China Shuts Down Mt. Everest Scenic Area After Massive Earthquake of 6.8 Magnitude Claimed 53 Lives
Published 13:45 IST, January 7th 2025 The Mt. Everest scenic area has been shut down by China following a massive earthquake of 6.8 magnitude that claimed lives of 53 people and injured 62 others. Follow: China Shuts Down Mt Everest Scenic Area After Earthquake |...
China Claims Its World’s Biggest Dam Over Brahmaputra Won’t Affect Water Flow to India
Published 18:11 IST, January 6th 2025 Estimated at a cost of approximately USD 137 billion, the dam is to be built in the ecologically fragile Himalayan region. Follow: Estimated at a cost of approximately USD 137 billion, the dam is to be built in the...
HMPV in China: Is human metapneumovirus similar to Covid-19? What you need to know
Five years after the outbreak of deadly Covid-19 pandemic that caused over seven million deaths globally, China is reportedly seeing a surge human metapneumovirus or HMPV – a respiratory illness with symptoms similar to those of a flu. This has sparked serious concerns of another...
China sentences man to death for driving car into crowd, killing 35 people
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Malaysia, China together nominate the famous Lion Dance for UNESCO Cultural Heritage List
In a recent update, Malaysia and China have joined hands to nominate the lion dance for inclusion in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision was taken after a memorandum of understanding...
China plans to float nuclear reactors in disputed South China Sea, analysts see it ‘risky for environment’
WASHINGTON DC: The US military warned that China is moving forward with developing floating nuclear reactors in the South China Sea to hold up its claim to the disputed maritime territory, a development, which analysts have stressed would pose risks to the environment, reported Voice...
India & China skip renewable power pledge, 118 nations sign
DUBAI: India and China, two large economies and among the two top coal consumers, on Saturday stayed away from a pledge taken by 118 nations on the sidelines of annual UN climate summit (COP28) to works towards trebling the global renewable energy generation capacity to...
Opinion: China, India or Japan: which offers the best hope for investors in 2024?
Several weeks into the final quarter of 2023 and Asian investors are starting to reflect on a year in markets that looks very different from the lofty expectations many had back in January. The hope was that the rapid lifting of China’s zero-Covid policy would...
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