Beijing, July 12 (IANS) China’s Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday upgraded its flood warning to yellow, as Typhoon Bavi is forecast to bring heavy rainfall to vast swathes of the country from Sunday to Tuesday.China has a four-tier colour-coded warning system for floods, with red being the most severe, followed by orange, yellow, and blue. The yellow alert calls for heightened preparedness and precautionary measures.The downpours, with accumulative precipitation ranging from 40 mm to 90 mm, …
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Shanghai, July 11 (IANS) India’s Consul General in Shanghai, Pratik Mathur, reviewed the preparations for super typhoon Bavi on Saturday along with Indian community associations from Shanghai Municipality and Zhejiang Province.”Consul General Shri Pratik Mathur took a hybrid format review meeting with Indian community associations from Shanghai Municipality and Zhejiang Province on preparations for super typhoon Bavi at the Consulate today, and reviewed preparations for emergency response meas…
Beijing, July 9 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to China, Vikram Doraiswami, on Thursday met Quanzhou Party Secretary Zhang Yigong and discussed opportunities to further strengthen bilateral cooperation across various sectors.“Ambassador Vikram Doraiswami had a cordial meeting with Quanzhou Party Secretary Mr Zhang Yigong. They discussed opportunities to further strengthen bilateral cooperation across the commercial, investment, and cultural sectors. Both sides highlighted the long-standing histor…
Santiago, April 4 (IANS) Chile’s El Barrio Meiggs region has emerged as an operational hub for the ‘Bang Clan’, a Chinese organised crime group with roots in the Fujian province on China’s southeastern coast. The organisation is involved in a range of criminal activities, including “intensive cannabis cultivation; human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation; as well as the trafficking of synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine and ecstasy”, a recent report has detailed. Writing for ‘The…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) While China has introduced a slew of measures to boost its population demographic, the country’s birth count is shrinking and rapidly shifting as an ageing society, according to a media report.According to the latest official data, China’s birth count registered a historic low last year — just 7.92 million births, a 17 per cent drop from 9.54 million the previous year, and the lowest figure since 1949, Myanmar-based MeKongNews reported.The overall population fell by…