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Chinese technicians may get faster visas to India to help set up factories

Chinese technicians and engineers need to visit India to set up factories and machinery in the country and a faster visa could make this process smoother

Three-day-long G20 event in Kashmir to begin today: All you need to know

This is the first international event in Kashmir since its special status was withdrawn in 2019. Following it, China and Pakistan expressed their concerns regarding the change

China's SAIC Motor plans to sell its stake in MG Motor to domestic entities

SAIC is in the advanced stages of talks with investors from different Indian companies, which include Reliance, Hero Group, Premji Invest, and JSW Group for equity sale

Jaishankar meets Chinese counterpart to discuss solutions for border row

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday conveyed to his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang the importance of resolving the eastern Ladakh border row and ensuring peace and tranquillity along the frontier for development of bilateral ties. Jaishankar held bilateral talks with Qin at a beach resort in Benaulim on the sidelines of a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). In a tweet, the external affairs minister said the focus remained on resolving outstanding issues and ensuring peace and tranquillity in the border areas. "A detailed discussion with State Councillor and FM Qin Gang of China on our bilateral relationship.Focus remains on resolving outstanding issues and ensuring peace and tranquillity in the border areas," he said. Jaishankar said the discussions were also held on issues relating to the SCO, G-20 and BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa). The meeting between the two foreign ministers was their second

4G networks boost digital economy at Indo-China border, 100% coverage soon

Government-funded 4G tower of Airtel started services last week in Lumpo, one of the last villages in the district near Line of Actual control in Arunachal Pradesh, paving way for access to new age digital economy for the locals. Reliance Jio, the bigger rival of Airtel, is already present till Dirang, 38 km from Bomdila-- a district between Tawang and state capital Itanagar. It expects to connect Jang (98 km from Dirang) by mid May and thereafter connect Tawang (40 km from Jang) by June-end. The telecom tower will open the local population to a host of services, officials said. With improvement in road infrastructure, most of the people in Lumpo and nearby villages have their own vehicles but they need to travel hours for accessing banking, education, shopping, government services etc in absence of a data network. "We have been using mobile phones for the last 10-12 years on the BSNL network but data doesn't work. Airtel 4G has just started and now we are able to transact using .

Rajnath to China: Existing border pact violations 'eroded' basis of ties

At a nearly 45-minute meeting with Li, amid three-year border row, Singh conveyed to the Chinese defence minister that development of India-China ties is premised on prevalence of peace at border

All issues at LAC need to be resolved as per existing pacts: Rajnath Singh

Singh said this at a bilateral meeting with Li amid the three-year border row along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh that has significantly strained ties between the two sides

India, China becoming high income countries to bring disruption: World Bank

He also highlighted the problems behind countries getting trapped, such as rising wages in the middle-income countries, results in loss of labour-intensive sectors

US lawmaker calls for India to join 'team America', abandon China-Russia

A US lawmaker of a key Congressional committee on the increasingly contentious relationship with China, called on India to choose "team America" over Russia and China.

With an eye on the Indian Ocean, China planning radar base in Sri Lanka

The radar base will focus on monitoring the activities of the Indian Navy, apart from attempting to evaluate India's strategic assets in South India

Hope local admin would support presence of Indian journalists in China: MEA

India on Thursday hoped that Chinese authorities would facilitate continued presence of Indian journalists in China. The comments by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in Delhi came days after China decided to "freeze" visas of two Indian journalists. "There are Chinese journalists who have valid Indian visas to undertake journalistic activities," Bagchi said responding to a question on the issue. From that perspective, we don't see any difficulties in doing reporting (by the Chinese journalists), he said. "As regards to Indian journalists working in China, we would hope that Chinese authorities would facilitate their continued presence and reporting from China," Bagchi said. "We are in touch with Chinese authorities in this regard," he said. Meanwhile, China has sought reciprocal measures from India for the facilitation of its journalists even as it defended its recent move to freeze the visas of the two Indian correspondents. China's Foreign Ministry officia

China is the most prolific perpetrator of transnational repression: Report

The Chinese government is the worlds most prolific perpetrator of transnational repression, accounting for 253 incidents, or 30 per cent of all recorded cases

As China renames 11 places in Arunachal, here's a look at recent conflicts

Reacting to the latest move at renaming places, India said that China was inventing names that would not alter reality

Kiri Industries expresses trust in Singapore court, hopes fair decision

Indian dye company Kiri Industries has expressed full confidence in the Singapore International Commercial Court's (SICC) decision and hopes its China-linked partner would honour the "final outcome" of an 8-year old dispute. Kiri, a minority shareholder in Dystar, initiated a legal battle in 2015 against Senda, a subsidiary of China's largest dye firm Longsheng and Dystar's majority shareholder, accusing it of minority oppression through various actions in Singapore High Court. In 2017, the suit was transferred to the SICC due to its international elements and in 2018, the court issued its judgement for the case, stating they accepted most of the instances of commercial unfairness raised by Kiri. "We are delighted with how our suits have progressed through Singapore's courts to achieve a just outcome," said Manish Kiri, Chairman & Managing Director, Kiri Industries Limited. On March 3, 2023, the SICC delivered the final valuation of stake in Kiri's joint venture company DyStar ...

We are driving the change that has taken a century to come: Xi to Putin

China's President Xi Jinping told a grinning Vladimir Putin 'change is coming' in an ominous parting message as he departed Moscow following talks with his Russian counterpart, the media reported

China and India promise to improve bilateral relations, says report

Chinese and Indian foreign ministers met recently and discussed future cooperation in various fields, people-to-people exchanges, and normalized management of the border situation

India Inc must step up: EAM S Jaishankar on China trade imbalance

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said the responsibility for the trade imbalance with China rests squarely on businesses as well, blaming Indian corporates for not developing the right sourcing arrangements. Speaking at the Asia Economic Dialogue here, Jaishankar said the government is doing its bit by bringing in policies like the thrust on Atmanirbhar Bharat and made it clear that the "massive external exposure" puts national security at threat. Terming the challenge posed by the trade imbalance with China as very serious and formidable, the career bureaucrat turned politician said the responsibility here is not just of the government, but it is an equal responsibility of businesses as well. "Indian corporates have not developed the kind of backwards (integration), vendor supplies, components and parts, ingredients and intermediates that should be supporting us," he said. With lots of people, including former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, asking India to focus on

China's FM, central bank governor to attend debt roundtable in India: IMF

China has to change its policies because low income countries cannot pay: IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva

Budget session: Cong seeks discussion on losing 26 patrolling points at LAC

India lost access to 26 out of 65 Patrolling Points (PP), which was not the case before May 2020, and the subsequent Galwan clash where 20 bravehearts sacrificed their lives: Pawan Khera

US 'closely monitoring' India-China border situation: State Department

'We are closely monitoring the situation broadly regarding border clashes but we are glad to hear that at least in December both sides (India and China) appeared to have disengaged'