The rupee has fallen more than 2 per cent against the dollar since the yuan devaluation
China will launch its first digital high-resolution television channel from January next year.
China's central banker on Monday acknowledged the presence of some speculative funds in the nation's record foreign exchange reserves of nearly $610 billion but asserted that the volume was 'not big.'
China's coalmines are the world's deadliest, with explosions, floods and fires killing thousands of workers each year. Inadequate safety equipment and lax safety rules are often blamed for the accidents.
The Indian tennis ace expressed hope that the changes would result in more prime time television coverage, popularity and prize-money.
China has launched a newspaper, which will be available to cellular phone users at the press of a button of their handset.
It would also be the world's highest and one of China's biggest-ever engineering projects.
'The meeting marks the first tentative step in the effort to understand whether the two largest Asian nations can co-exist peacefully while realising their aspirations.' 'Caution and watchful wariness will dominate the effort of both sides,' says Jayadeva Ranade, former RA&W officer and China expert.
Arie Haan decried China's scandal-plagued professional league as a reason for the team's loss in the WC qualifiers.
Zheng He commanded seven historic overseas voyages, including the one to India.
China's FDI growth saw ups and downs in the first 11 months of 2015.
In a rare honour, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would visit and address China's ruling Communist Party's Central School during his visit in Beijing next week besides holding in-depth talks with Chinese leaders.
The rupee briefly touched 66.78 in late afternoon trade due to stray dollar buying by some banks.
Extending losses for the second straight day, the rupee declined by 11 paise to close at more than 3-week low of 66.93 against the US dollar.
The rupee on Monday plunged to a two-week low of 66.61 by falling 47 paise against the US dollar on heavy demand for the American currency from importers.
China has unveiled its latest surface-to-air missile system for the first time coinciding with President Xi Jinping's four-nation tour, including India.
Amid deepening row with the United States over disputed South China Sea where American ships challenged China's claims of sovereignty, Chinese military has deployed its latest anti-ship cruise missiles which experts say can form a powerful defence line at sea.
China will increase its defence spending by "around seven per cent" this year, as it vowed to guard against "outside meddling" in its territorial disputes.
China is worried about the situation post the Dalai Lama and that his reincarnation could surface in Arunchal Pradesh, a region it claims as its own, but which is part of the Indian Republic, says former RA&W Additional Secretary Jayadeva Ranade.
US crude was down 25 cents at $52.08.
The president said China would never allow "any people, organisation or political party to split any part of Chinese territory out of the country at any time, in any form."
Benchmark indices plunge 4.7% in the first full week of 2016.
The onshore yuan trading band is tightly controlled.
Modi also said the people of India felt proud that President Xi has twice received him out of the capital.
The broader markets were also in top gear, with the BSE midcap index surging by 2.1% at 11,431 and the smallcap index gaining 1.4% at 11,735.
China on Tuesday said that the Dalai Lama can improve ties with it only by giving up wish for Tibetan independence and publicly announcing that Tibet is an inalienable part of the country.
Non-performing loans in the Chinese banking system stood at RMB 1.27 trillion at the end of 2015.
'While China has been hiking its defence spending, India has done precious little in implementing the Manmohan Singh government's decision of raising a 90,000-strong China-centric Mountain Strike Corps,' says Rajeev Sharma.
Asian markets were trading mixed with shares in China witnessing profit taking after sharp gains in the previous session.
At a time when Donald Trump is making belligerent noises, Chinese President Xi Jinping responds by overhauling the People's Liberation Army and restructuring the command of the PLA Navy to emphasise Beijing's resolve to dominate the South China Sea.
China on Wednesday said the US' naval and air incursions in the artificial islands in the South China Sea will be counter-productive leading to "miscalculation" and "crisis", as Beijing summoned the American ambassador to protest the US Navy's sailing of a warship into the disputed waters.
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