Beijing: China warned its rivals Wednesday against turning the South China Sea into a “cradle of war” and threatened an air defence zone there, after its claims to the strategically vital waters were declared invalid. An aerial photo shows Thitu Island. The surprisingly strong and sweeping ruling by a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague provided powerful diplomatic ammunition to the Philippines, which filed the challenge, and other claimants... 

COLOMBO: The close relationship between China and Sri Lanka will have no bearing on their ties with other countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Colombo today. Mr Yi is on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka ahead of President Maithripala Sirisena’s China visit later this month. Wang Yi is in Sri Lanka ahead of President Maithripala Sirisena’s China visit. “There is a consensus between China and Sri Lanka that our... 

Twelve students from a Delhi school have been selected to participate in the finals of the prestigious International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC) at Nasa. The Class X to XII students of Delhi Public School, R K Puram, were invited by Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh for an interactive session on the eve of their departure for Florida. Hailing the achievement of the students, Singh said they not only... 

WASHINGTON: The US has welcomed India joining as the 35th member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), saying New Delhi has demonstrated “a sustained commitment to nonproliferation”. India became the 35th member of the global anti-proliferation bloc. Elizabeth Trudeau, director, Press Office, at the US State Department, to a question also said that all the MTCR members, including the US, agreed that India’s membership... 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Tashkent on Thursday. China’s great wall appeared to be crumbling before Indian diplomacy on Thursday. Beijing was left isolated as every other government of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) spoke at the opening of the Seoul plenary in favour of accepting India into the elite international nuclear technology club. At the end of the first tense session of... 

NEW DELHI: China has said that India’s admission to the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) is not on the agenda of the grouping as it meets this week in Seoul. China has been opposted to India’s membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group. The statement is being seen as a rebuff to India’s effort to join the NSG, especially a day after Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said India’s entry is just a matter of procedure. China... 

Russia President Putin Saint Petersburg: Russia has decided to support India’s bid for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership as President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said that he would raise the matter at a meeting in Seoul. The NSG members meeting are scheduled to begin from June 20. ‘India’s NSG membership bid will be discussed’ Speaking exclusively to India Today, Putin said that he would not only raise the matter  at... 

Delhi: Chinese media said on Thursday that China could support India’s bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) if it promises to comply with non-proliferation rules. An opinion piece in the nationalistic ‘Global Times’ said that the “reason why India has scored a big win in garnering support for its NSG membership from some countries is because Washington has started to treat New Delhi as part of the US alliance…... 

The US has a “massive” trade deficit with countries like India, China and Mexico, presumptive presidential nominee of Republican party Donald Trump today said, alleging that practically every country in the world who do business with the US tries to “rip it off”. Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump. “People are tired. They want to have strength. They don’t want to have trade deals where China has got a trade deficit of USD... 

Happy birthday: Narendra Modi wishes China’s Xi Jinping amid NSG deadlock New Delhi: Despite the fact that China vehemently opposed India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers  Group (NSG), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, with the utmost humility, extended birthday  wishes to Chinese President Xi Jinping who turned 63 today. The PM posted the greeting in Mandarin on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of the microblogging website Twitter. “Birthday...