With its fourth successful unmanned mission launched on Monday, the country is all set to send it first manned mission in the later part of this year, according to the Shanghai.
The precious metal had gained Rs 1,240 in the last eight days.
Formula One has yet to earn a big following in China but organisers hope the Grand Prix will change that.
A former secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China was on Monday sentenced to 5 years in prison for dereliction of duty in one of the largest election frauds in the country, involving a bribery of more than USD 18 million.
The Haryana-boxer, one of only four Indians with a world championships medal to his credit, launched very few attacks but managed to connect just enough straights to get the judges' nod.
Beijing did not announce expected policy support over the weekend
Globally, jewellery buying fell 14%, investment slid 11%.
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.
A rate cut will bring positive sentiment around the Budget.
Recent appreciation has not deterred companies like electric goods maker Havells to set up plant in India.
Ongoing trade-war rhetoric between the US and China added some nervousness on the trading front coupled with extremely bullish dollar sentiment overseas.
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.
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.
'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 has lost value against all other major Asian currencies, including that of Bangladesh and, of course, China.' 'Why should this be the case when the Indian economy has been growing faster than these economies, other than China?'
E-commerce has become a success in China as it overtook the US as the world largest online retail market.
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.
The rupee closed at 60.76/77 on Tuesday.
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.
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.
The US and European Union on Monday announced a round of sanctions against Russian officials.
US interest rate normalisation policy is likely to keep global FX markets volatile.
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.
While RBI's foreign exchange reserves have swelled to over $400 billion, it has a 'sell' position of $981 billion.
Hiccups in Chinese economy and the overall strength of the dollar will continue to be a drag on the rupee in the coming year
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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.
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China brings the world to its doorstep with scale replicas of famous tourist destinations from across the world.
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.
The recent weakness of the rupee has been due to yuan's devaluation.
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'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.
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