Yang Chih-yuan, a democracy campaigner and pro-independence politician, was detained by Chinese state security in Wenzhou in Zhejiang province last August, hours after then-United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrapped up her high-stakes visit to Taipei.
The decision to include nationals of many other countries and the fact that all evacuation options (ground and air) were kept open in the planning stage, until the last moment when the air bridge was selected aptly describes the complexities of the operation, as per the diplomatic sources.
The boats started operating from the High Court Water Metro Terminal and Vyppin Water Metro Terminal at 7 am. The ticket rate for this route is Rs 20. During peak hours, there will be a boat service every 15 minutes on the High Court- Vypin route. The boat services will continue till 8 pm
A spokeswoman for China's foreign ministry said, beginning April 29, people going to China "can" take an antigen test to "replace" the previously mandated P.C.R. test within 48 hours before boarding their flight.
India reported 6,660 new Covid-19 cases and 9,213 recoveries in the last 24 hours with the active cases now standing at 63,380 on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran in the early hours of Tuesday penned down a heartfelt wish for his wife Supriya Menon on the occasion of their 12th wedding anniversary.
The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) said the US and Saudi Arabia mediated the truce, scheduled to start at midnight local time (22:00 GMT Monday), reported Al Jazeera.
Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao saying that no protocol was being followed in the state as the CM didn't meet her in two years.
Traffic movement was suspended for hours in the Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh on Monday after a bridge connecting Renuka-Ji to Sangrah collapsed, officials said on Monday.
In the early hours of April 2nd in Karnataka, an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter took off on a mission that has never been attempted. The chopper was carrying India's first RLV, short for Reusable Launch Vehicle to conduct a precise, high-speed unmanned landing.
Three people were charred to death while another was critically injured after two trailer trucks caught fire following a collision in the Alpura village in Rajasthan's Barmer district in the early hours on Monday, police said.