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Typhoon Koinu's storm encircled Taiwan between 6 am Wednesday (October 4) and 6 am Thursday (October 5), its defence ministry (MND) tracked one Chinese military aircraft and three navy vessels across the nation, Taiwan News reported. The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) military aircraft and three PLAN boats were reportedly spotted, according to the defence ministry. Taiwan's Defence Ministry (MND)said that no graphic of the flight paths had been supplied since there had been no indication that any PLAAF aircraft had crossed the Taiwan Strait's middle line or gotten as far as Taiwan's Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ)'s southwest sector. The MND said that it used its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance apparatus to keep an eye on the situation. It responded by dispatching navy ships, combat patrol aircraft, and land-based air defence missile systems. Beijing has been using «grey zone tactics» more often since September 2020, such as deploying military aircraft and naval vessels beyond the middle line and within Taiwan's ADIZ, Taiwan News reported. Notably, Grey zone tactics are «an effort or series of efforts beyond steady-state assurance and deterrence that attempts to achieve one's security objectives without resorting to the direct and substantial use of force.» Typhoon Koinu on Wednesday pounded Taiwan with heavy rain and winds.

Japanese Agriculture Minister Ichiro Miyashita says Tokyo hopes to resolve the issue of Chinese ban on its seafood within the World Trade Organization's scope

By Steve Holland

Japanese Agriculture Minister Ichiro Miyashita says Tokyo hopes to resolve the issue of Chinese ban on its seafood within the World Trade Organization's scope

Hungary’s foreign minister says that his government wants guarantees from Kyiv that a Hungarian bank that was removed from a Ukrainian list of sponsors of Russia’s war will not be placed back on that list in the future

India's government has assured domestic steelmakers that it is looking at ways to address their concerns about the EU's planned tariffs on imports of high-carbon goods and is discussing the issue with its European counterparts, a government official said. «We are discussing with stakeholders and continuing to look at ways in which India's trade interests in steel could be safeguarded,» Nagendra Nath Sinha, the most senior civil servant at the federal Ministry of Steel, told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. "(India's) government has raised its concerns at both bilateral and multilateral levels with the EU," he said, adding the tariffs would impact India's steel exports. The European Union this year approved the world's first plan to impose tariffs on imports of high-carbon goods including steel and cement as part of its aim to reach net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050. The proposal has caused widespread unease among top exporters of commodities such as steel to the EU. India's industry officials have warned that exports worth billions of dollars would face steep tariffs. The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) through which the EU plans to impose the tariffs ranging from 20% to 35% comes into effect from 2026. Exporters to the European Union will then need to purchase certificates to cover carbon emissions to put foreign producers on a level footing with EU industries that must buy permits from the bloc's carbon market when they pollute. Research group Wood Mackenzie in a recent report said that by 2034, the cost of India's steel exports to the EU would rise by 56% due to CBAM. As part of an initial phase of the CBAM, the 27-nation bloc has already asked EU importers to report the greenhouse gas

₹3 lakh. He was caught in South Delhi. Along with him, Mohammad Rizwan Ashraf and Mohammad Arshad Warsi were also arrested.

renewable energy capacities that are auctioned through designated agencies, which will help make the electricity tariff uniform for power distribution companies. The plan is to create separate pools for solar, wind, hybrid, and other projects based on the technologies for around five years, people aware of the development told ET. A weighted average of the tariffs from the capacities in the pool will be determined, which could be revised monthly, they said.

₹15,000 crore in dues to the state under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and PM Awas Yojana. The BJP has rejected the charge and accused the TMC of doing a "drama" in Delhi to divert attention from the scams in West Bengal. Lok Sabha MP from Krishnanagar Mahua Moitra alleged the Centre is collecting taxes from West Bengal, but not giving the state's dues.

Bajaj Finserv's insurance arm, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited (BAGIC) on September 29 received a show cause cum demand notice from the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Intelligence alleging a tax demand of Rs 1010.05 crore, the financial services company informed the exchanges on Tuesday. The notice was sent by the authority's Pune office referring to the failure to pay GST between July 2017 and March 2022 notably in two areas.

