Tag: India

India Braces for COVID-19 Curbs as Infections Hit 6-month High

MUMBAI—India’s biggest cities braced for stricter lockdowns and other COVID-19 curbs on Saturday as infections hit a six-month high, as a month-long surge continued in the country. India’s richest state, Maharashtra, accounted for more than half of the 89,129 new cases reported by the national health ministry in the last 24 hours, with a record…


Can You Spot the Perfectly Camouflaged Snow Leopard in This ‘Barren’ Mountain Landscape?

Incredible photographs taken in the mountains of northern India demonstrate the uncanny ability of the snow leopard to camouflage in its natural habitat. Australian photographer Bobby-Jo Vial spent three days tracking an old male snow leopard through the mountainous Kibber National Park in India, Daily Mail reported. The leopard has garnered the nickname “ghost cat”…


Similar Catastrophes in Himalayas Viewed Differently in China, India

NEW DELHI—Divided by a colonial-time boundary that initially separated Tibet and colonial India and now the boundary of contention between the two most populous countries of the world, the Himalayas unlike never before are narrated by two different paradigms drawn very distinctly along two different political lines—democracy vs. communism. According to Gabriel Lafitte, author and…


Similar Catastrophes in the Himalayas Seen Differently in China and India

NEW DELHI—Divided by a colonial-time boundary that initially separated Tibet and colonial India and now is the boundary of contention between the two most populous countries of the world, the Himalayas unlike never before are narrated by two different paradigms drawn very distinctly by two different political lines—democracy vs communism. According to Gabriel Lafitte, author…


QUAD to Compete With China’s Vaccine Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific

NEW DELHI—The QUAD nations—United States, India, Australia, and Japan—are  pushing back against the Chinese regime’s vaccine diplomacy. At the QUAD’s first leadership summit on March 12 the nations announced will be launching a partnership to end the pandemic, expand manufacturing with facilities in India and provide assistance to the countries in the larger Indo-Pacific region…


Quad to Compete With China’s Vaccine Diplomacy in Indo-Pacific

NEW DELHI—The Quad nations—United States, India, Australia, and Japan—are pushing back against the Chinese regime’s vaccine diplomacy. At the first leadership summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue on March 12, the nations announced a partnership to end the pandemic, expand vaccine manufacturing with facilities in India, and provide assistance to the countries in the larger…


CCP Virus Cases in India Hit 5-Month High

NEW DELHI—Authorities ordered people indoors in some towns in western India as the number of new coronavirus infections hit 53,476 infections overnight, the highest in five months, data showed on Thursday. Cases have surged across several states in since late February, following a near-full reopening of the economy and flouting of safety measures such as…


US and China Engage in Dueling Narratives Over Quad and India

NEW DELHI—The United States, India, Australia, and Japan came together for the first QUAD meeting virtually on March 12, and the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, is in India to boost strategic ties and to address common goals in the Indo-Pacific. The events have inspired a strong rhetorical push back from China, Russian, and…


US and China Engage in Dueling Narratives Over Quad, India

NEW DELHI—The United States, India, Australia, and Japan came together for their first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) meeting virtually on March 12, while U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visited India to boost strategic ties and to address common goals in the Indo-Pacific region. The events have inspired a strong rhetorical pushback from China, Russian,…


US, China Engage in Dueling Narratives Over Quad, India

NEW DELHI—The United States, India, Australia, and Japan came together for their first virtual meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) on March 12, while U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visited India to boost strategic ties and address common goals in the Indo-Pacific region. China, Russian, and Pakistan responded to the meeting with lobbying…