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China lead grows as INS Rajput, Navy's 1st destroyer, retires today

The PLA(N) has been commissioning three new destroyers every year, while Indian defence shipyards have been barely completing one destroyer every 2-3 years

China delays new mission while Nasa congratulates on Mars images

China postponed a supply mission to its new space station for unspecified technical reasons

China says providing coronavirus vaccines to almost 40 African states

The vaccines were donated or sold at favourable prices, says Foreign Ministry official Wu Peng

China's industrial commodities dip after Beijing warns of market crackdown

China's main industrial commodities tumbled on Thursday after the government announced stepped-up measures to keep a lid on soaring raw material prices which threaten to undermine economic recovery

Bangladesh govt approves purchase of Covid-19 vaccines from China

Bangladesh's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, the highest body to deal with economic issues, in a meeting has approved the purchase

China delays supply mission to new space station for technical reasons

China postponed a supply mission to its new space station Thursday for unspecified technical reasons

China-Nepal border row intensifies as border pillars go missing in Daulkha

Beijing has turned the heat alongside the borders of its neighbouring country Nepal with border pillars vanishing in the Daulkha district of the Himalayan nation

Xi, Putin witness launch of biggest China-Russia nuclear energy project

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed the nuclear cooperation between the two neighbours

China slams Pelosi's call for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

China on Wednesday slammed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her call for a diplomatic boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds

Bitcoin plunges to $30,066; crypto market cap losses nearly $1 trn

The sharp declines came after China banned financial and payment institutions from providing cryptocurrency services

What Beijing's new crackdown means for cryptocurrencies in China

Many of the new rules expand on previous restrictions aimed at cryptocurrencies and close loopholes that had allowed some finance and payment firms to continue in the trade

China successfully launches new ocean observation satellite Haiyang-2D

The new ocean-monitoring satellite is a part of its effort to build an all-weather and round-the-clock dynamic ocean environment monitoring system

Israel Embassy accuses Chinese state TV of 'blatant anti-Semitism'

Israel's Embassy in China is protesting what it describes as "blatant anti-Semitism" on a programme ran by the overseas channel of state broadcaster CCTV

US troops withdrawal: China offers to host Afghan-Taliban peace talks

China has stepped up its diplomacy between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the wake of the US troops withdrawal from the war-torn country

China welcomes Biden's plan to deliver 80 million Covid vaccines to world

China welcomed US President Joe Biden's announcement to share 80 million Covid-19 vaccine doses with other countries

China's Baidu posts 25% rise quarterly revenue on ad, cloud boost

Baidu, also known as China's Google, said total revenue rose to 28.13 billion yuan ($4.38 billion) in the first quarter ended March 31

US Senate advances bill to provide funding for technology research

The government funding for technology research is a part of a legislative measure to counter China amid strained ties and fierce competition between the two countries

Best of BS Opinion: China's scientific muscle, sovereign rating risk & more

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

China's scientific muscle

Its technological advancement will have global implications

China urges US to play a constructive role to end conflict in Gaza

China renewed calls for the US to play a constructive role in ending the conflict in Gaza and stop blocking efforts at the United Nations to demand an end to the bloodshed