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The confession by Qiu Ziming, the 38-year-old Weibo blogger and former journalist accused of "defaming" soldiers killed in last summer's border skirmish with India, was aired on a prime time segment.

One of the men held is a blogger with 2.5 million followers on social media site Weibo, which has suspended his accounts for a year.

Speculation and Google searches increased after a conspiracy theory website claimed India had banned the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine due to safety concerns.

Beyond being natural partners, cooperation between the world's oldest and largest democracies impacts real lives by creating prosperity, securing our peoples and advancing shared democratic values.

Twitter indicated it will not fully comply with the Indian government's request to block accounts amid farmer protests, citing a commitment to defending free speech.

Despite its many benefits, the world has also seen strong reactions to globalization. Much of that arises from unequal benefits, between and within societies.

India's Parliament is expected to consider a bill to ban "private" cryptocurrencies, with some as yet unspecified exceptions, which would allow the government to create a state-sanctioned digital alternative.

Ongoing farmers' protests against contentious agriculture laws in India have gained international attention due to tweets from Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg.

The family were informed that their relative's death was an error. The buried body belonged to another family, which was later contacted and informed of the death by the hospital.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) fell 42% worldwide in 2020, but rose 13% in India, eclipsing China's 4% gain, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development reported on Sunday.

Tensions are high along the Himalayan border after last summer's deadly hand-to-hand fighting there.

An Indian city is planning on deploying facial recognition to detect harassment based on women's expressions.

The Serum Institute of India is manufacturing millions of doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

In the footage, at least three men can be seen beating the critically endangered freshwater Ganges river dolphin as one man pins the animal down.

A tour agency in Kolkata is offering a package to people in India wanting to be one of the first to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Indian and Chinese forces have been locked in a stalemate along the 2,100-mile Line of Actual Control since deadly skirmishes claimed the lives of at least 20 soldiers in the summer.

Two girls left their home in Dhanfuliya village in Gujarat's Junagadh district, India, to use the toilet when the lions struck.

China is the U.S.'s largest supplier of goods imports. However trade fell by 16.2 percent last year following the imposition of tariffs, leaving U.S. companies looking to diversify their imports.

Health experts are now hunting for the source of the sickness, with officials so far ruling out links to COVID.

Three Indian-made COVID-19 vaccines are currently at different stages of clinical trials.

Taiwan's new envoy to India said Monday that it was time for Taipei and New Delhi to "redefine" their relationship amid both countries' tensions with China.

This arc of transnational partnerships from Greece to India is part of an alliance that includes economic ties and geostrategic discussions about common interests and security, as well as the need for stabilization in the face of terror and extremist threats.

The controversy centres on British-made series, "A Suitable Boy," which follows the story of university student, Lata, in her search for a husband in North India in 1951.

A new batch of J-16 multirole warplanes has been ordered for the Chinese military's western front, where a territorial stand-off with New Delhi continues, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.

The charity worker had already survived malaria and dengue fever infections before contracting COVID-19.

"If there is a balanced policy from Washington towards the continent, I think Washington would find Pakistan a willing partner," Pakistani permanent representative to the United Nations Munir Akram told Newsweek.

Though Diwali may look a little different this year, there are still plenty of ways to celebrate the festival.

At the virtual summit hosted by Russia on Tuesday, Narendra Modi also appeared to criticize Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan over a renewed border dispute in Kashmir.

Indian right-wing group, Hindu Sena, has reportedly been holding prayers for Donald Trump across India.

As the U.S. Navy trains with Australia, India and Japan to "deter all who challenge a free and open Indo-Pacific," China hopes these drills are "conducive to regional peace and stability, instead of working in the opposite way."