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India, China To Resume Direct Flights After Five-Year Halt

India, China To Resume Direct Flights After Five-Year Grounding

October 7, 2025 12:51 pm

India, China’s resumption of air travel marks a key step in thawing ties between the Asian giants, frozen since deadly 2020 border clashes in the Himalayas.

 India and China will resume direct passenger flights later this month, ending a five-year suspension that followed deadly clashes along their disputed Himalayan border, India’s foreign ministry announced Friday October 3, 2025.

The move marks a rare sign of easing tensions between the Asian neighbors, whose relations have been deeply strained since a violent confrontation in the Galwan Valley in 2020 left 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers dead — the worst border clash …

India To Build Powerful Nuclear Submarine Reactor Amid China Tensions

India To Build Nuclear Submarine Reactor Amid China Tensions

September 26, 2025 7:27 am

India is developing a powerful new nuclear reactor for its next-generation submarines, in a move widely seen as a response to China’s rapidly growing naval presence in the Indo-Pacific.

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai is leading the “top-secret” project, which aims to produce a 200-megawatt electric (MWE) pressurized light-water reactor fuelled by enriched uranium, according to reports in Indian media. The reactor will power the country’s planned S5-class ballistic missile submarines and six nuclear attack submarines under Project 77.

The design and computer simulation phases have been completed, clearing the way for production, according to Defence.in. The …

Nepali Migrants In India Rush Home As Turmoil Deepens

Nepali Migrants In India Rush Home As Turmoil Deepens

September 12, 2025 9:06 am

At a crowded bus stand in Lucknow, anxious faces wait for buses bound for the border. Nepalis who once came to India for work are now hurrying back, pulled home by unrest that has left their country reeling.

“We are returning to our motherland,” said Saroj Nevarbani, clutching his bag. “My parents are there—the situation is grave.” Others echoed him with quiet unease: “We know nothing, but people at home have asked us to come back.”

The trigger was sudden. After a ban on social media, protests erupted across Nepal. Thirty people died in clashes, parliament and politicians’ homes were …

Trump Claims India Offers Tariff Cuts Amid Trade Tensions

Trump Claims India Offers Tariff Cuts Amid Trade Tensions

September 2, 2025 9:29 am

US President Donald Trump said India has offered to cut its tariffs “to nothing” even as he described the current trade standoff with the country as “a totally one-sided disaster.”

The remarks come after the United States imposed tariffs of 50% on certain Indian goods last week, including a 25% penalty linked to Delhi’s continued purchase of Russian oil. India has not formally responded to Trump’s latest comments, but tensions over the issue of Russian energy have strained ties between Washington and New Delhi to historic lows.

Trump accused India of benefiting disproportionately in trade, writing that the country sells …

BRICS: Africa's Call For Fair Talks, Not Sacrifice

BRICS: Africa’s Call For Fair Talks, Not Sacrifice

September 4, 2023 1:23 am

In the corridors of global economic power, the emergence of BRICS—comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—stands as a transformative chapter in the narrative of 21st-century geopolitics. Representing a profound shift away from traditional Western dominance, BRICS brings to the table an ambitious agenda of recalibrating the global economic order. Yet, as history unfolds, the continent of Africa finds itself at a decisive juncture, confronting a seminal question: How can Africa, with its extraordinary wealth of natural resources and burgeoning market potential, ensure that it isn’t marginalised or exploited within this new paradigm?

The implications are vast. Given …

Why Africa Is The Only Continent That Can Survive By Itself

Why Africa Is The Only Continent That Can Survive By Itself

January 23, 2023 4:59 am

Over the past century, a number of narratives have been painted about Africa that, whether right or wrong, have contributed in no small measure to shaping the perception of the continent. Africa has been painted with narratives such as a child that is in dire need of development, an imminent threat, a rising economic power, a tinderbox of poverty, terrorism, forced migration, and deadly disease, and what have you. What some of the peddlers of these narratives have failed to do is to give Africa her full flowers and the due credit she deserves.

