Formula One has yet to earn a big following in China but organisers hope the Grand Prix will change that.
China, the world's second largest economy, in a rare move on Monday lowered its GDP for 2012 by 0.1 percentage point to 7.7 per cent, the lowest in 14 years as the communist giant grapples with economic slowdown.
The dollar index, which tracks the world's reserve currency against a basket of its peers, is down 0.16 per cent at 97.58.
Recent appreciation has not deterred companies like electric goods maker Havells to set up plant in India.
India's women recurve team kept itself in medal contention by moving to the semifinals of the Asian Games even as the men's recurve team suffered a close 3-5 defeat against Hong Kong to crash out in the elimination round of the archery competition.
E-commerce has become a success in China as it overtook the US as the world largest online retail market.
'It is certainly time for New Delhi to open up. Not only should it go ahead at full steam with the roads to the LAC, but the government must also allow tourists to visit these stunningly beautiful areas of Indian territory.'
The rupee had plunged 65 paise in its biggest single-day drop in over six months to end at 61.49 in Wednesday's trade against the greenback, hit by spike in dollar demand and negative cues from local stocks.
While RBI's foreign exchange reserves have swelled to over $400 billion, it has a 'sell' position of $981 billion.
Indian capital markets joined the global sell-off sparked by China growth concerns
Volatile currency market sentiment across Asia following a fresh round of China's yuan depreciation further added to gloom.
The rupee closed at 60.76/77 on Tuesday.
China's smartphone giant Xiaomi on Thursday launched its new flagship phones to rival iPhone 6 at virtually half the prices and vowed to expand its India operations, brushing aside the legal challenges it faced over patent issues.
Slowdown persists in China. India's GDP estimates for 2015-16 are liable to be pared; projections for 2016-17 are lacklustre.
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The US and European Union on Monday announced a round of sanctions against Russian officials.
It's a dip that India can probably relate to given that the country went from two gold, three silver and four bronze in Guangzhou 2010 to a mere two bronze at Incheon 2014.
'Joko's re-election bid has been as tough as Modi's.' 'But in a curious reversal of roles, what Joko faced was a platform somewhat akin to Modi has chosen for himself to woo voters,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Traders hope elections will see BJP winning a majority to usher in reforms and pull the economy out of the current slow growth.
In Hong Kong market, the dollar fell against Japanese yen in early trade after the release of a set of stronger- than-expected economic data.
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With world's largest population of nearly 1.4 billion people, food security remains a major issue in China.
The 3.9 million yuan ($630,000) fine is the biggest-ever.
China brings the world to its doorstep with scale replicas of famous tourist destinations from across the world.
If there is turmoil in currencies, gold can shoot up sharply, says author of Arora Report.
The recent weakness of the rupee has been due to yuan's devaluation.
We should not see a strong rupee as strength but target a fairly priced rupee for restoring our competitiveness, says Rashesh Shah.
It is not clear yet what impact the blockade of the river will have on the flow of water from the Brahmaputra into the lower riparian countries like India and Bangladesh as a result.
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Be careful if you find your postal mails/ bank and financial statements intercepted, pilfered or tampered with.
The much-delayed Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), which will roll out steps to boost exports, is expected to be unveiled soon.
The 17-year-old Nikhat Zareen (54kg) of India continued her winning run to enter the final of the AIBA Women's Youth World Boxing Championships in Albena, Bulgaria.
Dealers attributed the rupee's fall to fresh demand for USD.
A Chinese high court on Friday rejected the appeal of disgraced Communist Party leader Bo Xilai and upheld his life sentence for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power in the country's biggest political scandal.
The total value of holdings of domestic institutional investors as a percentage of the value of FII holdings has reached its highest level in four years.
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