Vinod Janardhananan works in the world section of HT. He has over 17 years of experience covering world news.
Articles by Vinod Janardhanan
Chinese actress shares botched nose job pics online to warn others
Gao Liu, who is a singer and actor, published photos of her face before and after surgery on her Twitter-like Weibo page, and recounted her nightmare experience to some 5 million followers.
Updated on Feb 05, 2021 06:23 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Chinese Navy balances India’s ‘destabilising role’ in Indian Ocean: Pak Navy chief
The expanding partnership between Chinese and Pakistani navies will also play an important role in maintaining peace in the Indian Ocean Region, Admiral M Amjad Khan Niazi told Chinese state media.
Published on Feb 05, 2021 06:04 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
More US celebs back farmers’ protest in India
“I hope we can prevent any additional life from being lost,” tweeted John Sherman “Juju” Smith-Schuster of the Pittsburg Steelers, a major National Football League team.
Published on Feb 04, 2021 11:10 PM IST
Yashwant Raj I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
China gives 31.2mn Covid shots as second firm applies for license
China aims to vaccinate 50 million people before the start of the Lunar New Year in the second week of February when millions are expected to travel though the numbers are likely to be less this year than in other years.
Published on Feb 04, 2021 07:26 PM IST
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US warship sails by sensitive Taiwan Strait as its navy deploys carrier to Indo-Pacific
The US 7th Fleet’s guided missile destroyer USS John S McCain transited through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday while on a routine mission, the US Navy said.
Updated on Feb 04, 2021 07:54 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
China conducts most sophisticated repression abroad: Report
Tactics range from co-opting foreign governments to detain dissidents to digital threats and coercion by proxy, the Freedom House report said.
Updated on Feb 04, 2021 12:30 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Indo-Canadian groups ask Canada PM to condemn farmer protest violence on Jan 26
An executive in the PMO acknowledged receipt of the letter and said, “Please be assured that your comments have been carefully reviewed.”
Published on Feb 04, 2021 11:57 AM IST
Anirudh Bhattacharyya I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Canada designates Hizbul Mujahideen a terrorist group
The Pakistan-based, Kashmir-focused group was among 13 added to the list, including several neo-Nazi outfits like Proud Boys.
Published on Feb 04, 2021 11:31 AM IST
Anirudh Bhattacharyya I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
US wants India to resolve farm protest through dialogue
This was the Biden administration’s first response to a major Indian crisis. And although gently proposed, it marked a definitive departure from the hands-off “internal matter” approach favoured by the Trump administration to previous flashpoints.
Published on Feb 04, 2021 11:15 AM IST
Yashwant Raj I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
US in touch with India, Japan on Myanmar coup
The US also said it has made the determination that deposing of a duly elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi constituted a military coup and the determination will trigger related restrictions and sanctions.
Published on Feb 02, 2021 10:50 PM IST
Yashwant Raj I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Biden’s executive orders to undo more of Trump’s immigration policies
In the first, seven orders issued on his first day in office, Biden had rescinded former president Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban”, stopped work on the border wall and reinstated protection from deportation to undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
Updated on Feb 03, 2021 07:00 AM IST
Yashwant Raj I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan, Washington
US to help free Canadians held in China, Harris assures Trudeau
Harris “expressed strong solidarity with Canada regarding the issue of two Canadian citizens unjustly detained by China, and she made clear that the United States would continue to do everything it can to secure their release.”
Published on Feb 02, 2021 11:48 AM IST
Anirudh Bhattacharyya I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Biden threatens sanctions on Myanmar after coup
The US “will stand up for democracy wherever it is under attack,” vowed the US president, and his press secretary said his statement is directed at all countries in the region.
Published on Feb 02, 2021 12:13 AM IST
Yashwant Raj I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Covid: Flyers to Canada to be tested, will have to pay for quarantine
Besides a negative Covid test prior to boarding the flight, as mandated in January, incoming passengers will have to also get tested again after landing at a Canadian airport.
Published on Feb 01, 2021 12:21 PM IST
Anirudh Bhattacharyya I Edited by Vinod JanardhananAnirudh Bhattacharyya I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Trump finds new defence lawyers for Senate impeachment trial
Trial lawyers David Schoen and Bruce L Castor Jr will head the defence team, Trump’s office announced on Sunday evening.
Updated on Feb 02, 2021 12:41 AM IST
Yashwant Raj
Trump impeachment defence lawyers quit ahead of Senate trial
The former president had reportedly pressed the lawyers to argue that he lost the November election because of fraud.
