CEO offers free visas to all Indians for today despite Neeraj Chopra's silver win at Paris OlympicsMohak Nahta, an Indian-origin CEO, kept his word to offer free visas to all Indians even though Neeraj Chopra won a silver medal at the Par...
09 Aug, 2024, 02.36 PM IST
Paris Olympics set record for number of openly LGBTQ+ athletesThe Paris 2024 Olympics have made significant strides in promoting inclusivity, with the number of openly LGBTQ+ athletes breaking a record...
30 Jul, 2024, 08.48 AM IST
Argentina vs Ecuador Copa America 2024 quarterfinals live: Predictions, how to watch Lionel Messi's gameLionel Messi's Argentina will play Ecuador in Copa America 2024 quarterfinals. Messi's injury update has also been revealed by Argentina te...
03 Jul, 2024, 09.06 PM IST
Why are China's COVID rules so strict?China has in place many other regulations that would be familiar to most from the early months of the pandemic. Social distancing is encour...
30 Nov, 2022, 08.20 AM IST
Why are China's Covid rules so strict?Weary of the policy that has confined millions of people to their homes in an attempt to isolate every infection, and with an eye on the fr...
29 Nov, 2022, 05.45 PM IST
China central bank expands digital yuan pilot scheme to more citiesTianjin, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen and six cities in the coastal Zhejiang province will be added to the existing 10 major "pilot...
03 Apr, 2022, 12.17 PM IST
China says no limit for cooperation with Russia as Sergey Lavrov arrives for talks amid Ukraine warLavrov arrived in Tunxi, east China's Anhui Province, for the third meeting of foreign ministers on Afghanistan, Russia's official news age...
30 Mar, 2022, 10.19 PM IST
Why India's plan to launch a digital rupee needs more thought, less hasteA digital rupee will be like banknotes, but minus the ATMs. Users will be able to transfer purchasing power from their deposit accounts int...
08 Feb, 2022, 05.17 PM IST
Mandatory app for Beijing Olympics has 'devastating' encryption flaw, can leak personal dataThe app is used to monitor Covid, and is mandatory for athletes, journalists and other attendees.
19 Jan, 2022, 08.41 AM IST
Beijing tightens rules for entering city after Omicron caseThe new rule, effective from Jan. 22 to end-March, is aimed to help with early detection of Omicron, which is surging globally, and the con...
16 Jan, 2022, 04.45 PM IST
How China is keeping to its strict 'zero Covid' strategyThe country where the coronavirus was first detected in 2019 is now among the last places still hewing to "zero Covid", placing millions un...
07 Jan, 2022, 10.24 AM IST
China unveils plan to bring algorithms of its internet industry under state control to tighten censorshipChina's cyberspace watchdog and other government bodies will set up governance rules for algorithms in around three years as Beijing seeks ...
29 Sep, 2021, 10.13 PM IST
Why TV audiences are tuning out the Tokyo Olympics?The viewership has fallen since 2016, as athletes compete in Japan when audiences are mostly asleep in US and Europe.
30 Jul, 2021, 03.44 PM IST
Digital yuan gives China a new tool to strike back at criticsSo far China has mostly resisted hitting foreign firms in response to U.S. actions on companies like Huawei, holding off on releasing an “u...
21 Apr, 2021, 02.14 PM IST
China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlashState media accused H&M and other brands of improperly profiting from China while criticizing it. That prompted Chinese retailers and inter...
26 Mar, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Donald Trump may cause problems for China before he leaves the Oval Office, say expertsBeyond taking the potentially explosive step of labelling China guilty of genocide for the mass detention of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Trump cou...
09 Nov, 2020, 09.13 AM IST
Google emerges as the leader in application ad sales in ChinaAfter years of seeing its China strategy hobbled at almost every turn, Google has finally carved out a market niche where it' ads aimed at ...
23 Aug, 2012, 01.48 AM IST