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Is India planning to spy on Chinese submarines from the Andamans, with a little help from Japan?

India?s move, with a little help from Japan, to develop a strategically located island chain near the mouth of Southeast Asia?s main shipping lane is part of a broader plan by New Delhi to keep a closer watch on China?s naval assets, say analysts and former Indian officials ? especially its submarines. The Andaman and Nicobar archipelago of 572 islands, only 38 of which are inhabited, stretches across some 1,000km (620 miles) of Indian Ocean by the western entrance to the Malacca Strait, throug

19 Apr, 2021

Another leukemia patient dies of Covid in Sri Lanka

Another leukemia patient has died of the coronavirus in Sri Lanka, the Government said today. The patient had been receiving treatment at the Apeksha Hospital in Maharagama before being transferred to the IDH hospital in Angoda. The Government Information Department said that the latest victim is a 52-year-old male resident of Pitabeddara. He was diagnosed as being infected with the coronavirus and was transferred from the Apeksha Hospital in Maharagama to the IDH hospital in Angoda where he

18 Apr, 2021

India fast-tracks approval for foreign vaccines

India yesterday said it will fast-track emergency approvals for Covid-19 vaccines that have been authorised by Western countries and Japan, paving the way for possible imports of Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna shots. Meanwhile, US health authorities yesterday recommended a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over blood clot fears, as surging coronavirus cases in many parts of the world overshadowed the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Indian move, which will

19 Apr, 2021