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India News | ASI to Host 11th International Yoga Day Celebrations at 81 Historic Sites, Entry Fee Waived off Across Monuments
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): On the occasion of the International Day of Yoga on June 21, the Archaeological Survey of India, in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush, is set to host Yoga Sessions across 81 centrally protected monuments....

China Monthly Antitrust Update: June 2025
[co-author: Ken Dai] Developments Highlights Legislation SAMR Seeks Comments on Draft Guidelines for Online Transaction Platform Fees On June 4, 2025, To regulate the fees that online platforms charge operators—including commissions, membership...

India News | Delhi Govt to Organise Special Exhibition on Emergency
New Delhi, Jun 20 (PTI) The Delhi government will organise a special exhibition at Central Park in Connaught Place on June 25 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Emergency imposed in 1975. The event will display documents and photographs from the...

Pacific Islands Countries Push For Action at UN Ocean Conference
Last week, more than 60 world leaders convened in Nice, France, for the third – and the most-attended – United Nations Ocean Conference. There was cause for celebration: during the week-long conference, 19 countries ratified the Agreement on...

India News | Punjab Jail Department's Head Office to Be Built in Mohali, Says Minister
Chandigarh, Jun 20 (PTI) Punjab Jail Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar on Friday said the state government will build the head office of the Jail Department to be named 'Jail Bhawan' in Mohali. Bhullar said this at the laying of the project's...

India News | DMK Doing Politics on Keezhadi, Alleges Ex-AIADMK Minister
Chennai, Jun 20 (PTI) Excavation at the ancient archaeological site of Keezhadi in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district was carried out during the previous AIADMK regime and the ruling DMK was "doing politics on the Keezhadi findings" former AIADMK...

India News | From River Banks to Parks, UP Gears Up for Grand Yoga Day Events with Mass Participation
Lucknow/Varanasi, Jun 20 (PTI) On the eve of the 11th International Yoga Day, Uttar Pradesh has made elaborate preparations for mass participation across cities, from the ghats of Varanasi and Prayagraj to Ayodhya, and parks across Lucknow,...
Chinese PhD Student in UK Jailed for Life After Shocking Sexual Assault Case
The situation was nothing less than horrific as a previously well-perceived Chinese PhD student in the UK was unveiled as a real threat and a large-scale sexual abuser number one in the United Kingdom. Zhenhao Zou, who was a resident and a student...

India’s Breakthrough in Solar-Driven Green Hydrogen Production Promises Scalable, Affordable…
Led by Dr. Ashutosh K. Singh, the team engineered a novel photoanode using a silicon-based n-i-p heterojunction. It combines three earth-abundant materials—Titanium Dioxide (n-type), Intrinsic Silicon, and Nickel Oxide (p-type)—layered using...

China, Pakistan, Bangladesh hold inaugural trilateral ministerial meet
Beijing: China, Pakistan and Bangladesh have agreed to advance cooperation based on the principles of good-neighbourliness, equality and mutual trust at the inaugural trilateral meeting of their foreign ministry officials. Chinese Vice Foreign...

China This Week | China’s messaging on Iran-Israel, Taiwan restricts Chinese firms, and Labubu dolls
Last Friday (June 13), Israel launched strikes on Iran under “Operation Rising Lion”, claiming that Iran is in the process of building nuclear weapons. It attacked key nuclear facilities and military generals, while Iran denied reports of...

Religious leaders distance themselves from onetime Christian preacher accused of Minnesota assassinations
Organizations that helped Vance Luther Boelter become a Christian preacher and hosted him as he gave his faith testimony quickly disavowed him after he was charged in federal court June 16 with the assassination of a top Democratic Minnesota...
Chinese ambassador hails Ghanaian hospitality, calls for deeper cultural ties
ACCRA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Ghana Tong Defa on Thursday praised Ghanaians for their hospitality and warmth toward the Chinese community, describing it as a key driver of the growing people-to-people relations between the two...

North India Monsoon Update: IMD Predicts Heavy Rains Across Multiple States, Early Monsoon Brings Relief To Himachal
As the monsoon moves towards North India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rains in many areas. Uttar Pradesh, which has been facing the heat for a long time, is now breathing a sigh of relief. According to the India...

Air India Flight Grounded In Pune After Bird Hit; Return Journey Cancelled
Air India cancelled the return journey of its Pune-bound flight from Delhi after the aircraft suffered a bird hit on June 20. The airline said in a statement, that the plane landed safely in Pune but a bird hit was detected. According to PTI, The...
China says UK warship passage threatens 'peace and stability' in Taiwan Strait
20 June 2025, 10:40 HMS Spey is one of two British warships permanently on patrol in the Indo-Pacific. Picture: Alamy China's military has criticised the British warship's passage through the Taiwan Strait - calling it an "intentional provocation"...

Facilitating Gainful Labour Migration in Southeast Asia Remains an Elusive Task
ASEAN has focused on facilitating high-skilled labour mobility, although the vast majority of migrant workers occupy medium- and low-skilled jobs. Disparities in labour standards and uncoordinated migrant labour systems continue to impede the...

India vs England 2025 1st Test: Yograj Singh makes MASSIVE statement about Shubman Gill on captaincy debut, he says
Home Sports India vs England 2025 1st Test: Yograj Singh makes MASSIVE statement about Shubman Gill on captaincy debut, he says… Shubman Gill has become the fifth-youngest Test captain ever for Team India as he led his side out in the first Test...

Those Who Should Be Seized Should be Seized: China’s Relentless Persecution of Uyghurs and Other Ethnic Minorities by John Beck
Since 2012, Mainland China has waged war against the Muslim minorities on the country’s western fringe, the Uyghurs and Kazakhs. Following the program set by their oppression of the Buddhist Tibetans, the Chinese Communist regime has installed a...
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Five years since Galwan: The two-front threat looms larger for India
It has been five years since India and China’s skirmish in the Galwan Valley, giving rise to bitter relations between the two. It was after nearly 45 years, after the Tulung La conflict in the Arunachal Valley in 1975, in which four Indian...