Updated on Feb 01, 2021 07:15 AM IST
Yashwant Raj
Canada oppn MPs put pressure on PM to condemn ‘police brutality’ on Indian farmers
Leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) Jagmeet Singh has started a petition campaign on his party’s official website, which reads: “The Indian government’s use of violence on farmers protesting mass privatisation of the agricultural sector is appalling.”
Published on Jan 31, 2021 12:08 PM IST
Anirudh Bhattacharyya I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Jaishankar, Blinken agree to build on solid foundation of India-US ties
The conversation, described by Jaishankar as “warm”, completed the first round of calls between the national security teams of India and the Joe Biden administration.
Published on Jan 29, 2021 10:17 PM IST
Yashwant Raj I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
WHO team in Wuhan visits first hospital to treat Covid-19 patients
The itinerary of the experts’ team has not been announced though the UN agency has said the team plans to visit the seafood market linked to the first cases in the early days of the outbreak in Wuhan and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which researches on pathogens.
Published on Jan 29, 2021 06:15 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Delink border clash from bilateral ties, China to India
“It is hoped that India and China will move in the same way, properly manage differences, promote pragmatic cooperation, and push bilateral relations back on track,” said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said.
Published on Jan 29, 2021 04:43 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Chinese victim’s son seeks answers as WHO virus probe team starts work
Disgruntled family members of victims were blocked out of Chinese social media. The itinerary of the 13 WHO experts, expected to be here for two weeks under global glare, wasn’t revealed by the Chinese foreign ministry on Thursday.
Updated on Jan 28, 2021 07:29 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Biden admin scraps Trump-era rule ending work permit for some H-1B spouses
The reversal comes as a huge relief for many Indians who had lived with mounting uncertainty as former President Donald Trump’s administration had sought to take away work their work authorisation as part of a larger effort to protect American jobs for Americans.
Published on Jan 27, 2021 10:27 PM IST
Yashwant Raj I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
India, China vaccinations to stretch into late 2022, says study
The unusually rapid development of vaccines against the coronavirus had raised hopes for the pandemic to come to an end but limited production capacities, unequal distribution networks and massive demand for the shots are now sowing seeds of doubt.
Published on Jan 27, 2021 04:27 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
India to complain to Canada over blocking of consulate by farm law protesters
A group of protestors converged on the veranda leading to the building housing the Vancouver consulate on Republic Day, and were not prevented by local law enforcement from blocking the entrance.
Updated on Jan 27, 2021 12:09 PM IST
Anirudh Bhattacharyya I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
New US secretary of state Blinken says committed to a free Indo-Pacific
In calls with Japan’s Toshimitsu Motegi and South Korea’s Kang Kyung-wha, Blinken said US relations with their countries were the “cornerstone” and “linchpin” of “peace, security, and prosperity for a free and open Indo-Pacific region” and across the world.
Published on Jan 27, 2021 11:41 AM IST
HT Correspondent I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Republicans signal support for Trump in Senate impeachment trial
A motion to render the trial unconstitutional was defeated in a 45-55 vote in the Democrat-led 100-member Senate, which cleared the way for the trial to proceed. But the voting pattern revealed that Trump may eventually be acquitted, as a conviction requires a supermajority.
Published on Jan 27, 2021 11:23 AM IST
Yashwant Raj I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
No record of Sikkim clash in PLA patrol log: Chinese state media
“This is fake news. Based on what I learned, there is no record of this clash in the patrol log of the Chinese side,” wrote Hu Xijin, the high-profile editor of the nationalist tabloid Global Times, on Twitter.
Published on Jan 25, 2021 08:57 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
China plays down India’s vaccine diplomacy
It is up to each country to decide which Covid-19 vaccine it wishes to use, and there should not be vicious competition or confrontation, Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday.
Published on Jan 25, 2021 08:28 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Canada joins Quad joint naval exercise in Pacific Ocean
The fortnight-long anti-submarine warfare exercise Sea Dragon 2021 is being organised by the United States as its Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
Updated on Jan 25, 2021 08:10 PM IST
Anirudh Bhattacharyya I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
House to trigger Trump’s impeachment trial in Senate on Monday
“There will be a trial. It will be a full trial; it will be a fair trial,” said Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer.
Published on Jan 22, 2021 10:54 PM IST
Yashwant Raj I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan