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TopicIndia China trade

Topic: India China trade

‘Development partners, not rivals,’ say Modi-Xi at meet; PM underlines peace at borders key to growth of ties

Meeting between 2 leaders comes a day before SCO Heads of State Summit in Tianjin, where Modi will meet Putin, Shehbaz Sharif, Erdogan & Ilham Aliyev, too.

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra resumes after 5 years, first batch flagged off from Sikkim

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra resumes after 5 years, first batch flagged off from Sikkim

The Varanasi Laughter Challenge & decoding Viksit Bharat’s ETA

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

After 15-month vacancy, Chinese Embassy in India gets career diplomat Xu Feihong as new envoy

China's former ambassador to Afghanistan and Romania, Xu Feihong has also served as deputy director general of the Department of European Affairs at the Chinese foreign ministry.

Modi govt blocks low-quality textiles from China. Surat traders want it back

China provides stability in price and quality. With the union governments Quality Control Orders that is gone, it’s a fresh problem for the textile industry.

India’s trade deficit with China is so far lower in 2023 than last year. Here’s why

Smaller deficit this year could be down to slowing Chinese economy. In terms of volume, Indian exports to China remain roughly one-tenth of Chinese exports to India.

India foreign trade crosses $1tn in 2022. Record $100bn imports from China widen deficit

With exports worth $453 billion and imports to the tune of $723 billion, India’s overall international trade reached $1.17 trillion, 21% above previous year’s $969 billion, official data show.

Why Australia’s Lowy Institute says India is Asia’s 4th biggest power but still an ‘underachiever’

The index ranks 26 countries and is based on 8 broad parameters. It includes Russia, Australia, New Zealand and the US for the influence they wield over the continent.

Brazil to replace India as a manufacturing hub? China is pushing for it

China has been increasing its trade with Latin American countries. Even individual Chinese provinces do more trade with the region than India.

Tensions high, but India’s lapping up Chinese goods. Why trade deficit’s hit record $101 bn

Trade deficit ballooned in 2022 calendar year in sharp rise from 2021 figure of $69.38 bn, according to Chinese customs data. Manufacturing sector recovery 'likely' driving imports.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.