Belt And Road

The heavy rainfall over the past three days has resulted in the season's first snowfall in Thangu (3900 metres) and Gurudongmar Lake (5425 m) in the tundra belt of North Sikkim.

A day before Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' lost a vote of confidence in Parliament, he gave a nod to an agreement to connect the Himalayan nation with China by rail under Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative.

In a bid to expand its clout overseas, China is building a port in South America that could further dent its relations with the US.

Reiterating India's stance on Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that the whole of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh are integral part of India.

Chaina aims to equip cross-border transactions related to its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with blockchain capabilities. To do so, the Chinese government has launched the ‘Ultra-Large Scale Blockchain Infrastructure Platform for the Belt and Road Initiative’ in a fresh development.

French President Emmanuel Macron named the former head of gas utility Engie as its special envoy to a multinational rail and ports project linking the Middle East and South Asia tipped as an alternative to China's Belt and Road initiative.

Under attack from the opposition in his own country for his ministers' remarks on India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has called China one of his nation's "closest allies and developmental partners".

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday that Italy can improve trade and economic ties with China even after Rome's decision to leave Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Italy has withdrawn from China's vast Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, more than four years after becoming the only G7 nation to sign up, a government source said Wednesday.

As much as 98 per cent of China's development funding for its all-weather ally Pakistan came in the form of "less-than-generous loans", with only two per cent coming in the form of grants between 2000 and 2021, according to a research report.

Jaishankar's remarks came as he addressed the 22nd session of the Council of Heads of Government of SCO at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Reaffirming his nation's commitment to continue pouring billions of dollars into the economies of developing countries as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) - the "project of the century" - enters its second decade, Chinese President Xi Jinping

China is willing to strengthen co-operation and promote solidarity with Pakistan but has urged it to guarantee the safety of Chinese organisations and personnel working there, China's foreign ministry said, quoting President Xi Jinping.

India on Thursday once again voiced its opposition to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the project lacked respect for New Delhi's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

In his speech, Vladimir Putin thanked China's Xi Jinping for his invitation and said Russia could play a key role in China's modern day revival of the ancient Silk Road.

The heavy rainfall over the past three days has resulted in the season's first snowfall in Thangu (3900 metres) and Gurudongmar Lake (5425 m) in the tundra belt of North Sikkim.

A day before Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' lost a vote of confidence in Parliament, he gave a nod to an agreement to connect the Himalayan nation with China by rail under Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative.

In a bid to expand its clout overseas, China is building a port in South America that could further dent its relations with the US.

Reiterating India's stance on Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that the whole of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh are integral part of India.

Chaina aims to equip cross-border transactions related to its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with blockchain capabilities. To do so, the Chinese government has launched the ‘Ultra-Large Scale Blockchain Infrastructure Platform for the Belt and Road Initiative’ in a fresh development.

French President Emmanuel Macron named the former head of gas utility Engie as its special envoy to a multinational rail and ports project linking the Middle East and South Asia tipped as an alternative to China's Belt and Road initiative.

Under attack from the opposition in his own country for his ministers' remarks on India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has called China one of his nation's "closest allies and developmental partners".

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday that Italy can improve trade and economic ties with China even after Rome's decision to leave Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Italy has withdrawn from China's vast Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, more than four years after becoming the only G7 nation to sign up, a government source said Wednesday.

As much as 98 per cent of China's development funding for its all-weather ally Pakistan came in the form of "less-than-generous loans", with only two per cent coming in the form of grants between 2000 and 2021, according to a research report.

Jaishankar's remarks came as he addressed the 22nd session of the Council of Heads of Government of SCO at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Reaffirming his nation's commitment to continue pouring billions of dollars into the economies of developing countries as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) - the "project of the century" - enters its second decade, Chinese President Xi Jinping

China is willing to strengthen co-operation and promote solidarity with Pakistan but has urged it to guarantee the safety of Chinese organisations and personnel working there, China's foreign ministry said, quoting President Xi Jinping.

India on Thursday once again voiced its opposition to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the project lacked respect for New Delhi's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

In his speech, Vladimir Putin thanked China's Xi Jinping for his invitation and said Russia could play a key role in China's modern day revival of the ancient Silk Road.