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US approves sale of spare aircraft parts worth $425 million to Taiwan

The Biden administration on Tuesday signed off on two new significant arms sales to Taiwan in approvals that are sure to rankle China. The State Department said it had okayed sales worth more than USD 425 million of spare aircraft parts to support Taiwan's fleet of F-16 fighters, C-130 transport planes and other US-supplied weapons systems. The package includes USD 330 million in standard replacement parts and USD 98 million in non-standard equipment along with related accessories and logistics. The sales were announced just weeks after President Joe Biden met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for talks in Indonesia in which China's increasingly aggressive behaviour toward Taiwan was a major issue. China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and has vowed to reunify the island with the mainland by force, if necessary. It has roundly condemned previous US arms sales to Taiwan as violations of Washington's one-China policy" and is expected to react similarly to Tuesday's ...

No hiring downturn at IITs as international firms pitch job offers

Consulting, finance, core and international trading companies take the lead in chasing talent

TSMC plans to make more advanced chips in US at Apple's urging

A representative for TSMC declined to comment. Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

WannaCry to SamSam: 5 biggest ransomware attacks you need to know about

Ransomware attacks have been taking place for a long time, but their frequency has increased in the last few years

Taiwan votes on lower voting age, mayors, city councils in local elections

Voters headed to the polls across Taiwan in a closely watched local election on Saturday that will determine the strength of the island's major political parties ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Taiwanese citizens will be picking their mayors, city council members and other local leaders in all 13 counties and in nine cities. There's also a referendum to lower the voting age from 20 to 18. Polls opened at 8 am (0000GMT) on Saturday. While international observers and the ruling party have attempted to link the elections to the long-term existential threat that is Taiwan's neighbour, many local experts do not think China has a large role to play this time around. The international society have raised the stakes too high. They've raised a local election to this international level, and Taiwan's survival, said Yeh-lih Wang, a political science professor at National Taiwan University. At an elementary school in New Taipei City, the city that surrounds the capital Taipei, voters

Taiwan delegation's India visit a fresh boost to business ties: Report

Taiwan-India business ties got a fresh boost after a delegation from the self-governed island visited a number of Indian states earlier this month which led to the signing of three Taiwan-India MoUs

The next big frontier in US-China rivalry

Digital infrastructure is increasingly gaining a geopolitical component. For now, the US is way ahead of the game- and will fight hard to maintain this status quo

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys stock worth $4.1 bn in TSMC

TSMC's other foreign investors include U.S. asset managers BlackRock Inc and Vanguard Group Inc, and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC

Biden objects to China's coercive, aggressive actions toward Taiwan

President Joe Biden objected to China's coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and raised human rights concerns about Beijing's conduct in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong during his first in-person meeting on Monday with President Xi Jinping , the White House said. In a statement on the roughly three-hour session, the White House said Biden told Xi that the U.S would continue to compete vigorously with China but that competition should not veer into conflict. The meeting came as the superpowers aimed to manage differences between them as they compete for global influence amid increasing economic and security tensions. Biden scheduled a news conference later Monday discuss the meeting, which came in the midst of a seven-day, round-the-world trip. Biden and Xi also agreed that a nuclear war should never be fought and can't be won, and underscored their opposition to the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine," the White House said. That was a reference t

Taiwan 'first red line', should not be crossed, Xi Jinping tells Joe Biden

No imminent attempt by China to invade Taiwan: Biden

36 Chinese fighter jets, bombers fly near island: Taiwan defense ministry

China's military flew 36 fighter jets and bombers near Taiwan, the Taiwanese defence ministry announced, part of a long-running campaign of intimidation against the self-ruled island democracy that Beijing claims as part of its territory. Ten of the aircraft on Saturday flew across the median line in the Taiwan Strait that separates the island from the mainland, the ministry said. It said they included six Shenyang J-11 and four J-16 aircraft. Taiwan and China split in 1949 following a civil war that ended with the Communist Party in control of the mainland. The island never has been part of the People's Republic of China, but Beijing says it is obliged to unite with the mainland, by force if necessary. Chinese President Xi Jinping's government stepped up efforts this year to intimidate Taiwan. It has sent fighter planes and bombers to fly near the island and fired missiles into the sea. On Saturday, Taiwan's military also spotted four Chengdu J-10 fighters, a Y-8 antisubmarine ..

Telangana to develop dedicated industrial park for Taiwanese companies

A team from Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) and Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC) on Friday met Telangana Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao and discussed a wide range of topics ranging from trade and economic cooperation to cultural exchange programmes. An official release said the minister spoke about Telangana's unique investment policy, TS-iPASS and also highlighted about creating a dedicated industrial park in the State for Taiwanese companies and jointly work with industry and trade organisations of Taiwan to take it forward. The Telangana government has enacted the "Telangana State Industrial Project Approval and Self-Certification System (TS-iPASS) Act, 2014" for speedy processing of applications for issue of various clearances required for setting up of industries at a single point based on the self-certificate provided by the entrepreneur and also to create investor friendly environment in the State of Telangana. The .

ASUS launches Zenbook 17 Fold OLED laptop in India: Price, specs, and more

Zenbook supports USB Type-C charging and fast charging up to 65W and can be charged with any USB power bank or USB PD charger

After securing third term in power, Xi Jinping's focus remains on Taiwan

In his opening remarks to the party Congress, Jinping announced that China will peacefully reunify Taiwan and will not leave the option of using force, Geo-politik reported.

MediaTek unveils the Dimensity 9200 processor with 5G, ray tracing support

The Dimensity 9200 supports both millimeter wave 5G and sub-6GHz connectivity for consumers around the world. Smartphones with Dimensity 9200 will be available in the market by end of 2022

Taiwan detects 46 Chinese aircraft, 4 naval vessels in neighbourhood

Taiwan's defence ministry detected 46 Chinese aircraft and 4 naval vessels in its neighbourhood on Sunday

ICCI ties up with Taiwan for green technology to curb carbon footprints

The local chapter of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has joined hands with National Productivity Council, and Taiwan which would provide industries innovative green solutions to curb carbon footprints in the wake of growing climate change threats. ICCI president Sriramulu and the productivity council director-general Sandeep Kumar Nayak signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard on Friday, a release from the chambers said on Saturday. Earlier, an 8-member delegation of Taiwan-China Productivity Centre held a meeting with industrialists and entrepreneurs during which Taiwan assured to provide technology to promote green technology in energy efficieny, smart e-mobility, water treatment and smart agriculture, said the release. The green technology would reduce energy consumption while reducing an equal amount of greenhouse gas in India, it said. Technology such as cloud-connected e-mobility, power-generating elevators, electrodialysis for industrial wast

Indian EV makers 'not doing it right', says Gogoro CEO Horace Luke

Luke on Thursday launched Gogoro in India with a pilot project in collaboration with ZyppElectric

Geopolitical situation a bigger worry for markets than rate hikes: Analysts

According to reports, North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern sea, the latest in a series of weapons tests that have raised tensions in the region

The integrated circuit wars

US chip sanctions on China should be a wake-up call for India to quickly scale up and boost its capabilities in this critical arena