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The drone challenge

India's attack & detection capabilities need urgent upgrading

Hong Kong's now-defunct Apple Daily editorial writer arrested at airport

An editorial writer of the now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at the airport on Sunday night while attempting to leave the city, local media reported

Doubts about China's transparency on the Covid-19 origins piling up: Report

Jesse Bloom, a virologist and professor, discovered the deletion of some early sequences of coronavirus from Wuhan which were missing from the Sequence Read Archive, a public archive

China dismisses Joe Biden's remarks on Hong Kong's Apple Daily closure

China asked Washington to stop interfering in the country's internal affairs

Indonesia's doctors becoming patients after taking China's Covid vaccine

Indonesia's doctors are at the centre of the crisis as many have died after being vaccinated by the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine - Sinovac.

Best of BS Opinion: Thaw on the western front, globalisation, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

Thaw on the western front

Talks with Taliban, J&K leaders, thaw with Pakistan are strategic imperatives for Modi govt. It can't covet US as Quad ally in the east and work at counter-purposes with them in the west

Japan ratifies world's biggest free trade agreement involving China, ASEAN

Japan on Friday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

China launches first fully-electrified bullet train in Tibet, near India

China on Friday operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet

First Covid-19 case may have emerged in China in October 2019: Study

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes Covid-19, may have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in Wuhan, according to a modelling study

China's ban forces some bitcoin miners to flee overseas, others sell out

"Many miners are exiting the business to comply with government policies," said Mike Huang, operator of a cryptomining farm in the southwest province of Sichuan

Zhang Zhizhen first Chinese man to qualify for Wimbledon draw in Open era

Zhang Zhizhen is the first man representing China to earn a spot in the main draw at Wimbledon in the Open era, which began in 1968 when professionals were admitted to Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Zhang won three matches in qualifying rounds for Wimbledon, capped by a 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6) victory over Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina on Thursday. The 24-year-old Zhang is ranked 178th. He failed in three previous attempts to qualify at Grand Slam tournaments. China's greatest success in the sport came via Li Na, who won women's singles titles at the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open and was inducted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019. Main-draw play at the All England Club begins Monday.

China launches first bullet train in Tibet, close to Indian border

China on Friday operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi

Free Taiwan will continue to support freedom in Hong Kong, says President

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen expressed regret over the closure of the Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong and said a free Taiwan will continue to support freedom for Hong Kong

Beijing sues Australia at WTO over tariffs in hit to strained ties

Beijing has responded with tariffs and restrictions on imports of coal, barley, lobsters and wine

United States bans imports of solar panel material from Chinese company

The global solar energy supply chain has been squeezed by record high costs for polysilicon, labour and freight.

China all set to operationalise the first electric train in Tibet

The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is expected to be inaugurated ahead of the centenary celebrations of the ruling CPC on July 1

US confirms removal of Wuhan coronavirus sequences from database

The genetic sequences came from the Chinese city of Wuhan where the Covid-19 outbreak was initially concentrated

Chinese actions last year responsible for eastern Ladakh standoff: India

India's comments on the matter came a day after China said its military deployment in the region is a normal "defence arrangement" aimed to respond to actions by the "relevant" country.

Apple's advertising platform Apple Search Ads launches in mainland China

Apple Search Ads has been steadily rolling out to more countries, but the Chinese version has extra conditions