With bilateral border trade through the historic Silk Route between India and China remaining open for one more month, the export turnover from India is likely to increase substantially. Annual border trade, which this year commenced three weeks after the scheduled date, had started on a tepid note to record a thin volume in the first two months, but the business picked up subsequently.
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Marking a historic occasion, Nathu La, the famous Himalayan pass at 14,500 feet on the Sino-India border in Sikkim reopened after 44 years this morning for trade between the two neighbours.
It will be the dawn of a new era in Sino-Indian bilateral ties tomorrow when border trade between the world's two most populous nations resume through the famed Nathula pass after a gap of over four decades.
A visiting delegation from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China and Indian industry on Monday decided to study the feasibility of laying a natural gas pipeline across the two countries.
The '70s India. A Parisian apartment of 1945. More '70s. And yet another retro line!
Rajat Gupta's lawyer Rishi Bhandari said suit was filed in order to ensure that there was a designee on the board.
Readers have been sharing their best travel images from around the country here! You can share your best #India-Photos too!
Coffee Day Enterprises has already raised over Rs 334 crore from anchor investors.
The ban in India would hit Chinese internet companies that were making headway in the world's fastest-growing mobile market.
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There's something quite serene about an endless stretch of barren land discovers Abhishek Mande Bhot/Rediff.com
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'In the process, I hope that our Earth will be able to heal some more.'
'The lush green of Kashmir was exactly like the postcards and posters I had seen growing up.'
So far this year, there have been 76 private equity investments in India
In the fourth part of this series on North East Indian fashion designers and their struggles to attain success and visibility, Atsu Sekhose says he defines his success mantra as "repeat customers + good sales."
Meghna Rai Medhi tells Tista Sengupta/Rediff.com how she battled her way out to protect the age-old tradition of weaving in Assam, and brought a modern twist to their traditional attire.
With the signing of the pact, the Quad grouping of India, Japan, Australia and the US is set to gain more heft now, notes Dr Rajaram Panda.
'Chinese troops are not geared to fight Indian troops who are battle hardened and acclimatised and are far more hardy.'
JNU student leader and activist Shehla Rashid announced her joining of Faesal's party on the occasion.
Today, the Ladakhis and Tibetans have been joined by the Sikhs, the Madrassis, the Garhwalis, the Rajputs, who are well trained psychologically and otherwise, to defend the nation, observes Claude Arpi.
'We all live very intense lives. S*** goes down all the time.' 'This 'eureka moment' doesn't really happen.' 'The discipline of writing and polishing a song is way harder,' Prateek Kuhad, the singing sensation, tells Veer Arjun Singh.
Right from conducting nuclear deterrence patrols in 2015 to its destructive space programme, from its back-tracking on economic commitments to its hardened positions on Sino-India border deal -- its approach with India spells Adversarial with a capital A, says Shehzad Poonawalla
At Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas's nuptials, the Adil Manuel Collective played funk, jazz and R&B for longer than planned that evening at the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur. One of the couple's friends in the audience yelled: 'Are you guys even from India?' Adil Manuel offered to show her their passports.
Pipeline will carry 90 mmscmd gas for 30 years; India, Pak to get 38 mmscmd each, 14 mmscmd to go to Afghanistan
'If anybody wants me to act in their film for free, just make me sing all the songs!' 'I don't even care about the script.'
From trendy jackets to gowns, colourful separates to leather outfits, these clothes will give you serious winter vibes.
China will also set up 50 joint laboratories with countries participating in the Belt and Road initiative to enhance cooperation on innovation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a special interaction with Chinese media persons in New Delhi on the eve of the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping where he summarized the possibilities of Sino-India bilateral ties.
In the past year, Beijing has hosted at least 70 delegations from India as part of its outreach to the Indian business community, youth leaders and Sangh Parivar affiliates
When Meenakshi Arvind and Mookambika Rathinam took an epic car journey from Coimbatore to London, they encountered a world that was more good than bad. In the cry for freedom in a dark corner of the globe, they discovered that The Mahatma remained India's greatest icon.
A family man with two sons, who made it a point to attend all weddings and occasions in the community, Siddhartha is known by everyone as the quintessential 'nice guy' CEO -- never yelling, raising his voice or screaming at his employees, says Pavan Lall.
Traveller and trekker Amit Tyagi writes about the hidden gems of Kashmir. You won't regret including them in your next itinerary.
'Pakistan may feel emboldened to give an upswing to the proxy war in J&K, having secured a better international consensus on its strategic importance.' 'The raising of Pakistani flags by separatists in J&K is an attempt to win psychological space and more of this can be expected as we go into the summer.' 'Pakistan should remain warned that pushing India on this issue will be dangerous.'
'Gwadar has the potential to facilitate PLAN's operations in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.' 'Reports of China setting up electronic eavesdropping posts at Gwadar to monitor US and Indian naval activity and shipping traffic through the Straits of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea lend credence to this,' says former RA&W officer Jayadeva Ranade.
'Good Earth was more a passion than a business for a long time,' Anita Lal tells Anjuli Bhargava. 'Today, I can assure you I know more about retail than most, but I learnt it all the hard way.'
Twenty two years before Kabir Khan's The Forgotten Army streams on Amazon Prime on January 24, 2020, his documentary of the same name was telecast on Doordarshan. On that occasion, Kabir Khan spoke to Amberish K Diwanji/Rediff.com about Netaji's Azad Hind Fauj and its many battles for India's freedom.
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