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Air Pollution Raises Diabetes Risk

A study in China has shown that Air pollution raises diabetes risk in China. The findings of the study were based on the data collected from over 88,000...

March 14, 2019

China hikes defence budget by 7.5%

China has increased its defence budget by 7.5 per to 177.61 billion up from last year’s 165 billion. The 2019 Defence Budget of China stood at 1.19 trillion...

March 6, 2019

President Trump signs 'Asia Reassurance Initiative Act' into law

US president has signed the ‘Asia Reassurance Initiative Act’. The law aims at countering the encroaching influence and growing threat from China, and to reinvigorate U.S. leadership in...

January 3, 2019

Tsai Ing-wen sworn-in as first women President of Taiwan

Tsai Ing-wen (59) has sworn-in as the first female and 14th President of Taiwan on 20 May 2016 in front of national flag. She succeeds outgoing President Ma...

May 20, 2016

Tsai Ing-wen elected as first female President of Taiwan

Pro-Independence Opposition candidate of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Tsai Ing-wen (59) has been elected as first female and 14th President of Taiwan. Ms Tsai’s victory is the biggest...

January 16, 2016

India imposed Anti-dumping duty on potassium carbonate imports from Taiwan, South Korea

India has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty for period of five years on Potassium Carbonate imports from Taiwan and South Korea. The duty was imposed by Union Finance Ministry...

August 16, 2015

Taiwan rejects Chinese merger plan

Chinese President, Xi Jinping, had called for Taiwan’s merger with mainland China and formation of a ‘one country, two systems’ government. The Taiwanese Government’s Mainland Affairs Council has,...

September 29, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

China hiked military budget by 12.2% for 2014

The People’s Republic of China announced to raise its military budget for 2014 by 12.2% to $132 billion. The hike in defense spending would seek to develop more...

March 11, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

China and Taiwan hold first high-level meeting since 1949

The Representatives of Taiwan and China hold their first high-level meeting since they split 65 years ago, after a brutal China’s civil war.  The official talks held between...

February 16, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

Survey by Trend Micro: Bitcoin malware, India among top targets

As per a survey conducted by the IT security firm Trend Micro, Bitcoin mining malware is infecting millions of computers globally and extending the threat of cyber security...

January 1, 2014    Science & Technology

India among countries exempted from Iranian oil sanctions by the US

As stated by the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, India is once again among a small list of countries that qualifies for an exemption from unilateral sanctions...

December 2, 2013    International / World Current Affairs

No proposal to increase FDI ceiling in banks

The government has clarified that there is no proposal to raise foreign investment limit in the banking sector. What is the current status of foreign investment in banking...

August 24, 2013

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