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By Andrew MacAskill

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China would widen market access in the service industry and promote cross-border services trade.

By Xie Yu, Kevin Huang and Li Gu

farmers have planted 39.8 million hectares (98.3 million acres) with rice, up 3.7% on the same period last year, farm ministry data showed on Friday, as record high prices prompted farmers to expand the area. Higher rice planting could alleviate supply concerns in the world's second biggest producer and consumer of the grain.India surprised buyers in July by imposing a ban on the export of widely consumed non-basmati white rice, following a ban on broken rice exports last year. New Delhi's decision to ban overseas shipments of its largest rice export category would be likely to roughly halve shipments by the world's largest exporter of the grain. «Farmers are very interested in rice, but the weather is not supporting the planted crop.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam winning Singapore's presidential election, he joins a long list of Indian-origin leaders who are dominating politics at important world capitals. Shanmugaratnam, 66, received 70.4 per cent of the votes in the presidential election held on Friday. «Singaporeans have chosen Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam to be our next president by a decisive margin,» Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said as he congratulated Tharman on Saturday. He is among several leaders of Indian heritage who have ascended to the highest echelon of public service globally. His victory signifies the rising influence of Indians across the globe. In the US, the growing influence of the Indian-American community can be seen in the success of Kamala Harris, who became the first woman and the first coloured Vice President of the country. She was a senator for California from 2017 to 2021.

ISRO's first space venture to study the sun astronomer and Profesor RC Kapoor on Saturday said that the most important instrument on the Aditya-L1 mission launch will study the corona of the Sun. In Bengaluru, speaking to ANI, Kapoor said, «This is a very important day. The most important instrument on Aditya L1 will study the Corona of the Sun. Normally, which can only be studied during full solar eclipse...»Watch Aditya-L1 mission launch Live Updates In Chennai former ISRO scientist Mylswamy Annadurai, a Padma Shree awardee said, "...It is technically very challenging to acquire the L1 point and have an orbit around that and to survive for the five years with very accurate finding requirements… This is scientifically going to be rewarding because seven instruments will try to understand the dynamics and phenomena of what's happening there..." The spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, allowing continuous viewing of the sun without any eclipses or obstructions.

International Cricket Stadium. Meanwhile, fans have been excited ahead of the all-important match, drawing the perennial comparisons between India's Virat Kohli and Pakistan's Babar Azam. However, now the Pakistan skipper has put a rest to the comparisons with Virat Kohli claiming that the India star is elder than him and there is a lot of mutual respect between them.

Ind vs Pak Asia cup 2023: The arch rivals India and Pakistan will face off against each other for a much-anticipated encounter at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka's Kandy today i.e. on 2 September. Team India and Pakistan don't get to play each other very frequently, but when they do, the term "high-octane clash" hardly scratches the surface and every match is greatly anticipated.

Click here to read the full reportOn being asked about the debate about who is the better batter between him and Virat Kohli, Babar said, “The debate that has been going on should be left to them (fans). I don't want to comment on it.

India's Solar mission Aditya-L1 is all set to be launched today, Saturday, September 2. Speaking to ANI, Hafield said, “So when we put something like Aditya L-1 up there in between us and the Sun to sense those things, to better understand how the sun works and the threats that it has to the earth, it's good for everybody for protecting us as people." “But also, of course, our electrical grid, our internet grid, and all of the thousands of satellites that we count on that are up in orbit.

G20 Summit 2023: Delhi is gearing up to host the prestigious G20 summit from September 8 to 10, placing a strong emphasis on showcasing its rich culture and cuisine to world leaders and their spouses. The nation's capital, New Delhi, has undergone a significant makeover in preparation for this event. To ensure smooth proceedings, educational institutions and offices will be temporarily closed, and traffic restrictions will be implemented to facilitate the smooth movement of delegation carcades.

reality has become, that’s a really good example of it, because if, in fact, this were any other time and place, this race would not be happening this way," said Fabrizio, who also works for a super PAC supporting Trump’s candidacy. The survey revealed other findings about the Republican primary race: > At 13% support, DeSantis’s position has collapsed since April, when 24% backed him in a slightly different field of candidates tested by the Journal. > GOP primary voters believe businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and former Gov.

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee

Russia's Roscosmos space agency said Friday that the country has deployed an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile that President Vladimir Putin once said will make Russia's enemies «think twice.» Agency head Yuri Borisov said Sarmat missiles have been placed on combat duty, according to Russian news agencies. Further details were not reported. The Sarmat is one of several advanced weapons whose development Putin announced in 2018.

Moneycontrol has reported. Sources told Moneycontrol that the company has been testing the feature since more than a month within its app for employees and the small number of consumers for whom it is available. It further added that the feature is on the app under the name ‘OLA ONDC food’ as sources also told the daily that Ola will not launch a separate delivery app.

RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has been rated ‘A+’ in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023, the central bank said on Friday. Taking to X (former Twitter), RBI said," We are happy to announce that Governor Shaktikanta Das has been rated “A " in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023.

Google Doodle is celebrating Vietnam's 78th National Day with a special illustration. Vietnam's National Day marks 78 years since the historic moment when thousands of people gathered in Ba Đình Square to hear the Declaration of Independence read by the country's first president, Ho Chi Minh. In a statement on the occasion, the search giant noted, “Today’s Doodle celebrates Vietnam’s National Day.

solar observatory mission, Aditya L-1, from its premier satellite launch centre Sriharikota, off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. If successful, India will become the fourth country to place a spacecraft in an orbit around the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point, termed L1, after the US, Europe and China, top solar scientists said. Earlier, USA’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) joint mission Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and China’s Chang’e-5 extended mission have reached L1.

Aditya L1 Mission LIVE: India will aim for the Sun on Saturday with its maiden Solar expedition as ISRO's trusted PSLV will carry the Aditya L1 mission on a 125-day voyage to the Sun. The 23.10 hour countdown for the launch of Aditya L1 onboard PSLV C57 commenced on Friday, ISRO said.

By Nandita Bose

The founder and chairman of Care A2 Plus misled regulators in the United States in a bid to enter the lucrative infant formula market, increase its valuation and “personally receive a windfall” from an ASX-listing, the company’s former distribution partner has claimed in a Florida court.