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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 18:14 IST

Taiwan slams China's visa-on-arrival move as hollow political stunt

According to The Taipei Times, China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) spokesperson Chen Binhua, while speaking at a press conference, claimed the new policy was designed to make travel "easier and safer" for Taiwanese citizens, whether entering the mainland directly or via Hong Kong, Macau, or other third countries. He described the initiative as a way to "promote peaceful cross-strait exchanges" and welcome all Taiwanese visitors, from tourists to athletes.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 18:13 IST

China's reckless space ambitions poison Tibet again as Chinese rocke

Video clips circulating online show flaming debris crashing into open fields as dense orange fumes rise into the air, with Tibetan voices in the background expressing alarm. One person can be heard shouting, "Oh my God, rocket debris is falling," as reported by Phayu

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 17:48 IST

Cotton products made with Uyghur forced labour continue to flood Eur

The report found that at least 15 factories in Bangladesh have imported hundreds of tonnes of cotton from two Chinese textile giants, Esquel Group and Jiangsu Lianfa Textiles, both of which are linked to Beijing's forced labour schemes. These factories supply major Iris

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 17:43 IST

Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin meets Vice President CP Rad

Alckmin, who arrived in India on Wednesday, is holding a series of high-level meetings to deepen ties in trade, industry, energy, and strategic cooperation. In a post on X, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "Adding momentum to the India-

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 16:54 IST

"We are looking forward to very productive visit", says Russian envo

For the first time, the assembly will feature a special session titled "New Media Dimension: Strengthening Dialogue - Confidence Building", bringing together foreign and Russian specialists in mass communications. The session is being organised in partnership with TV BR

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 16:26 IST

Earthquake of magnitude 3.7 strikes Myanmar

The tremor occurred at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres, which increases the likelihood of aftershocks.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 16:25 IST

Global media leaders gather in Moscow for 17th Assembly of Russian W

For the first time, the assembly will feature a special session titled "New Media Dimension: Strengthening Dialogue - Confidence Building", bringing together foreign and Russian specialists in mass communications. The session is being organised in partnership with TV BR

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 16:08 IST

Taiwan detects 23 Chinese aircraft, 8 vessels, 2 ships around its re

As per the MND, of the 23 sorties, 21 crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern ADIZ.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 15:04 IST

"Visit focused on strengthening India-Sri Lanka partnership": PM Har

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya on Thursday said that her visit to India aims to further strengthen the longstanding relationship between the two neighbouring countries.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 15:01 IST

Kyoto University of Advanced Science (KUAS) accelerates Japan's tran

Kyoto University of Advanced Science (KUAS) has launched in 2019 after reforming of Kyoto Gakuen University. It is steered by the President of KUAS, Masafumi Maeda, and the Board Chairman, Shigenobu Nagamori.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 14:47 IST

At UNTCC conclave, Jaishankar emphasises India's commitment to women

"It is no longer a question of whether women can do peacekeeping. Rather, it is whether peacekeeping can succeed without women," he said addressing the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries Chiefs' Conclave, UNTCC in New Delhi on Thursday.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 14:32 IST

UN still reflects "realities of 1945, not of 2025": Jaishankar calls

"For the UN to be effective, it must reform, becoming more inclusive, democratic, participative, and representative of today's world," Jaishankar asserted. He added that reform must amplify the voices of the developing world and reflect the aspirations of the rising Glo

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 14:06 IST

"Each bilateral relationship should be judged on its own merits": Fo

Earlier, Trump, during a media interaction in Washington, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him that India would stop purchasing oil from Russia, describing it as "a big step" in efforts to increase global pressure on Moscow.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 13:22 IST

BLF captures police officers in Dhadar, BRG blows up major gas pipel

Two distinct incidents involving militant groups were reported, with the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) announcing that its fighters had taken police officers captive in Dhadar, while the Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) claimed responsibility for an explosion that resulte

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 12:59 IST

"Our cooperation in line with India's national interest": Russian en

Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov on Thursday said that India's decisions on energy imports are guided by its "national interests" and that Moscow's cooperation with New Delhi in this area aligns with those priorities.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 12:24 IST

Bangladesh's new political party NCP won't sign post-uprising reform

The National Citizen Party (NCP), a new student-led political party in Bangladesh, will not sign the "July National Charter 2025", a document of post-uprising reform agendas.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 12:22 IST

Pakistan: HRCP raises alarm over deadly Muridke operation, urges tra

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed deep concern over the violent clashes between security forces and the far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), which escalated following the events of October 8 and culminated in a deadly operation in Murid

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 12:03 IST

India affirms its commitment to assume greater responsibilities in r

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reaffirmed India's readiness to take on greater responsibilities in a reformed United Nations and a renewed multilateral order, while addressing the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries' (UNTCC) Chiefs' Conclave.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 11:38 IST

"Will help India in modernising railway sector:" Swiss govt official

Martin Saladin, Head of the Promotion Activities Directorate at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SECO, the Swiss Government, said that both countries are collaborating to "modernise" India's railway sector.

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 11:01 IST

"Priority to safeguard Indian consumer interests" says India in resp

India on Thursday responded to comments made by US President Donald Trump about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assurance to halt Russian oil purchases, stating that the country's energy sourcing is guided by its national interests and the need to protect Indian consu

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Updated: Oct 16, 2025 10:43 IST

Kerala Governor pays floral tributes to former Kenyan PM Raila Oding

Governor Arlekar laid a wreath on the mortal remains of Odinga in the presence of his daughter Winnie Irmgard Odinga, the High Commissioner of Kenya in India, and senior officials from the Government of India and the State Government of Kerala.

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