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The company will take up to CNY 600 (roughly Rs. 7,100) off the price of its top-tier iPhone 13 Pro series between July 29 and Aug 1.

Just three days ago, a satellite image showed China had built a fully functional village east of the Doklam plateau on the Bhutanese side, a territory considered important for India's strategic interest.

Russian travel documents rank 50th, allowing easy entry to 119 countries. China scored 69th with access to 80 countries, India ranked 87th, while Afghanistan's passport is the least helpful, granting entry to only 27 countries.

The satellite imagery exposes China's extensive land grab in Bhutan with a neatly-marked all-weather carriageway alongside the village that could give China's People's Liberation Army access to a strategic ridge in the Doklam plateau.

"Whatever happens there (Sri Lanka) will impact us. More than anyone else, we want stability there. The Indian government has said that we stand with the people of Sri Lanka and not any particular political party or leader. India has to take that position because if we are seen as being pro-active in deciding who should rule, then it will backfire on us," Ambassador Venu Rajamony told Asianet News Network in yet another edition of 'Samvad'.

PV Sindhu defeated China's Wang Zhi Yi 21-9, 11-21, 21-15 in the finals of the Singapore Open. This is Sindhu's third major title of 2022.

Aiming to crank up its combat capability and replace its ageing chopper fleet, Filipino officials have shown interest in procurement of a number of advanced light helicopters from India.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who made a rare visit this week to the restive Xinjiang region which borders Ladakh, met the troops and officers stationed there.

The data comes at a time when serious questions are being posed about the sustainability of the country's real estate sector and the credibility of its banking sector. China's National Bureau of Statistics said that the 'resurgence' of the pandemic was effectively contained and that the 'national economy registered a stable recovery'.

Henan's provincial banking and insurance regulator informed that individual customers who have deposits worth 50,000 Yuan (Rs 5,91,801) would start receiving the repayments from Friday. The remaining depositors have been paid in due course.