China: News

17 Aug 2024

BMW

BMW to recall 1.4M cars in China over faulty airbags

BMW, the German luxury car manufacturer, is set to recall approximately 1.4 million vehicles in China due to defective airbags.

16 Aug 2024

Beijing

Excitement in Hong Kong as rare giant panda twins born

Hong Kong is rejoicing over the birth of twin giant pandas, a unique event in the city's history.

14 Aug 2024

NASA

What are MQ-9B drones that can easily counter Chinese equivalents

India is speeding its efforts to secure a deal with the United States for the acquisition of 31 MQ-9B drones.

14 Aug 2024

Tesla

Tesla-rival Zeekr introduces world's fastest charging EV battery

Chinese EV maker Zeekr has unveiled a battery that can charge faster than any other in the world.

13 Aug 2024

Bangladesh

Hasina's stay in India won't hurt bilateral ties: Bangladesh official 

Bangladesh has assured that its ties with India will remain unaffected despite the extended stay of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi.

12 Aug 2024

Amazon

The Google techie who is now China's richest man

Colin Huang (44), the visionary behind e-commerce giants Temu and Pinduoduo, has now become China's richest person with a net worth of $48.7 billion, as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

11 Aug 2024

Health & Wellness

How intermittent fasting impacts your brain and gut

A recent study conducted by Chinese scientists has revealed that intermittent calorie restriction, a type of diet similar to fasting, can significantly alter the human brain and gut.

11 Aug 2024

Technology

New wing design could reduce sonic booms of an aircraft

A team of scientists from Northwestern Polytechnical University in China, led by Professor Gao Chao, has proposed an innovative wing design for supersonic aircraft.

11 Aug 2024

Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina claims US orchestrated her ouster over an island  

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused the United States of being involved in the downfall of her Awami League government.

China's new AI chip outperforms NVIDIA's most powerful GPU

A team of researchers from Beijing, led by Professors Fang Lu and Dai Qionghai of Tsinghua University, has unveiled the world's first fully optical artificial intelligence (AI) chip.

07 Aug 2024

Space News

Water molecules found in lunar rock sample for first time

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified water molecules within a lunar rock sample.

China inching toward self-reliance in AI chips amid US restrictions

China is making significant progress toward self-sufficiency in the production of artificial intelligence (AI) chips, according to South China Morning Post.

07 Aug 2024

Bangladesh

'Shelter us...or kill us': 500 refugees stuck on Bangladesh-Bengal border

Over 500 refugees are stuck at the West Bengal-Bangladesh border with hopes that India will grant them entry.

07 Aug 2024

Elon Musk

Tesla recalls more than 1.6 million EVs in this country

Elon Musk's electric vehicle company, Tesla, is recalling approximately 1.68 million cars in China to conduct a remote software upgrade.

05 Aug 2024

NVIDIA

How China is bypassing US sanctions on AI chips

China has been reportedly circumventing US sanctions on artificial intelligence (AI) chips by utilizing a network of smugglers and shell companies.

04 Aug 2024

Beijing

Why green flag is not allowed in Olympics 

A tense situation arose at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday as security removed a fan brandishing a green banner that read "Go Taiwan" from the badminton venue.

04 Aug 2024

Apple

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reduces Apple stake by almost 50%

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has reduced its stake in Apple by almost 50%, during a selling spree in Q2.

03 Aug 2024

Indian Ocean

India should prepare for 'disruptive' shifts in Indian Ocean: Jaishankar 

India's External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, has cautioned the nation to brace itself for potential "disruptive" changes in the Indian Ocean.

02 Aug 2024

Apple

Apple posts record $85.8B Q3 revenue despite iPhone sales dip

Apple has announced a record-breaking third-quarter revenue of $85.8 billion for the 2024 fiscal year, marking a 5% increase from the previous year.

30 Jul 2024

Piyush Goyal

No change in India's China FDI policy, clarifies Piyush Goyal

Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said the government will not revise its stance on foreign direct investment (FDI) from China.

30 Jul 2024

Ladakh

Images show Chinese bridge across Pangong Lake in use

China has successfully completed the construction of a 400-meter bridge across Pangong Lake, according to high-resolution satellite images accessed by NDTV on July 22.

