World Chess championship Final Challenger Dommaraju Gukesh came up with a superb performance under time pressure as he scored the lone win as India defeated third-seeded China in the seventh round of the Open section of the 45th Chess Olympiad here on Wednesday.
China's Sun Yingsha and Lin Shidong got their championship trophies on Sunday at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2024.
The imposition of US sanctions on Chinese companies for supplying Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme marks another chapter in the complex geopolitical dynamics of South Asia.
Over the past decade and a half, the Chinese techno-authoritarian state has deeply entrenched itself in the day-to-day lives of citizens through the use of highly sophisticated surveillance technology.
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval conveyed to China that peace and tranquility in border areas and respect for the Line of Actual Control (LAC) are essential for normalcy in bilateral relations between the two countries.
The changes introduced are an antithesis of the spirit of democracy that had propelled the “Umbrella movement” of 2014. It thus comes about that the number of directly elected seats in Parliament has been cut almost by half, and prospective MPs will first be vetted by a pro-Beijing committee to ensure their loyalty to the mainland.
In the meantime, China's previous sanctions on US individuals who have seriously undermined China's sovereignty and interests on Xinjiang-related issues remain effective.
Biden said that he made it "clear to him" that "we are not looking for confrontation, although we know there will be steep, steep competition."
The Quad is going after China. China now is the number one power in the world. Twenty years of mindless and pitiless war has left America enfeebled. No American now claims victory in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. Sure the US is still a military power to be reckoned with, but the world has lost fear of it. Witness Iran.
“India is an increasingly important partner in today’s rapidly shifting international dynamics. And it’s clear that the importance of this (Indo-US) partnership, and its impact to the international rules based order will only grow in the years ahead,” visiting US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said at a joint press interaction with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after talks between the two leaders.
