Three books by western journalists underline the terrible toll the religious-based nation has faced since independence ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan taking advantage of Covid-19 to spread cross-border terrorism, hate: India at UN
India hit out at Pakistan while addressing an event of the United Nations, in which Indian mission Ashish Sharma said Pakistan is taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to support cross-border ... ( read original story ...)
Plan to run power cable between Australia and Indonesia scrapped as giant Pilbara power project takes shape
It sounded like a great idea: convert the Pilbara's beating sunshine and plentiful wind into electricity and send it directly into energy-hungry South East Asia via power cables along the seafloor. ( read original story ...)
The truckers who keep India’s coronavirus patients breathing
Subhas Kumar Yadav has fought fear, deadlines and hunger to truck liquid oxygen from a factory in India's Himalayan foothills to hospitals in the northern plains during the coronavirus epidemic. ( read original story ...)
Covid threatens to ground India’s aviation industry
Indian aviation - once a promising industry with aspirational jobs - has been floundering in recent years. Seven airlines, including Jet Airways, India's oldest private carrier that was often hailed ... ( read original story ...)
Climate change: China’s coal addiction clashes with Xi’s bold promise
The president has set a deadline of 2060 to be ‘net-zero’ for emissions but new coal-fired power plants keep springing up ... ( read original story ...)
Battle at Arm China threatens $40bn Nvidia deal
Nvidia’s $40bn deal for the UK-based chip designer Arm is facing fresh problems in China, after it emerged that the disaffected head of Arm’s local joint venture controls almost 17 per cent of the ... ( read original story ...)
China Regulators Summon Ant Group Executives Ahead of IPO
Chinese regulators have summoned Ant Group founder Jack Ma and two other senior executives to a formal meeting just days before the company's shares are due to begin trading in Shanghai and Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Australian exporters to China face $6 billion ‘D-Day’
China is banning Australian wine, copper, barley, coal, sugar, timber and lobster exports from Friday, an unconfirmed customs official notice says. ( read original story ...)
China’s Ant Group facing regulatory pressure ahead of record IPO
Fintech giant Ant Group is facing growing Chinese pressure over potential risks in its online lending business, with co-founder Jack Ma and other executives summoned to an unusual meeting with ... ( read original story ...)