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Chandrayaan vs. Chang’e: How different are India’s and China’s lunar missions?

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Chandrayaan vs. Chang’e: How different are India’s and China’s lunar missions?

The story so far: Scripting history, the Chandrayaan-3 lander landed in the south polar region of the moon on August 23 at 6:03 pm IST, making India the first country to successfully soft-land in that area. The Vikram lander along with the Pragyan rover have since completed a small suite of surface tests. China’s Yutu-2…

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What G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant Said On China President Xi Jinping Not Attending Summit

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What G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant Said On China President Xi Jinping Not Attending Summit

He said China discusses issues of growth, development from its own perspective. New Delhi: On Chinese President Xi Jinping not attending the G20 Summit scheduled to be held in New Delhi on September 9-10, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Friday said China is a multilateral player and discussions at multilateral level are very different from…

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China slows fertiliser exports, raising industry concerns in India

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China slows fertiliser exports, raising industry concerns in India

Around half a million metric tons of urea are held up at Chinese ports after China curbed exports of the key fertiliser following a price surge, an analyst and Indian company official said. As the world’s largest producer of urea, China accounts for about a third of global supplies of the nitrogen-based fertiliser, which is…

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China Expresses Support For African Union’s Inclusion In G20

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China Expresses Support For African Union’s Inclusion In G20

The US has also strongly supported the move. Beijing: China on Thursday expressed its support for the inclusion of the African Union (AU) in the G20, saying it is the “first country to explicitly support” the inclusion of the African bloc in the grouping. In a recent interview with PTI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said…

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Typhoon Haikui Sweep China’s Fujian Province, Over 1 Lakh Evacuated

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Typhoon Haikui Sweep China’s Fujian Province, Over 1 Lakh Evacuated

Several areas in Fujian recorded more than 300 mm of rainfall in just over 24 hours Beijing: Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes and vehicles were swept away in floods as storms from now weakened Typhoon Haikui made landfall in China’s southeastern Fujian province early on Tuesday after battering Taiwan for the past…

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Explaining the BRICS expansion | Infographics

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Explaining the BRICS expansion | Infographics

Presidents of Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, Russia, Vladimir Putin, China, Xi Jinping, South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a family photo as they arrive for the BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil November 14, 2019. | Photo Credit: Reuters In a landmark decision, current members of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,…

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New Fashion Trend For Women Slammed In China: “Easy-To-Get-Married Style”

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New Fashion Trend For Women Slammed In China: “Easy-To-Get-Married Style”

The new fashion trend has taken over Chinese social media. A new fashion trend is being criticised by social media users in China, who say it encourages conformity to societal expectations and prioritises the satisfaction of others over personal will. The style, called “easy-to-get-married” fashion – or “hao jia feng” in local language – is…

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As Taiwan races to counter China, most people aren’t worried about war

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As Taiwan races to counter China, most people aren’t worried about war

As People’s Liberation Army fighter jets from China sped toward Taiwan on Friday, life on the self-governing island carried on as normal. Andy Huang, a restaurateur in Taipei, said he has become desensitized to military threats from the mainland. “I’ve been hearing about China invading for 30 years,” he said. Taiwan’s government is racing to…

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Japan says may take China to WTO over Fukushima-driven seafood import ban

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Japan says may take China to WTO over Fukushima-driven seafood import ban

This picture shows a sign reading “Suspend the sale of all fish products imported from Japan” an area of Japanese restaurants in Beijing on August 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Japan threatened on August 29 to take China to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to seek a reversal of Beijing’s ban on all of…

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