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Click here! Earlier, Dalai Lama had also skipped the session for Taiwanese teachings scheduled for October 2-3 due to bad health. In a statement, his office had stated, “On the advice of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's personal physicians, His Holiness will take rest due to a persistent cold.

Google is in advanced talks with Indian electronics manufacturer Dixon Technologies as well as with Bharat FIH, an arm of Taiwan’s Foxconn, to set up production of its flagship smartphone Pixel 8 in India, people aware of the development told ET. On Thursday, Alphabet Inc’s chief executive Sundar Pichai announced that his company’s first made-in-India Pixel devices will be rolled out in early 2024, providing a significant boost to the country’s ambitions to emerge as a global electronics manufacturing hub.

Investing.com — The Dow closed lower Thursday as investors weighed a surge in the 10-year Treasury yield, mixed quarterly results and remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

China has more than 500 operational nuclear warheads in its arsenal and will probably have over 1,000 warheads by 2030, the Pentagon said in its annual report on Beijing's military that was released on Thursday. Despite the growing number of China's nuclear weapons, they are still much lower than what Russia and the United States have. The United States has a stockpile of about 3,700 nuclear warheads, of which roughly 1,419 strategic nuclear warheads were deployed. Russia has about 1,550 nuclear weapons deployed and according to the Federation of American Scientists, a stockpile of 4,489 nuclear warheads. In the wide ranging report, the Pentagon said China's more than 500 warheads as of May 2023 were on track to exceed projections. In a previous report, the Pentagon estimated that Beijing had more than 400 operational nuclear warheads in 2021. «We see the PRC (People's Republic of China) continuing to quite rapidly modernize and diversify and expand its nuclear forces,» a senior U.S.

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global manufacturers in India to set up manufacturing. "It's an early step towards expanding our production here to meet the local demand for pixel devices. And even more importantly, it's a huge step forward in Google's commitment to Make in India," Osterloh said.

The leaders of Russia and China have met in Beijing and called for close foreign policy coordination

For the past seven years, the 55-year-old has run the Chinese unit of fan and motor maker ebm-papst, and business has been good. But, as tensions simmer between Berlin and Beijing, ebm-papst is one of many medium-sized German companies starting to address their reliance on China, concerned at how possible Western sanctions or a future conflict over Taiwan might disrupt trade. Last year, ebm-papst launched a programme called 'Decoupling China' to ensure its Chinese division — which has around 1,900 staff — can operate if cut off from the rest of the company.

Suddenly in the aftermath of the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7, we have a presidential election about national security. And that could shuffle the U.S.

laptop, server and other IT hardware importers to provide an international certification attesting that their product is from a trusted source before allowing a licence-free import of it, people in the know of the matter told ET. This certification, one of the people said, could be from an international organisation. This organisation could periodically verify that the components used in the hardware come from trusted supply chains and do not have any spyware or malware in them, this person said.

Investing.com — US stock futures were trading in a tight range during Wednesday's evening deals, after major benchmark averages declined significantly throughout regular trading as Treasury bond yields surged to fresh 16-year highs.

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Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies firmed slightly on Wednesday tracking a stronger-than-expected reading on Chinese economic growth, although fears of an escalation in the Israel-Hamas war limited any major gains.

Biden may consider a supplemental request of about $100 billion that would include defense aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, multiple sources familiar with the request told Reuters on Tuesday. Biden has been widely expected to ask Congress to pass a supplemental spending bill within days, as Washington responds to the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants while looking to continue to support Ukraine as it grapples with a Russian invasion. The news broke as Biden prepared to depart for Tel Aviv and Amman to show support for Israel and also to meet leaders of Jordan and Egypt on the Gaza humanitarian crisis U.S.

The United States Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a notice on Oct. 17 expanding the already existing export controls of artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China. 

India on Tuesday in a 3:2 majority held that the law does not recognise the right to marry or have civil union for same-sex couples while saying that it is up to the Parliament to make law for it. The bench differed on certain aspects, especially on the applicability of adoption rules for queer couples. «It lies within the domain of parliament and state legislatures to determine the law on marriage,» CJI Chandrachud said during his verdict. This decision could've turned India into the most populous country in the world to extend marriage rights to the LGBTQ community. A five-judge bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud heard arguments in the case between April and May and reserved its order on May 11. The apex court decriminalised homosexuality in 2018 and scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex. It also expanded the legal definition of a family to include same-sex couples last year.

Filipino officials say Canada will help the Philippines detect illegal fishing with its satellite surveillance system under a new agreement

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad through its decad...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet this week with Chinese leaders in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine

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Stocks on Wall Street ended mostly lower on Friday to wrap up a volatile week, as a spike in oil prices and rising inflation expectations soured investors on riskier bets.