Pakistan Foreign Office claimed that the intended recipient of the seized machinery was identified as Cosmos Engineering, a Karachi-based firm that manufactures automobile parts and home appliances.
The ship was halted at Mumbai's Nhava Sheva port on the suspicion that it contained a dual-use consignment for Pakistan's nuclear programme. Defence authorities seized the consignment amid concerns that China is fuelling Pakistan's nuclear and missiles programme.
Tamil Nadu news: Radhakrishnan said it was late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi who first voiced the demand for a new launch complex of ISRO at Kulasekarapattinam near here in Tamil Nadu. Also, CM Stalin and Thoothukudi Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi had all along urged Centre to set up launch complex in state.
Pakistan's cash-strapped economy is struggling to stabilise from a financial crisis and secured a $3 billion standby arrangement from the International Monetary Fund last summer.
The Chinese research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 3 docked on February 23 in Thilafushi, about 7.5 km to the west of Male despite India's concerns over alleged surveillance. The China-friendly Maldives government said the ship won't conduct any research in Maldivian waters.
Qin was once considered a close confidante of Chinese President Xi Jinping and served as foreign minister for only seven months. He mysteriously disappeared from public view in June 2023 and it was rumoured that he had an extra-marital affair with a well-known TV personality.
Jaishankar noted that the Quad is facilitated by the emergence of the Indo-Pacific, adding it is propelled by a change in the global order that requires "more" and "not less collaboration".
A preliminary investigation found that the fire erupted on the building's first floor, where electrical bicycles were placed, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. This is the second major fire accident in China in about a month.
The appearance of the balloon comes just over a year after a US fighter jet off the coast of South Carolina dramatically shot down what it said was a Chinese spy balloon collecting intelligence over the United States.
Sources within the Navy have expressed apprehension over the presence of the Chinese vessel, highlighting the potential ramifications of seabed mapping activities in the strategically significant Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
China condemned Taiwan after the deaths of Chinese fishermen and accused the ruling Democratic Progressive Party of forcefully inspecting Chinese fishing vessels. However, Taiwan maintains its coast guard officers were acting as per the law and the Chinese vessel was trespassing.
Subianto, who has dogged accusations of human rights abuses, led the polls with about 58 per cent of votes as of 7:30 pm, according to unofficial vote counts. A coalition of parties backing Subianto had about 42 per cent of votes, indicating his presidency could have strong parliamentary backing.
Unofficial figures in Indonesia's presidential election showed Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto taking a clear early lead on Wednesday with 59.8% of votes, based on 23.3% of ballots counted in a sample of polling stations nationwide.
Outgoing President Joko Widodo’s foreign policy avoids criticism of Beijing and Washington but also rejects alignment with either power. The delicate balancing act has won considerable Chinese trade and investment for Indonesia.
In November 2020, PPSL had applied for a licence with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a payment aggregator under the guidelines on Regulation of Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways.
There are tens and thousands of North Korean workers overseas who generate foreign currency for the sanction-hit regime and are unable to return home. These protests in China over unpaid wages is rarely heard of, given the near-complete control of the state over citizens.
The IMF also said that without changing policies, Maldives remains at highly vulnerable to climate change risks with high levels of fiscal deficits and public debts. Muizzu's mentor and former President Abdullah Yameen also borrowed heavily from China that drove the country in a debt crisis.
The Central American country is one of a handful of Taiwan's remaining allies, as countries increasingly side with the world's second-largest economy China, which claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its territory.
The suspended death sentence in Chinese law gives the accused a two-year reprieve from being executed, after which it is automatically converted to life imprisonment, or more rarely, fixed-term imprisonment.
Yang, a pro-democracy blogger, is an Australian citizen born in China who was working in New York before. He was arrested when he arrived in Guangzhou from New York with his wife and teenage stepdaughter.
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