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China puts hold on multiple projects in Pakistan after 9 Chinese engineers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan] July 22 (ANI): After nine Chinese engineers lost their lives in the bus attack, Beijing has postponed its high-level joint committee for the Belt and Road Initiative halting a billion-dollar hydropower project in Pakistan.
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After 3 decades, Minpa village in Chhattisgarh, once a naxal stronghold fi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Sukma (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 14 (ANI): Villagers of Naxal-dominated Minpa village in Sukma district, who were cut off from the mainstream for 3 decades, will soon get connected with nearby villages as security forces have been roped in to ensure the construction of roads in the area
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Bangladesh resists 'debt-trap' of China, avoids Belt and Road Initiative h
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 11 (ANI): Unlike Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh has conducted prudent macro-economic management in order to not fall into any 'debt trap' of China and has avoided the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) heavy-handedness!
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China waiting for an opportunity to enter Afghanistan amid US withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, Beijing appears to have been waiting for an opportunity to enter the war-torn country.
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Chris Pratt-starrer 'The Black Belt' finds its director in Paul Briganti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): 'Saturday Night Live' director Paul Briganti will helm Chris Pratt-starrer indie comedy 'The Black Belt'.
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China-Pakistan Economic corridor's degrading effect on Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] July 8 (ANI): China's Belt and Road Initiative, aimed at renewing the country's historic trade routes in the coastal countries of south-east Asia, Eurasian mainland and big sweeps of the Indian Ocean if it is finished as intended could have lasting consequences for China
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China fear 'Terror group' in Xinjiang amid US withdrawal from Afghanistan:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, China is worried about the instability to come in the country, a revival of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), its cross-border agitation and terrorism in Xinjiang region, said scholar Salman Rafi
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China tightening grip on Sri Lanka by exploiting its vulnerable situation:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): China is attempting to tighten its grip on Sri Lanka by exploiting the vulnerable situation of the island nation to fulfil its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, according to a think tank.
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Amid US withdrawal, China ramping up its involvement in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 7 (ANI): China appears to be preparing to ramp up its involvement in Afghanistan amid US troops withdrawal -- with Beijing eyeing the war-torn nation for investment and influence opportunities.
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Afghan security forces gearing up against possible Taliban attacks on majo
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 5 (ANI): Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) on Sunday expressed that annihilating the Taliban is their top priority. The commander of Special Operations Corps, Maj. Gen. Hibatullah Alizai said that "strong belts" have been created for the protection
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Italy repositions its ties with China amid failed 2019 Belt and Road Initi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], June 25 (ANI): Italy has recalibrated its ties with China as old Western alliances are back on the table after a 2019 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal failed.
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I'll take his belt: Arjan Bhullar accepts Reinier de Ridder's challenge
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Singapore, June 24 (ANI): Newly crowned ONE Heavyweight World Champion Arjan "Singh" Bhullar has taken time out of his busy schedule to respond to a recent challenge laid out by two-division ONE World Champion Reinier de Ridder, countering the proposal with one of his own.
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