Despite the challenges Africa is facing, …

India Fines Google $113M Over ‘Unfair’ Payment System

India Fines Google $113M Over ‘Unfair’ Payment System

October 26, 2022 7:11 am

India’s antitrust watchdog has fined Google $113 million for ‘unfair’ payment policies, a week after hitting the tech behemoth with an even bigger financial penalty for abusing its market dominance.

The company’s Android mobile operating system which is based in California is by far the dominant player in India and runs on 95 percent of all the country’s smartphones, according to research agency Counterpoint.

Independent developers distribute their own software on Android through the company’s app store, Google Play, but must use Google’s billing system to collect revenue from consumers.

This policy amounts to an “unfair condition on app developers”, …

48 Killed As Terrific Rain And Landslides Hit Nepal And India

48 Killed As Terrific Rain And Landslides Hit Nepal And India

September 19, 2022 6:28 am

No fewer than 50 people in Nepal and India in recent days have died following a heavy monsoon rains and landslides have killed almost, authorities shave confirmed. 

In western Nepal at least 22 people died after landslides buried more than 100 houses on Friday, police official Narayan Dangi told reporters.

Eleven people were injured, including three airlifted to hospital by army helicopter.

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‘Rescue teams are still searching for one missing person,’ Dangi said.

A major relief operation was underway with the police and army clearing debris and …

Outrage As Man Beheaded For ‘Blasphemy’ In India

Outrage As Man Is Beheaded For ‘Blasphemy’ In India

July 1, 2022 4:51 am

A man in India, whose name was given as Kanhaiya Lal, was on Thursday been murdered over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammad.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Lal who is a tailor was hacked to death right inside his shop in Udaipur, a city in the western Indian State of Rajasthan.

The perpetrators who went on to post the video online, claimed that they killed him in retaliation of his ‘support’ for a remark about Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

Lal, who ran Supreme Tailors in Udaipur’s Hathipole, was seen in the video posted online taking measurements of one …

Over Seven Indian Troops Die In Accident At Disputed Border

Over Seven Indian Troops Die In Accident At Disputed Border

May 29, 2022 2:24 am

At least seven Indian soldiers were killed and 19 others injured following a horrible road accident in the remote Ladakh region, near the country’s disputed border with China, police have confirmed.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that in June 2020 left at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed when the world’s two most populous nations redirected tens of thousands of additional troops into the high-altitude Himalayan region after a deadly hand-to-hand battle

‘Seven soldiers killed, 19 injured in the remote Nubra area,’ a senior police officer in Ladakh told reporters on Saturday evening.

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India Seizes $725m From Xiaomi Over ‘Illegal’ Remittances

India Seizes $725m From Xiaomi Over ‘Illegal’ Remittances

May 1, 2022 12:47 am

India have announced the seizure of $725 million from the local bank accounts of Xiaomi following a probe which found out that the Chinese smartphone giant had unlawfully sent money abroad in the guise of royalty payments, authorities.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that India’s financial crime investigations agency had began investigating the company in February and revealed that it seized the money from the firm’s local arm after discovering it had made remittances to three foreign-based entities.

The Enforcement Directorate in a statement on Saturday said; ‘Such huge amounts in the name of royalties were remitted on the …

India Passes 300,000 Covid-19 Deaths

India Passes 300,000 Covid-19 Deaths

May 25, 2021 6:46 am

India yesterday announced it had passed more than 300,000 coronavirus deaths, the third country after the United States and Brazil to hit the figure as it battles a huge wave of infections.

Africa Daily News, New York understands that the South Asian nation has been hitting record single-day rises in infections and fatalities in recent weeks, with its healthcare system overwhelmed by the Covid-19 wave.

India’s toll now stands at 303,720 after adding 50,000 deaths in just under two weeks, as the total number of infections rose above 26.7 million, health ministry data showed.

It reported 4,454 Covid-19 deaths …

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