Ukraine Crisis: What's China's Game?

China is going to be an indispensable partner in Russia's ongoing crisis with the US, while on its part, China cannot remain indifferent if Russia gets crushed by the US, lest it loses 'strategic......

Xi plans to use CCP centenary to serve his goals

With his eye on next year's Party Congress, Xi Jinping is using the CCP's centenary celebrations to publicise the benefits for China from its leadership, and boost his image and contribution to......

Why India must protest China's Hong Kong policy

'India need to look beyond the economic prism.''China had no qualms in taking the Kashmir issue to the UN Security Council last year -- not once, but thrice -- thus violating Indian sensitivities,'......

Foreign Secretary may improve India-China ties

'Vijay Gokhale's appointment as foreign secretary can be regarded as a certain 'adjustment' that could make a difference to the poor climate of India-China relations,' says Ambassdor M K......

China's cheap labour force down by 3.45 mn in 2012

China's demographic problem due to ageing population is showing up as the labour force for first time has decreased by 3.45 million last year, prompting officials to appeal to the new leadership to......

Widening trade gap with China worries India

The India-China trade is on course to reach the USD 100 billion target by 2015, but New Delhi is concerned over galloping gaps between India's exports and imports from China. The issue came up for......

China continues to trim its US debt to avoid risks

China, the biggest foreign holder of US debt has trimmed its portfolio to $1.15 trillion to diversify its foreign reserve portfolio to avoid risks. China reduced its US Treasuries portfolio by $5.4......

Some golden stocks you could look at

The markets gave a thumbs down to the Interim Budget 2009-10 and investors lost close to Rs 1 trillion on Monday itself. As the market breath remains negative, the investors continue to remain a......

Jiah: I'm not another Urmila

Jiah Khan is pretty clear she's notanother Urmila Matondkar, but claims she has 'her own aura' in her debut film, Nishabd. The young actresswas candid about acting with Amitabh Bachchan, and......

Shooter Shriyanka wins Paris Olympics quota

IMAGE: Shriyanka Sadangi finished fourth in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) event at the Asian Shooting Championship in Changwon, Korea. Photograph: NRAI/X Shriyanka Sadangi grabbed India's......

Asian Games: Samra steals the show with gold as India's shooters dominate

IMAGE: Sift Kaur Samra shot a world and Games record score of 469.6 to claim the gold medal in the women's individual 50m rifle 3 position shooting event at the Asian Games on Wednesday.......

Satwik-Chirag, Saina pull out of Thailand Open

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, right, and Chirag Shetty. Satwik has not yet recovered from the injury he sustained during the India Open. Photograph: Toru Hanai/Getty Images Commonwealth Games......

Sports Shorts: New high for Manika-Archana in TT rankings

IMAGE: Manika Batra and her doubles partner moved into the top-five of the international table tennis rankings. Photograph: Twitter Indian women's doubles pair of Manika Batra and Archana Girish......

BWF World C'ships: Prannoy moves into pre-quarters

IMAGE: HS Prannoy had to dig deep in the second game to pocket the match and advance at the BWF World Championships. Photograph: Prannoy HS/Twitter India's HS Prannoy registered a straight-game......