Read all the LIVE updates on Asian Games here Overall, Indian archers are in the medal hunt in eight events, including two in individual sections. The duo are now headed for their second semifinal clash in two months.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ said in Parliament on Sunday that during his recent meetings with Chinese leaders discussions were held on construction of a transmission line in the northern border region, installation of solar power plants along the border, construction of various roads and expansion of cooperation in the health and agriculture sectors. However, a number of Chinese projects in Nepal exist only on paper, in stark contrast to projects funded by India in the Himalayan country, where India’s grant assistance to Nepal totals around $63 billion, ET has learnt. Prachanda visited China late last month and reportedly got assurance of funding for 12 projects, even as there has been little progress on projects under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in Nepal, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Nepal signed the BRI agreement with China in 2017. However, the country has yet to reap the benefits of the agreement, even as some Nepalese leaders sought Chinese funds to reduce dependence on India. China has raised the issue of delayed BRI projects with Nepalese leaders, but there is no clarity as to why the projects have been delayed, according to Nepal watchers.

Apple has acknowledged software-related problems as the culprit behind the overheating issues reported by users of its recently released iPhone 15 models. Complaints about the devices becoming uncomfortably hot prompted Apple to investigate and assure users that a fix is on the way.

MOSCOW (Reuters) — The Kremlin said on Monday it believed a decision by U.S. Congress to pass a stopgap funding bill that omitted aid for Ukraine was a temporary setback for Kyiv, but forecast war fatigue in the West would grow and increasingly split opinion.

iPhone 13 will be available below Rs 40,000 during the sale. Currently priced at Rs 59,900 for the 128GB storage variant, Rs 69,900 for the 256GB variant, and Rs 89,900 for the 512GB variant, this jaw-dropping discount shaves off a whopping Rs 20,000 from the original price. Amazon's detailed deal breakdown assures customers that the final deal price is expected to be even lower than the listed Rs. 59,900. But that's not all.

anti-TB drug Bedaquiline to other countries without the fear of litigation, with multinational pharma giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) confirming that it will not enforce secondary patents for Bedaquiline in any of the low and middle income countries. «The decision is intended to assure current and future generic manufacturers that they may manufacture and sell high quality generic versions of SIRTURO without a concern that the Company will enforce its bedaquiline patents, provided the generic versions of SIRTURO® produced or supplied by generic manufacturers are of good quality, medically acceptable, and are used only in the 134 low- and middle-income countries,» J&J said in a statement last week.

branded jewellery industry is a case of effective state intervention to correct market imperfection. India was last year the second largest importer of gold, the bulk of it for domestic jewellery consumption. Regulatory requirements of greater transparency by buyers through money laundering legislation and sellers through hallmarking have speeded up the formalisation of the jewellery industry.

foldable smartphone, possibly named the OnePlus Open, with an expected release date of October 19. The device might feature a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, 16GB RAM, 256GB storage, dual displays (7.8-inch inner and 6.3-inch cover), as per several media reports. As per a report by Gadgets360, OnePlus has revealed plans to introduce its inaugural foldable smartphone, with the official launch date and product name still pending confirmation.

ALSO READ: Asian Games 2023 LIVE Updates Earlier, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jaismine Lamboria crashed out of the 60kg contest after conceding a second round to North Korean boxer Won Ungyong in her quarterfinal bout. As per details, two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg ) and Narender Berwal ( 92kg) have already secured Olympic quotas in their respective categories. India's Tajinder Pal Singh Toor registered 19.83m in his last throw and he has defender his Asian Games gold medal in the shot put event.

World Championship bronze medallist boxer Parveen Hooda assured India of a medal and also grabbed a Paris Olympic quota by moving into the 57kg semifinals, but Nikhat Zareen bowed out in the semifinals at the Asian Games here on Sunday. Parveen, who won the bronze medal in the 63kg at the 2022 World Boxing Championships, moved past Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova by unanimous verdict in the quarterfinal. However, Zareen, competing in the women's 50kg category, had to settle for bronze after losing to Rakast Chuthamat of Thailand.

London | Sea Forest, the emissions-busting Tasmanian start-up making cattle feed out of seaweed, is on the cusp of an international push into the British and European markets, according to founder Sam Elsom.