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India and China needed Wuhan, but it will not be enough

Wuhan Summit between Xi and Modi was a politically expedient move, driven by national interests

On Christmas Eve, Trump talks to 7-year-old, wonders if he should believe in Santa

China’s fascination with Christmas and a British national who was abducted 32 years ago is coming back home

How China deals with its 5 biggest challenges in 2019 will impact India

China starts 2019 with a host of challenges — a slowing economy at home, Trump’s US, and concerns about Belt and Road Initiative.

Eight charts that tell technology’s story for 2018

Here are the eight biggest themes in technology in 2018.

Dubai princess who ‘escaped’ to India appears in photos for the first time

Actor Kevin Spacey charged with criminal charges in sexual assault case and 28 people killed in Kabul in attack by gunman

Indonesian band loses more members to tsunami that hit Java

Trump's frivolous decision can put America in danger, says NYT opinion piece as China expands its surveillance of its Muslims.

India may finally race forward in electric cars

Modi govt's new target of ensuring that 30% of all vehicles be electric by 2030 is a surprising & refreshing change.

In a first after Doklam standoff, India and China conduct joint military exercises

The exercise was held in China after a year's gap due to the 73-day military standoff in Doklam last year. Indian and Chinese troops on...

Need to work on widening trade with China, says Sushma Swaraj

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj held talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi under a framework set up during the Wuhan summit.

China is making a Beijing-Tibet expressway and it has military implications for India

China is quickly building G-6 expressway from Xining to Lhasa, to connect Tibet’s capital to Beijing. This could have military implications for India.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?