Eat less instant noodles and more local seafood: Xi tells Chinese tourists

President Xi Jinping has appealed to Chinese tourists not to leave a bad reputation behind, and eat fewer cups of instant noodles while travelling abroad. "Do not litter water bottles everywhere.......

India's message to Nepal, Maldives: Allow democracy to take root

India aims to gently encourage moderate and democratic forces in Nepal and Maldives towards building a less fractured polity, writes Shubha SinghThere has been some quiet diplomacy at work by the......

Why Maldives feels it can defy India

Unless our neighbours have a stake in our progress and success, they will challenge our role in various ways and power will become irrelevant, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. The day former......

'No immediate result expected from India-China talks'

India and China are moving sensibly in the right direction on the border issue but no immediate result is expected from the talks as they are "very complicated" and "sensitive", External Affair......

GMR consortium to run Philippines airport

GMR-Megawide consortium is set to takeover operations of Mactan-Cebu International Airport in the Philippines from Friday midnight tonight, a senior official of the Indian infra major said. "The......

GMR sticks to $1.4 bln claim for Male contract termination

With a legal tussle on between the Maldivian government and GMR over termination of a contract to develop Male international airport, the Indian infrastructure firm on Friday said it......

Is infra major GMR ready to turn around?

The infrastructure major's asset-light strategy is showing results, but it could still be a while before its debt burden reduces substantially. After a lull of nearly four years, GMR Infrastructure......

GMR hopeful of bagging Philippines airport project

Infrastructure major GMR on Wednesday expressed hope of bagging the bid to modernise an important airport in the Philippines, saying its joint venture was the highest qualified bidder for the over......