Officials in India have confirmed the country's first seven cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, which is reportedly surging in neighboring China.

Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and other seasonal viruses are on the rise across the northern hemisphere in early 2025, according to the World Health Organization. While news reports and social media videos have caused concern about a potential HMPV outbreak in China,

A handful of cases of the Human Metapneumovirus have been confirmed in India but officials say there's no cause for alarm, according to multiple reports.

India and China could be gearing up for a fresh geopolitical conflict. This isn’t a conflict involving guns, soldiers and warfare. But it is a conflict that concerns an absolutely vital geopolitical resource that neither India nor China can live without.

Nippon Steel is poised to expand its operations in the U.S. and India as it hunts for growth and protection from cheap Chinese exports after its bid for U.S. Steel was blocked by the White House, analysts say.

China has become the world’s second-largest holder of lithium reserves after a world-class spodumene-type lithium belt spanning 2,800 kilometres was discovered in the country’s west. A mine in the Xikunsong-Pan-Ganzi region in Tibet and some lithium salt lakes in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were also found.

While India’s own production lines stall, China has dramatically accelerated its military modernization. The J-36, which is expected to be a formidable force in future air combat, is poised to give China an edge in the skies for decades to come.

The Siang Upper Multipurpose Project will generate electricity and regulate water flow. But locals are angry about government secrecy over the project.

Beijing's approval of a controversial mega dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which flows from Tibet autonomous region into India, has sparked concerns about the environmental impact of the project,

NXP Semiconductors could generate between 8% and 10% of its revenue from India over the next three to five years, a senior executive told Reuters on Monday, underscoring rising interest in the country's nascent chip market.

India’s concerns over the mega dam include Chinese control over the flow of water to India, threat to ecological balance and floods, etc., in an earthquake-prone zone of the Himalayas.

The flu-like virus can lead to serious illness among vulnerable groups, such as young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.