New Delhi: The negotiation between India and Japan over the purchase of ‘ShinMaywa US-2’ amphibious aircraft is in its final stages. Japan has shown its willingness to reduce the purchase price of these aircraft for India that are designed for surveillance, search-and-rescue operations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Japan in the next month. […]
Tokyo : To increase the patrolling in the South China Sea, Japan has announced that it will provide Philippines two Patrol boats immediately. In addition to this, Japan is also going to provide Philippines with further 10 coastguard boats. Recently, a meeting was held between the officials of Japan and Philippines. In the meeting, a serious […]
New Delhi : Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi. Many important topics like India’s inclusion in the NSG, China objection at UN to initiate action on Maulana Masood Azhar and also on the proposed economic corridor in PoK are likely […]
Beijing : China’s foreign minister has been adamant about China’s sovereign right over the ‘South China Sea’. The foreign minister has also stated that China will not abide the decision by the international tribunal on this matter. Considering the fact that America and Japan could react to China’s stance, a ‘note verbale’ from China has […]
Lifting the arms embargo imposed on Vietnam, the US President declared that Vietnam was its most important ally in South-East Asia. The move was meant to bolster co-operation on the defence front between the two countries. Considering that Vietnam positions itself right opposite China in the dispute centred around the South China Sea, the lifting […]
With tension mounting in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia is all set to buy 12 submarines from France. These will be built in Australia and the program claims to create a good amount of employment that will in turn boost the economy of the country, asserted the Australian Prime Minister, ‘Malcolm Turnbull’. However, Australian Defence experts […]
Beijing – India has started purchasing large quantities of fuel and weapons from Russia. According to the claim made by the United States, human rights are being crushed in India. Yet, ignoring this claim, the United States is developing strategic cooperation with India. Besides, vigorous preparations have been initiated for Prime Minister Modi’s visit to […]
Seoul/Tokyo – On Thursday, North Korea’s dictatorial regime tested another ballistic missile. After travelling for a distance of about 1000 km, the missile crashed into the East Sea. But Japan ordered the people here to evacuate the crowded places and move to safer places, expressing concern that North Korea’s missile was in the direction of […]
Washington/Beijing: The US successfully shot down a Chinese ‘spy balloon’ that had been infiltrating and spying on US airspace since last week. After President Joe Biden’s order, the US F-22 Raptor fighter jet took action against the said balloon using a supersonic missile. The Pentagon has said that it will verify how much confidential information […]
Moscow: The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a trade route connecting Russia and Iran through the Caspian Sea, has become operational. It will provide a major impetus to the trade cooperation between Russia and Iran. US-based newspaper Bloomberg has claimed that this trade route will circumvent Western sanctions imposed on Russia-Iran. The newspaper reported that […]