New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) India’s billionaire figures have risen to 308 — an increase of 24 from last year — which indicates strong wealth creation and sustained economic momentum, according to the Hurun Research Institute’s ‘Hurun Global Rich List 2026’ released on Saturday.The increase pushed India to the third position globally in terms of the number of billionaires, behind the United States and China.The total wealth held by Indian billionaires rose 10 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1…
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Taipei, March 4 (IANS) European and other Western leaders are increasingly seeking engagement with Beijing, reflecting a consequential shift in foreign policy. The once-prominent calls for “decoupling” and “de-risking” from China have given way to the recognition that engagement is unavoidable, a report highlighted. According to a recent report in the ‘Taipei Times’, China appears to have benefited from US President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ and ‘Make America Great Again’ approach, lea…
Naypyidaw, March 4 (IANS) China’s growing military footprint in Africa now extends beyond nations that have distanced themselves from Paris, with Senegal and Ghana, long aligned with France and Western security partners, having stepped up acquisitions of Chinese defence systems.At the same time, Burkina Faso and Mali, under post-coup governments, are ramping up defence procurement from China amid worsening insurgencies, a report has stated.According to a report in ‘Mekong News Myanmar’, the shif…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The successful conclusion of the negotiations on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) comes against the backdrop of the dramatic shift in the global strategic environment, which led to a stepping up of efforts by the two sides to recalibrate the bilateral economic partnership, according to an article published by the European Policy Centre (EPC).”The EU has recently pushed to diversify its trade partnerships with unprecedented determination. In Brussels, policymakers…
Taipei, March 4 (IANS) Chinese authorities’ campaign of “sexual insinuation and reputational manipulation” against the Dalai Lama reflects a broader pattern of authoritarian tactics. These actions demonstrate that when authoritarian regimes face globally recognised non-coercive symbolic challenges, they resort to disruption to maintain political control, a report mentioned. “The Dalai Lama, on February 1, made history by winning his first Grammy Award for his spoken word album Meditations. The…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) With traffic through the Strait of Hormuz nearly halted, China’s “fragile, export‑dependent economy” and reliance on discounted Iranian oil could trigger “real problems” within two months if the crisis continues, a report has said.”Much of that oil… actually goes to China trying to get somewhere between… 15 per cent and 23 per cent of its seaborne oil comes from Iran, and that oil transits the Strait of Hormuz,” said Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon …
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) While a top Chinese court has made it mandatory for employers and workers to contribute to social insurance schemes for workers, in practice, only around one-third of companies in the country are following the order, according to a media report.The reason for the social welfare measure not taking off is that the companies see such payments as leading to an increase in costs that reduces their profit margins, while workers say that they do not have enough money to make the…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has called on the international community, including the United Nations, to take principled, coordinated action against what it described as Beijing’s ongoing “institutionalisation of a coercive security-and-control system” in East Turkistan, also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The exiled authorities call the region “an occupied country” currently under China’s “colonial rule”. The E…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the United States and China have reached a point of “strategic stability” in their relationship, even as Washington remains wary of supply chain dependence, technology access, and Beijing’s expanding nuclear stockpile.Speaking to reporters in Saint Kitts and Nevis on Wednesday (local time), Rubio said both sides recognise the risks of escalation. “I think both countries concluded that having an all-out trade — global t…
Tokyo, Feb 24 (IANS) China’s policy towards Japan is not merely a tactical misstep but a “strategic blunder” rooted in a misunderstanding of how influence is shaped and consolidated in Asia. By viewing Japan primarily as an adversarial player instead of a competitive partner within a shared regional framework, Beijing is limiting its own strategic options, a report said on Tuesday.“China’s approach towards Japan has reached an inflection point in the past few months since the autumn of 202…