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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
TopicIndia China trade

Topic: India China trade

Delhi-Shanghai direct route resumes after 5 yrs, Indian consulate welcomes first set of passengers

Resumption of direct commercial flights between India and China began in phases last month. IndiGo restarted daily flights between Kolkata & Guangzhou on 26 October.

Delhi & Beijing search for new normal & why India can be the ‘juggernaut’ of women’s cricket

In other global news, Travis McMaster's Cocoon moves back to China after its retaliation against US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Trump, Modi & the Russian oil mystery, and rise of RSS from ‘fringe to mainstream’

Global media also covers the growing political dominance of RSS, India's IPO boom, and India-China ties amid a changing global order.

US, China bully India in global market. Delhi must get its own instruments of leverage

India has an advantage which even long-standing powers do not have—the world's highest concentration of Global Capability Centres.

‘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.

On Camera

India’s nuclear-power goal needs more than capital

New Delhi has finally accepted that the base load power demand of the future will need supplementing, and nuclear plants are one way to go about it.

Coastal states Maharashtra, TN, Gujarat top India’s exports index, landlocked UP a surprise performer

Releasing Export Preparedness Index report, NITI Aayog CEO says Centre has ‘ticked a lot of boxes’, & responsibility of driving the next phase of export growth now rests with states.

Rafale deal to be inked in 2026, final assembly line in Nagpur, Indian firms to be roped in

The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.