Chinese and British banks have signed a 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) deal on Belt and Road cooperation as British Prime Minister Theresa May is in China on a three-day visit.


Chinese, British banks sign deal on B&R cooperation


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Indian Railways' all new 12,000 horsepower electric locomotive -- being produced in collaboration with Alstom of France and which can run at speeds of up to 120 kmph -- would be rolled out in March when French President Emmanuel Macron visits India, Railway Ministry sources said.


Railways set to get 1st high-speed electric locomotive in March


Sochi, Jan 31 (IANS/AKI) A Russian-hosted conference on Syria and co-sponsored by Turkey and Iran which many opposition groups shunned "made an important contribution" to the United Nations mediated peace talks being held in Geneva, UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura has said.


Sochi congress on Syria aided UN peace talks, says envoy


Britain is eyeing closer cooperation with China on the Belt and Road Initiative, the UK envoy to China has said, refuting reports that her country had an "ambiguous" attitude towards the initiative.


Britain eyes closer ties with China on Belt and Road Initiative


Sunayana Dumala, the widow of Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla who was killed in a hate crime last year in Kansas, was a Congressional guest at the State of the Union address delivered by President Donald Trump.


Slain techie Kuchibhotla's widow attends Trump's State of Union address


British High Commissioner to India, Sir Dominic Asquith, called on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday and discussed bilateral ties, an official said.


British envoy calls on UP CM, discusses trade


Legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee was on Tuesday presented France's highest civilian award, Legion d'Honneur  at a function here.


Soumitra Chatterjee presented Legion d'Honneur


Dubai, Jan 30 (IANS/WAM) Private healthcare in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) region, estimated at $62 billion in 2016, is forecasted to expand 8.7 per cent annually to reach $94 billion in 2021, according to a leading research company in the region.


GCC healthcare market to reach $94bn by 2021: Report


In a bid to enhance New Delhi's ties with the Caribbean region, India and Guyana on Tuesday signed three agreements, including on renewable energy and cultural exchange, following bilateral talks between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Second Vice President and Foreign Minister of Guyana Carl B. Greenidge here.


India, Guyana sign three agreements


India's envoy Gautam Bambawale on Tuesday met China's top media regulator and discussed cooperation in films and media to improve people-to-people exchanges.


Indian envoy discusses cooperation on Sino-India films


A rare Picasso painting depicting his French lover made its debut here at the start of a global tour and is expected to fetch $50 million.


Rare Picasso painting exhibited in Hong Kong


The Saudi-backed Yemen government is preparing to flee from the de facto capital Aden as fighters from the armed wing of a political movement demanding secession for southern Yemen seized large parts of the city after three days of fighting, the Guardian reported on Tuesday.


Yemen's Saudi-backed government 'to flee from Aden'


Fifteen newly-recruited Yemeni soldiers were killed in a suicide car bombing at a military checkpoint in Shabwa province on Tuesday, an official said.


15 soldiers killed in Yemen car bombing


The US State Department has said a Russian SU-27 engaged in an "unsafe interaction" with a US EP-3 aircraft in the international airspace over the Black Sea.


'Russian military plane engaged in unsafe interaction with US aircraft'


Israel has registered a record 31 per cent growth in tourist arrivals from India, with about 60,000 Indian tourists arriving in the country in 2017, according to data released by Israel's Ministry of Tourism.


31% growth in Indian tourists visiting Israel


Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Sri Lanka reached an all-time high of $1.63 billion in 2017, doubling from the $802 million received during the previous year, Sri Lanka's Board of Investment (BOI) said in a statement on Monday.


Sri Lanka receives highest ever FDI in 2017


China on Monday said it is building military infrastructure in Doklam because the region falls under its jurisdiction.


Well within rights to build facility in Doklam: China


China on Monday said it is ready to talk to India over its concerns on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which passes through Pakistan-administered Kashmir.


Ready to talk to India on CPEC: China


Qatar and Oman have signed an agreement aimed at enhancing trade and economic ties despite the ongoing embargo, the media reported.


Qatar, Oman sign deal to boost trade, economic ties


When Canada's young Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Golden Temple complex, which is home to the holiest of Sikh shrines, next month, he will carry a political message to a big constituency back home.


Thanks to influential diaspora, world leaders converge on Golden Temple


The US Department of State and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will organise a performance, 'Shakti: A Return to the Source', by a New York-based Battery Dance Company on Wednesday, a statement said.

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