29 Jul 2024

Central Government

Indian government may allow Chinese investments in some sectors

The Indian government is reportedly considering the creation of a sector-specific list where Chinese investments could be allowed.

28 Jul 2024

Health & Wellness

New quantum computing tech might address challenges in drug design

Chinese scientists from Tencent Quantum Lab, China Pharmaceutical University, and AceMapAI Biotechnology have developed a quantum computing pipeline that could transform drug design.

28 Jul 2024

Solar Energy

40% of China's power to come from renewables by year-end

China is on track to have over 40% of its total installed power generation capacity, come from wind and solar energy by the end of this year, according to the China Electricity Council (CEC).

28 Jul 2024

Adani Group

Adani Group to commission $4 billion PVC project by 2026

Indian multinational conglomerate, Adani Group, is set to commission the first phase of a $4 billion Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) project by December 2026.

27 Jul 2024

Space News

11-year-old boy builds rocket, pens 600 lines of code

Yan Hongsen, an 11-year-old internet sensation from China, has written 600 lines of code for his second rocket's flight control system, which he plans to launch soon.

26 Jul 2024

Arunachal Pradesh

India, China agree to expedite troop withdrawal from disputed border

India and China have pledged to urgently initiate the withdrawal of their respective troops stationed along the disputed border known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

26 Jul 2024

Alaska

Pentagon discovers additional $2 billion accounting error in Ukraine aid

The Pentagon has unearthed an additional $2 billion accounting error related to the valuation of ammunition, missiles, and equipment sent to Ukraine, a United States government report released on Thursday said.

26 Jul 2024

Apple

Apple ousted from top 5 in world's largest smartphone market

Apple has fallen out of the top five smartphone brands in China, as reported by Canalys.

24 Jul 2024

Drones

China: Scientists develop 4g solar-powered drone that might fly forever

Chinese researchers have made significant strides in drone technology, with the development of a solar-powered model, named CoulombFly.

24 Jul 2024

Europe

Luxury goods sector down a whopping $200B. Reason? Chinese economy

Luxury brands are experiencing a significant downturn as China's economic growth decelerates, and Beijing cracks down on wealth display.

23 Jul 2024

Research

This ultra-thin semiconductor material could make chips faster, more energy-efficient

Chinese scientists have developed an ultra-thin semiconductor material, a significant step toward creating faster and more energy-efficient processors.

22 Jul 2024

Box Office

'Deadpool & Wolverine' advance bookings skyrocket in India

The highly anticipated film Deadpool & Wolverine, featuring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, is set to hit theaters on Friday.

21 Jul 2024

Agriculture

Budget 2024: Nitin Gadkari bats for flexible economic policies 

Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari, has urged the adoption of flexible economic policies to stimulate national growth ahead of the Union Budget on Tuesday.

21 Jul 2024

Solar System

China's new space network will improve astronaut communication, lunar navigation

China has proposed a blueprint for a communication superhighway that would link Earth and the Moon.

20 Jul 2024

Elon Musk

China could attack Starlink-like satellites using laser weapon-equipped submarines: Study

A study led by Wang Dan, a professor with the Naval Submarine Academy, China suggests that Chinese submarines equipped with lasers could disable SpaceX's Starlink satellites if China's security was threatened.

20 Jul 2024

Adani Group

Hindenburg Research report 'hit job' by China: BJP leader 

Senior lawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Mahesh Jethmalani, has alleged that the Hindenburg Research report against Gautam Adani's conglomerate was a "hit job" by China.

19 Jul 2024

COVID-19

India's electricity demand predicted to surge by 8%: IEA report

India's electricity demand is projected to increase by a significant 8% this year, as per a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

18 Jul 2024

Technology

China smashes clean energy goals 6 years earlier than planned

China, the world's leading pollution emitter, is set to reach its 2030 clean energy targets this month, six years earlier than planned.

18 Jul 2024

Technology

China's new turbine can power 30,000 homes annually, survive hurricanes

China's Guangdong-based wind turbine manufacturer, MingYang Smart Energy, has unveiled the world's most powerful floating wind farm platform, named OceanX.