Total imports from China at $58.7 billion were more than India’s combined purchases from US and UAE, the country's second- and third-largest trade partners, respectively.
The rebound in demand follows a nearly 80% drop in imports between January and June and comes as India slowly eases restrictions put in place to control the Covid outbreak.
A study of the 101 items put in the negative list shows that over one-fourth are already manufactured in India and have not been imported for a long time.
Indian start-ups are thinking creatively and using cutting-edge technology. But many of them are stuck at the stage of taking ‘ideas’ to ‘proof of concept’.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be in the US for talks with their American counterparts next week.
On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
Then what was all this tall talk we see in The Print about joining Quad to isolate China ?
I remember reading the Yogi had written to companies in China inviting them to come over ! None came of course.
Bhakths need to be realistic. Modi promoted Xi, hoping for investment in Gujarat. Maybe he got something, but India lost land.
If you go to any industrial exhibition, you well see Gujaratis – hanging around Chinese booths. They want to strike a deal to be an import agent for Chinese goods. They will sell the country and their mothers for money.
Felt happy to read President Xi is expected to visit India later this year, to attend a BRICS summit. Also that some pending investment proposals from China are expected to be approved. Economic engagement cannot obscure the tensions that have arisen / increased between the two countries. However, they give both sides a good reason to sit together and find a way to overcome them.
Then what was all this tall talk we see in The Print about joining Quad to isolate China ?
I remember reading the Yogi had written to companies in China inviting them to come over ! None came of course.
Bhakths need to be realistic. Modi promoted Xi, hoping for investment in Gujarat. Maybe he got something, but India lost land.
If you go to any industrial exhibition, you well see Gujaratis – hanging around Chinese booths. They want to strike a deal to be an import agent for Chinese goods. They will sell the country and their mothers for money.
Felt happy to read President Xi is expected to visit India later this year, to attend a BRICS summit. Also that some pending investment proposals from China are expected to be approved. Economic engagement cannot obscure the tensions that have arisen / increased between the two countries. However, they give both sides a good reason to sit together and find a way to overcome them.