China Accelerates Its Efforts in Fusion Race

Issue The tens of billions of yuan that Beijing has poured into its fusion sector in the three years since a US laboratory made a major technological breakthrough have catapulted China's nuclear fusion program into a world leader in many...

Chinese Honglian hybrid rice delivers impressive yields in Pakistan

China’s Honglian hybrid rice has shown promising results in Pakistan, with the three varieties H13, H14, and H15 achieving yields of 11.3 tons per hectare, 12.3 tons per hectare, and 10.8 tons per hectare, respectively. Among them, H14 stood out...

China's Shenzhou 21 docks with space station, sets the country's own speed record

JIUQUAN, China (AP) — China announced Saturday that its Shenzhou 21 spaceship docked with China’s space station with its latest three rotation crew at the country's own record speed after a successful launch. The entire docking process lasted...

China's Xi meets South Korean leader at APEC summit

Chinese leader Xi Jinping met his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung, after taking centre stage at an Asian summit in the wake of US President Donald Trump's departure. The talks on the sidelines of the APEC gathering came the final day of Mr...

India and America: A friendship in need of clarity

If China and the U.S, despite being rivals, can sit down, talk openly, and seek common ground, why can’t India and America have a more honest conversation about what each truly wants from the other? For the past two decades, India and the United...

Japan to put hypersonic missile-tracking technology to the test in space

Japan – with China, North Korea and Russia in mind – plans to test its hypersonic missile-tracking technology in space, after its new HTV-X cargo spacecraft completes a resupply mission at the International Space Station. The spacecraft was...

China to exempt Nexperia chips from semiconductor export ban

China will exempt some Nexperia chips from an export ban that was imposed amid an escalating row with the Dutch government, officials said on Saturday. "We will comprehensively consider the actual situation of enterprises and grant exemptions to...

China sends its youngest astronaut to space station

China's Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps blasted off on Friday atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, Chinese state media reported. It was...

China to exempt some Nexperia chips from export ban

China said Saturday it will exempt some Nexperia chips from an export ban that was imposed over a row with Dutch officials and has alarmed European businesses. Anxiety over chip shortages began when the Netherlands invoked a Cold War-era law in...

China signals easing of Nexperia chip export ban after talks with US, EU

China could soon ease export restrictions on semiconductors produced by Nexperia, the country’s government said following a round of talks with the US and EU officials this week. Such a move would mark a de-escalation in tensions after the Dutch...

China sends 3 taikonauts, first live mammals ever, to its space station

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center — China launched its Shenzhou-21 spacecraft on Friday, carrying a new three-person crew to man the country's Tiangong space station on a mission focused on scientific research. The replacement crew includes China's...

India’s REIT market to reach Rs 19.7 trillion by 2030: Knight Frank India

India’s Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) market is projected to reach Rs 19.7 trillion by 2030, from Rs 10.4 trillion in 2025, driven by high occupancy, favourable taxation, and broader sectoral inclusion. Knight Frank India, in collaboration...

China's Xi to meet South Korean leader, capping APEC summit

This handout photo from APEC 2025 KOREA via Yonhap taken and released on November 1, 2025 shows South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (C) posing for a group photo with leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Gyeongju.. Photo:...

ASEAN defense forum discusses peace cooperation amid hardening Sino-US rivalry

Defense chiefs of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its dialogue partners gathered to discuss joint efforts to promote peace during an annual forum in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, amid concerns about China's growing assertiveness, North...

India, US seal 10-yr defence partnership framework, signal strategic convergence

As they continue to negotiate a bilateral trade deal and the thorny issue of a tariff penalty by Washington over Delhi’s purchase of Russian oil, India and the US Friday signed a 10-year Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership,...

Japan team gets male sturgeon to switch sex, make roe for caviar

SHINGU, Wakayama Prefecture--Caviar hands-down may be one of the world’s three great delicacies, and if Japanese researchers have their way it will soon be a common dish on dinner tables. A team at Osaka-based Kindai University looking at ways to...

Japan’s New “samurai Jellyfish” Is Simply Stunning

A team of student researchers at Tohoku University has identified a previously unknown species of the venomous Physalia (better known as the Portuguese man-of-war) in the waters of northeastern Japan. The finding points to how rising sea...

India-US defence partnership, MGNREGS, and India’s projected GDP

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Main Examination: General Studies-II: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests. Story continues below this ad...

India’s climate policy must not leave farmers behind

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), through its Office Memorandum dated June 7, 2024, has unexpectedly excluded the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sectors from the List of Activities Finalised in...

China and Canada Seek Fresh Start as Xi Jinping and Mark Carney Pledge to Repair Strained Relations

BY EMMANUEL OGBONNA China and Canada signaled a long-awaited thaw in their frosty diplomatic relationship on Friday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific summit in South...