SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China stocks closed at an eight-month high on Tuesday, while Hong Kong shares extended gains to a multi-year peak, driven by construction and power firms after work began on a major dam project in Tibet,

China has begun construction of a $167 billion mega hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, which flows into India as the Brahmaputra. The move has raised serious alarm in India, especially in Arunachal Pradesh,

While around 30 per cent of the Brahmaputra’s waters originate in China, the majority comes from rainfall within India’s catchment areas.

Khandu referred to the dam as a "water bomb" and a threat to India, ranking it higher than the military threat from China.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed some reassurance about China's construction of the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra, emphasizing the river's diverse water sources. While the dam raises concerns for India and Bangladesh,

As China formally began construction of a dam over the Brahmaputra River in Tibet, closer to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh, the river is back in the spotlight. Let's understand this key development by connecting it with your UPSC geography syllabus in a simple way.

Former Indian Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal criticised Beijing for ignoring the rights of downstream countries like India and Bangladesh, even as it backs Pakistan’s position on the Indus Waters Treaty.