No thaw in sight in India-China ties for 4th year

With Beijing remaining intransigent on the withdrawal of additional troops deployed by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) since the deadly border clash in 2020 in eastern Ladakh, India's bilateral......

India, China agree to hold early military talks; review LAC situation

India and China on Thursday held "constructive" diplomatic talks on proposals to resolve the remaining issues and achieve complete disengagement in eastern Ladakh, but there were no clear......

SC orders Centre, states to eradicate manual scavenging in phased manner

Observing that a large segment of India's population, involved in manual scavenging, has remained unheard and muted, in bondage and systematically trapped in inhumane conditions, the Supreme Court......

'The basic lesson is not to trust China'

'Three decades of intensive discussions, protocols and Confidence Building Measures were jettisoned one fine morning in 2020.''The primary lesson that has been learnt is that that there is no......

2021: An year of record trade amid frozen India-China ties

India and China achieved a major milestone this year when their bilateral trade crossed the landmark figure of $100 billion but it did not generate any fanfare in both capitals as the two Asian......

The e-com draft policy still needs plenty of rewriting

As traders are busy finalising their inputs, the variation in compliance norms for marketplace and inventory-led firms stands out in the proposed guidelines. Nivedita Mookerji reports.......

Budget 2021: Centre set to launch e-platform to sell non-core assets

It is estimating that this would help monetise assets worth Rs 10,000 crore. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The government is set to launch an online platform to sell surplus land and......