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SriLankan Airlines is rationalizing its services to China in accordance with current market conditions as per its long-held commercial policies, with a temporary reduction of frequencies to several cities, the airline said
New India, UAE, US, Saudi partnership for regional good in ‘shared interests’
Unlike in the Indo-Pacific region, where China poses a security issue for India and US, the challenge in the Middle East is from Beijing’s subtle economic and political push through its Belt and Road Initiative.
To counter China, Japan preparing to play a more dominant role in Indian Ocean/ Indo Pacific
Japan now wants to provide its leadership role in the region for the Western world. Washington, which was so long seeking to counter China through India, has now turned to Japan as it felt that New Delhi was not living up to that role.
ASEAN must change or face irrelevance
ASEAN remains ill-equipped to handle the fallout from the tensions in the South China Sea or the potentiality of a full-blown Taiwanese conflict.
Strategic significance of the 6th Indian Ocean Conference in Bangladesh
Against this backdrop, India has been promoting the idea of ‘net security provider’ in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
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Coronavirus and the Wuhan spirit: India could have done more than just evacuation
India, in 1938, was the first Asian country from where real help came for China. Today, India is the first Asian country to evacuate its citizens from China, writes Rajendra Shende for South Asia Monitor
India completes evacuation of nationals from Wuhan
India's evacuation of its nationals who were stranded in China's Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus epidemic, was completed on Sunday with around 650 people brought back in two phases
India suspends e-visa entry from China
The Indian government temporarily banned the e-visa entry of Chinese and other foreign nationals into India in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan
Pakistan, Maldives suspend flight operations to and from China as South Asia remains on high alert
Pakistan and Maldives halted flight operations to and from China after the death toll in the country climbed to more than 200 and the first coronavirus positive case was reported in India
No clearance for Sri Lanka to evacuate students in Wuhan
Sri Lanka has not yet received clearance to evacuate Sri Lankan students in Wuhan city, the Prime Minister’s Office said.
China keenly follows India's citizenship debate, Northeast ferment
The debate over the Indian Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, or CAB, has been widely reported in the Chinese media, from the time the Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha December 9 until December 12, when it was signed into law by the President Ram Nath Kovind, after the CAB was passed through both houses of parliament
Beijing optimistic about rebuilding ties with Colombo: A media analysis
The recently-concluded elections in Sri Lanka was widely covered in the Chinese media, an indication of the strategic interest of Beijing in the island nation and the Indian Ocean Region
