NEW DELHI: Taking a swipe at the US, Chinese ambassador to India Xu Feihong said Thursday the “remarkable” development witnessed by India and China is built on the hard work and wisdom of their people and not on someone’s generosity.Xu’s remarks seemed directed at US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau’s comments earlier that Washington…
NEW DELHI: Veteran diplomat and India’s high commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami will be India’s next ambassador to China. An IFS officer of 1992 batch, he is expected to take up his new assignment shortly, the govt announced Thursday.Doraiswamy served as a young diplomat in Beijing from 1996 to 2000 and is said to…
NEW DELHI: Despite Indian exports seeing good growth in recent months, India’s trade deficit with China has topped the $100 billion mark for the first time, with still a month left for the fiscal year to close.Latest data released by the commerce department estimated the trade deficit during April-Feb at $102 billion, as against $91.1…
The official starting grid for the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix is here, as Mercedes hope to secure their second one-two in a row. Following his record breaking qualifying, F1’s youngest ever pole-sitter Kimi Antonelli starts on the front row with Mercedes teammate George Russell, whose last-gasp Q3 lap places him ahead of the Ferraris on…
Kimi Antonelli was not penalized for impeding Lando Norris in SQ2 of the Chinese Grand Prix. The Italian driver originally qualified in second place for Saturday’s Sprint, and can keep his position. After SQ2, the Mercedes driver was investigated for impeding Norris, but was not handed a three-place grid penalty. That is because the defending…
NEW DELHI: India and China underscored the importance of peace and tranquility in border areas for overall progress in ties, while reiterating their commitment to implement the guidance provided by their leaders, including on the need to proceed from a “political and strategic direction” on issues and concerns related to bilateral trade.According to an Indian…
NEW DELHI: India’s exports to China have increased 37% to $14.2 billion during April-Dec, govt told Rajya Sabha Friday, with shipments during the last month of 2025 jumping 67% to over $2 billion.Imports during the first nine months were up 13.5% to nearly $96 billion, latest data from the commerce department showed. ‘China Had A…
Instagram/savannahguthrie Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos gave an update on Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie who was reported missing over the weekend. Nanos described Nancy’s home as a “crime scene” and officials do not believe she left the home on her own, according to a report from WKYT on Monday,…
NEW DELHI: China’s fresh assertion that the Shaksgam Valley “belongs to China” has reopened a largely forgotten but strategically explosive fault line in the long-running Kashmir dispute. Beijing’s defence of infrastructure construction in the region — tied closely to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) — has drawn a sharp response from New Delhi, which has…
NEW DELHI: More than five decades after Indian naval strikes crippled Karachi during the 1971 war, undersea power is once again at the heart of New Delhi’s strategic thinking. As German Chancellor Friedrich Merz began his visit to India on Monday amid a more volatile regional and global security environment, discussions around Project-75I have acquired…