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‘Absence of Covid info’: WHO backs restrictions on travellers from China

By Odisha News Online Dec 31, 2022 268

NEW DELHI, DEC 31:  The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that the curbs on travellers from China by various countries are “understandable” in the absence of comprehensive information from the ground. His remarks came as several countries from the US to South Korea have placed restrictions on air travellers […]Continue Reading

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China names its US envoy Qin Gang as new foreign minister

By Odisha News Online Dec 31, 2022 262

NEW DELHI, DEC 31: China on Friday appointed its envoy to the US, Qin Gang, as the new foreign minister. Qin, 56, will succeed incumbent Wang Yi, who has been elevated to the politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and is expected to play a bigger role. There is a possibility of Qin succeeding 69-year-old […]Continue Reading

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New Covid guidelines: Ensure oxygen supply, RT-PCR mandatory for passengers from China

By Odisha News Online Dec 24, 2022 289

GANDHINAGAR, DEC 24: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said RT-PCR test for the detection of COVID-19 would be made mandatory for passengers from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand for their travel to India. Any passenger from these countries found symptomatic or testing positive for coronavirus would be quarantined, he said. Continue Reading

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Opposition protest in Parliament complex, demand discussion on border tensions with China

By Odisha News Online Dec 21, 2022 295

NEW DELHI, DEC 21: Leaders of various opposition parties staged a protest near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Parliament complex on Wednesday to demand a discussion on the border tensions between India and China. The protest was led by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader in Lok Sabha […]Continue Reading

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Not Nehru’s India of 1962, it’s Modi’s new India: BJP on Rahul’s remarks about Chinese threat

By Odisha News Online Dec 17, 2022 282

NEW ADMIN, DEC 16: Hitting back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that India is ignoring the threat of war from China, the BJP on Friday said he is trying to spread confusion and demoralise soldiers and added it is not Jawaharlal Nehru’s India of 1962. “This is Modi’s India, this is new […]Continue Reading

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AIIMS cyber-attack suspected to have originated in China, Hong Kong

By Odisha News Online Dec 15, 2022 427

NEW DELHI, DEC 15: The cyber-attack on the AIIMS, Delhi servers is suspected to have originated from locations in China and Hong Kong, official sources said on Wednesday. Further details have been sought which can be obtained from companies in China and Hong Kong. The Delhi Police has written to the Central Bureau of Investigation […]Continue Reading

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‘Not helpful for building trust’: China reacts to India-US joint exercise near border

By Odisha News Online Dec 1, 2022 240

AULI/JOSHIMATH, DEC 1:  The day China reacted to the India-US joint exercise Yudh Abhyas 2022, the exercise entered the important phase of putting military assistance towards the support of civilian population as part of the Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief situation. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday said, “The India-US joint exercise near Continue Reading

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China objects to India-US military drills near LAC

By Odisha News Online Nov 30, 2022 302

BEIJING, NOV 30: China on Wednesday said it was opposed to the joint Indo-US military exercises being held near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), asserting that it violates the spirit of the two border agreements signed between New Delhi and Beijing. The 18th edition of the India-US joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ is currently […]Continue Reading

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What China’s PLA couldn’t do, DeMo, GST did: Rahul

By Odisha News Online Nov 28, 2022 294

BHOPAL, NOV 28: Marching through the heat and dust of the tribal-dominated Malwa-Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh for four days, Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra arrived in the country’s cleanest city Indore on Sunday. In a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government, he accused the BJP government of ruining the backbone of employment generation, […]Continue Reading

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PM Modi has been ‘very firm’ on China: Jaishankar

By Odisha News Online Nov 26, 2022 250

NEW DELHI, NOV 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been “very firm” on China and he should be judged by the strong deployment of our forces on the Sino-India border, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, rejecting the Opposition’s criticism of the prime minister’s recent handshake with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Jaishankar said Continue Reading