India

China slams 'discriminatory' India app ban, blames US pressure

Sep 04, 2020 04:10

China has censured the latest move by India to ban numerous Chinese apps amid a persisting border conflict, further suggesting that New Delhi took the measure against Chinese hi-tech firms under US pressure.
India bans 118 Chinese apps in new backlash over border dispute

Sep 02, 2020 11:14

India on Wednesday banned 118 more Chinese apps in a stepped-up backlash over an increasingly bitter border showdown between the giant neighbors.
India leads global rise in new weekly COVID-19 cases, while deaths down: WHO

Sep 01, 2020 12:31

India reported the most new COVID-19 cases of any country in the past week, its nearly half a million fresh infections pushing the global tally up by 1 percent, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Landslide, floods from monsoon rains kill at least 41 in India, Nepal

Aug 31, 2020 10:34

A landslide and floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 41 people in Nepal and India in the past week, officials say, as the annual monsoon season enters its final stretch after claiming hundreds of lives in South Asia.
China dismisses India claims of military ‘provocation’ at disputed border

Aug 31, 2020 10:29

Beijing has dismissed India’s claims of “provocative” military movements by Chinese troops at the contested border line dividing the two Asian neighbors.
Dozens of Kashmiris injured as India cracks down on Muharram processions

Aug 30, 2020 04:37

At least 40 Shia mourners in the Indian-controlled Kashmir were injured on Saturday when government forces used batons, burst tear smoke shells and fired pellets to break up mourning processions on the ninth day of Islamic month of Muharram.
Indian police 'complicit' in anti-Muslim violence by Hindu mobs: Amnesty

Aug 29, 2020 04:54

Amnesty International says Indian police committed “grave human rights violations” during the deadly communal violence in the capital New Delhi that claimed dozens of innocent lives earlier in the year.
India detains 50 in crackdown on Shia Muslims in Kashmir

Aug 29, 2020 00:16

Indian police have detained at least 50 people in a crackdown on Shia Muslims trying to hold religious ceremonies in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Indian refiners stop buying crude oil from Chinese companies

Aug 28, 2020 08:24

India has stopped purchasing crude oil from China-linked companies, as part of New Delhi’s recent move to restrict imports from neighboring countries in the wake of an escalating border dispute.
India practicing ‘digital apartheid’ with internet ban in Kashmir

Aug 25, 2020 23:26

A report by a rights group in Kashmir says India’s prolonged communications blackout following the scrapping of the disputed Himalayan region’s semi-autonomy last year is “digital apartheid.”