Tokyo, July 7 (IANS) Tibetans living in Japan held a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, slamming Beijing’s latest Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law while calling for unity to protect the Tibetan language and culture. Speaking at the rally, Tibetan community in Japan’s former representative, Kalden Obara voiced concern over the new law, stressing that the new legislation could result in restrictions on “the Tibetan language, culture, religion, and our identity as Tibetans,” a rep…
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Melbourne, July 7 (IANS) The Indian community in Australia is eagerly looking forward to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Melbourne, later this week with record crowds expected to attend ‘Melbourne meets Modi’ diaspora event on July 9. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Melbourne, India’s High Commissioner to Australia, Nagesh Singh, expressed the commitment of both nations to a free, open, peaceful, rule-based international order and Indo-Pacific.In an interview with IANS, …
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) India has significantly expanded its global outreach to secure supplies of critical minerals and strengthen semiconductor supply chains, signing partnerships with 24 countries while holding negotiations with 11 others over the past two years.The initiative forms part of the government’s broader strategy to reduce dependence on concentrated supply sources and ensure long-term access to minerals essential for clean energy, electric vehicles (EVs), advanced manufacturing, d…
Tokyo, July 7 (IANS) Typhoon Bavi, a very large and violent tropical cyclone, could approach Japan’s southern island prefecture of Okinawa with strong intensity later this week, the country’s weather agency said on Tuesday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), as of 3 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the season’s ninth typhoon was moving westward near the Mariana Islands in the Pacific at a speed of 30 kilometres per hour (kph), packing gusts of up to 270 kph, and had an atmospheric pr…
Washington, July 7 (IANS) The United States expressed concern after China conducted a submarine-launched intercontinental-range ballistic missile test into the southern Pacific Ocean, saying Beijing’s expanding nuclear arsenal runs counter to global efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation.The United States had monitored China’s launch of “an unarmed intercontinental-range ballistic missile” from a submarine, which landed in the southern Pacific Ocean said State Department spokesperson Tommy Pig…
Jakarta, July 6 (IANS) Asian Champion Vishvanath Suresh (50kg) led India’s strong showing on Day 2 of the U-23 Asian Boxing Championships, securing a commanding 5:0 victory over Uzbekistan’s Amirbek Ismoilov in Jakarta.Continuing India’s impressive run in the men’s division, Ganga (55kg) delivered a clinical performance to defeat Mongolia’s Amgalanbaatar Bulgankhuu by a unanimous 5:0 decision. Hitesh (70kg) added to the momentum with an equally dominant 5:0 win over Chinese Taipei’s …
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday called upon the leather and footwear industry to target at least $15 billion in exports over the next five to six years, or even earlier.He also urged the industry to aim for a three-fold increase in its export performance by leveraging new Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), diversifying markets and strengthening quality, design, branding, sustainability and scale.Addressing the Council for Leather Exports National Export …
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Hockey India has announced the names of the 15 players who will be part of the sub-junior men’s national camp in preparation for the inaugural Men’s Youth Hockey5s Asian Championship 2026, set to take place in Muscat, Oman, from July 20 to 25. The camp is being conducted from July 7 to 18 at Panjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh, where the country’s promising young players will train under the guidance of coach and former India captain Sardar Singh.All 15 players in t…
Tokyo, July 6 (IANS) The Chinese Military on Monday said that a nuclear-powered submarine successfully test-fired a missile toward the Pacific, which triggered concerns from several nations in the region, Japanese media reported.According to Japanese government spokesman Minoru Kihara, the projectile did not fly over Japan’s territory or its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and the Japanese government was also notified in advance regarding a ballistic missile launch from China.However, Chief Cabin…
Tokyo/New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Japan and India have opted for answering uncertainty with deeper interdependence, investing in each other’s industries, defence capabilities and energy futures instead of choosing self-sufficiency or waiting for others to guarantee their security, a report has detailed. India and Japan made several commitments during the 16th Annual Summit held in New Delhi during Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s visit to India last week. The two nations announced a first-e…