen Dong, 37, were blasted off into space by Shenzhou-11 spacecraft at 7:30 am local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre near the Gobi Desert in northern China. Read More
Briefing media here on Xi’s visit to India this week to take part in the BRICS Summit in Goa, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong again harped on the need to build consensus over the admission of new members in the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Read More
According to a top US diplomat USA and Japan are seeking the strongest possible measure to be taken against North Korea after its latest and the most powerful nuclear test yet. Read More
A vehicle driven by a suicide bomber exploded after ramming through a gate at the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan today, wounding two security guards and three local workers of the embassy, authorities said. Read More
India today joined the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) as a full member and said its entry would be mutually beneficial to enhance global non-proliferation norms. Read More
China's stand that India's membership application cannot be considered because it has not signed the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was backed by nearly 10 other countries which effectively torpedoed India's bid. Read More
Union Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd) V K Singh Saturday said, China cannot claim that it doesn't accept or is against terrorism and at the same time support a leader of a terrorist outfit. Read More
China remained the second largest recipient of foreign money. China received 64 billion dollar in 2015, the Philippines 28 billion, Mexico 25 billion, and Nigeria 21 billion dollar. Read More