Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri on Sunday hoisted the tricolour during India's 75th Independence Day celebrations at the Indian Embassy in Beijing.
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India on Thursday requested Beijing to allow Indians to travel to China, saying two-way traffic should be facilitated considering Chinese nationals are able to come here even during the pandemic.
China had “temporarily suspended” travel from India in November after a dozen passengers on board a Vande Bharat flight tested positive on arrival at Wuhan.
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New Delhi has made the request in view of the fact that several Indian nationals are awaiting visas even after complying with China’s insistence that they get Chinese-made vaccines. In March this year, the Chinese embassy had issued a notification stating that it would facilitate visas for those taking vaccines made in that country.
April 2021
Tensions continued to mount among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt ahead of Addis Ababa’s planned second unilateral filling of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in coming months. In apparent warning to Addis Ababa and preparation for possible escalation of inter-state tensions, Sudan and Egypt 31 March-5 April held second joint military exercise since Nov 2020. New round of talks among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on filling and operation of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Blue Nile river broke down 6 April. Cairo same day denounced Ethiopia’s “lack of political will to negotiate in good faith”, while Khartoum vowed to “consider all possible options to protect its security”, denouncing Addis Ababa’s rejection of its proposal for quadripartite mediation by AU, EU, UN and U.S. to break deadlock in AU-led negotiations. Ethiopia’s water minister Seleshi Bekele 7 April said Addis Ababa would proceed with second filling of dam during forthcoming rainy season bet