Tibet's Yarlung Zangbo Dam: China's new tool for environmental destruction, Brahmaputra dominationChina has commenced construction on the Motuo Hydropower Station in Tibet, raising concerns in South Asia. The project, estimated at USD 17...
02 Aug, 2025, 07.07 PM IST
India woos Bangladesh on Teesta amid China pushIndia is interested in financing Bangladesh's Teesta economic zone project, a dredging and development project aimed at turning the Teesta ...
10 May, 2024, 08.54 AM IST
Stop equating Ukraine war with China's claims over Taiwan: Foreign Minister Qin GangThe US has warned China that it would impose strict sanctions if it provided military support to Russia. China views Taiwan, a self-ruled i...
21 Feb, 2023, 08.03 PM IST
China plans to use water as a weapon: ReportMoreover, China is also planning to build an airport near this dam to assist the Chinese Air force movement alongside.With the occupation o...
01 Feb, 2023, 12.10 PM IST
Russian defence minister praises cooperation with China at joint wargamesMoscow pivoted to China in 2014 as its political ties with the West sank to post Cold-War lows over the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. ...
13 Aug, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
ET Analysis: Chinese plans of hydro-project in Brahmaputra triggers concern in India and BangladeshThe Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, adopted the 14th Five Year Plan (2021-2025) and National Economic and Social Developm...
29 Dec, 2020, 06.50 PM IST
Myanmar's pushback against China-funded Economic Corridor inspired by debt trap in S Asian statesMyanmar’s all-powerful generals have drawn lessons from experiences of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Maldives where China funded projects have pu...
22 Aug, 2020, 11.01 AM IST
New cache of Chinese arms with Myanmar insurgents, a worry for IndiaRecently, Maj Gen Tun Tun Nyi of the Mynamar Army told the media in Nay Pyi Taw that the Arakan Army(AA) and its associate group Taáng Nati...
18 Jul, 2020, 07.48 AM IST
China planning 1,000 km tunnel to divert Brahmaputra watersIndia already feels threatened by China's projects in the Tibetan plateau. Diversion of the Brahmaputra is an idea China does not discuss i...
13 Jul, 2018, 01.10 PM IST
India can effectively use a 56-year-old treaty to make Pakistan behave"If India wishes to improve Pak’s behaviour and dissuade it from exporting terrorists, should hold out a credible threat of dissolving the ...
12 Jul, 2018, 08.11 PM IST
China downplays reports of sharing river waters with IndiaOn October 1, China announced the blockade of Xiabuqu river in Tibet as part of the construction of its "most expensive" dam.
10 Oct, 2016, 06.47 PM IST
India's efforts to exploit Brahmaputra waters may have harmed Bangladesh's interests: Chinese mediaThese statements from the government-run media come in the wake of reports that China is blocking a tributary of the Brahmaputra river.
10 Oct, 2016, 01.36 PM IST
Why India is worried about China's dam projects on the Brahmaputra riverChina said it was building a dam on a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo, as Brahmaputra is known in Tibet. This will be its ‘most expensive h...
05 Oct, 2016, 12.40 PM IST
Gurdaspur attack: Postmortem conducted on bodies of terroristsPostmortem was being conducted at the hospital here on the bodies of the three terrorists, who had stormed a police station in Gurdaspur .
31 Jul, 2015, 04.34 PM IST
China using drones to detect polluting factoriesChina is deploying drones to detect factories flouting environmental laws in China's northern Hebei Province, one of the country's most pol...
18 May, 2015, 11.02 PM IST
China's new war front: Natural resource as a political toolPrime Minister Manmohan Singh, during his recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, asked for more openness on Chinese dam building.
23 Apr, 2013, 11.15 AM IST
- 'Neighbouring countries can create problem for India over water'
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday cautioned that there was a possibility that neighbouring countries could 'create problem' fo...
17 Jul, 2010, 05.38 PM IST