Mumbai with 92 billionaires overtakes Beijing to emerge as Asia's new billionaire hub
Business | Mar 26, 2024, 12:21 PM ISTAccording to the news, the total wealth of Mumbai's billionaires is $445 billion, which is 47% more than last year.
According to the news, the total wealth of Mumbai's billionaires is $445 billion, which is 47% more than last year.
Addressing an event in Japan, EAM Jaishankar said, "That is why for India, in a changing world, our own equilibrium, our own balances with other countries are changing as well. They don't have to be acrimonious, but the balance is changing."
The suspended death sentence in Chinese law gives the accused a two-year reprieve from being executed, after which it is automatically converted to life imprisonment, or more rarely, fixed-term imprisonment.
Yang, a pro-democracy blogger, is an Australian citizen born in China who was working in New York before. He was arrested when he arrived in Guangzhou from New York with his wife and teenage stepdaughter.
China kept a wary watch on Macron’s visit to India as Paris is emerging as a key defence partner to New Delhi amid efforts by the US and European Union to court India as a counterweight to counter China.
The Chinese capital, Beijing, has experienced its coldest December since records began in 1951.
Slippery train tracks due to the snow prompted automatic braking on the leading train. However, the train following behind on a descending line was unable to apply brakes in time and collided with the other train, injuring hundreds of passengers, some with broken bones.
An investigation is underway into the cause of Saturday's accident in Guizhou province. The three injured people remained hospitalized as of late Saturday and there were no updates on their condition Sunday.
The latest development could be seen as an effort by the US and China to slowly restoring contacts that were broken off over the past four years, both by the coronavirus pandemic that restricted travel and the growing animosity between the world's two largest economies.
Bhutan-China border dispute: During the conversation, both Bhutan and China agreed to establish diplomatic ties and resolve the boundary issue as soon as possible to transform the relations between the two neighbours into a legal form.
After the meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the conversation held at Beijing's Great Hall of the People was a very productive and substantial part of the conversation. However, he did not elaborate further citing "confidential".
During the meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Putin discussed trade and the anniversary of the trademark Belt and Road Initiative that has built highways, ports and power plants across Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere.
Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday with an honour guard meeting his plane. His visit is also a show of support for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road initiative. According to reports, both leaders may also discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
India had boycotted China's previous two BRI summits held in 2017 and 2019 due to its stance on the flagship economic corridor through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. India has also insisted that the BRI should be based on universally recognised international norms.
The two sides exchanged views on the ways to further strengthen and consolidate the mutual understanding and cooperation and give a new impetus in the front of economy, trade and people-to-people contacts.
If Putin travels to Beijing, it would be his first visit to his "allied nation" ever since Putin launched a so-called "special military operation" against Ukraine.
Meanwhile, this prompted a huge rage on social media platforms, where people exhibited disbelief and oppugned China's deep-rooted conservative attitudes and gender inequality in a patriarchal society.
Besides China, the President identified the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong and the Special Administrative Region of Macau, as a country of concern.
Jaishankar's virtual opening of the hall came before the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit next month, which India will host for the first time under its presidency.
China has insisted that Taiwan is a separatist province that must be reunited with the mainland—even if it means using force—to do so. China has been stationing warships close to Taiwan and regularly sending fighter jets into the air defense zone.
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