Tag: china

Centre makes visa rules stricter for Chinese Nationals

September 10, 2020

• The Indian government has introduced stricter visa norms for the Chinese Nationals. These norms will bring the Chinese on a par with Prior Referral Category countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.

India’s Former Envoy For US, China and Pakistan: Katyayani Shankar Bajpai passed away

September 1, 2020

• India’s Former Envoy For US, China and Pakistan, Katyayani Shankar Bajpai passed away at the age of 92.

“Gaofen-9 05” a remote-sensing satellite launched by China

August 24, 2020

• A new optical remote-sensing satellite named “Gaofen-9 05” successfully launched by China from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.

India to participate in Kavkaz 2020 exercise in Russia

August 8, 2020

• India will take part in the Russian Kavkaz 2020 strategic command-post exercise next month. The invitees for the exercise also include China and Pakistan apart from other member-states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

China launched its first Mars Probe

July 23, 2020

• China successfully launched its first Mars Probe named ‘Tianwen 1’from the Wenchchang Spacecraft launch site. The Spacecraft was carried by the biggest and powerful rocket of China, Long March 5.
• Its Objective is a comprehensive observation and investigation of the soil, atmosphere, environment and water on Mars.

China successfully launches APSTAR-6D telecommunication satellite

July 16, 2020

• China successfully sent a commercial telecommunication satellite, known as APSTAR-6D, into a planned orbit from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
• The APSTAR-6D telecommunication satellite was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. It was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
• The geostationary satellite, APSTAR-6D is the first satellite of China’s global, high-throughput broadband satellite communication system that will form a space-wide Internet communication network covering the whole world, similar to GPS.

High-throughput communication satellite launched from China

July 10, 2020

• The Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China Great Wall Industry Corporation has successfully launched the high-throughput communication satellite ‘APSTAR-6D’ on 9th July 2020.
• China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) has developed the commercial satellite ‘APSTAR-6D’

4th edition of the virtual Ministerial on Climate Action organized

July 9, 2020

• The fourth edition of the virtual Ministerial on Climate Action was co-chaired by the European Union, China and Canada.
• In the meeting, India was represented by the Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar.

UltraTech’s subsidiary to sell the whole stake in Chinese cement firm for $129 million

July 9, 2020

• Krishna Holdings, a subsidiary of UltraTech Nathdwara Cement, will trade its entire 92.5 percent stake in China’s Shandong Binani Rongan Cement for around $129 million. UltraTech Nathdwara Cement is a subsidiary of the UltraTech Cement.

Union Govt gave Rs 500 cr Emergency Funds to Armed Forces for War Preparedness

June 29, 2020

• The Central Government has invested special financial powers of Rs 500 crore as emergency funds to armed forces for war preparation between ongoing border tensions with China.