China on Friday operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located......
Who knows, the moment of truth in Ladakh may also augur for a giant leap toward a boundary settlement with China in the fulness of time. The news that the special representatives of the two......
We have our own problems for sure and they are not trivial, but for now, our economy is in not too bad a shape, our politics is as personality-driven and authoritarian as that of most countries in......
'The past year has yielded extraordinary results in the strategic, commercial, and people-to-people components of the India-United States partnership, US Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma......
Moving ahead with their new mantra -- Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to deepen cooperation in......
The first metro rail corridor project inMumbaimoves forward with a Chinese company bagging the Rs 604 crore (Rs 6.04 billion) contract to supply 16 trains. The 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar......
India is now much ahead of other large railway networks in the world in terms of electrification -- with the US at just 1 per cent, China at 72 per cent and Europe at 60 per cent. IMAGE: The South......
The Maglev train takes 19 minutes and 30 seconds to complete the 18.5 km journey. The first Chinese Maglev rail line began operating in Changsha city today as China looks to sell the system......
Japan's decision to give virtually free finance for Modi's pet programme is part of its broader push back against China's involvement in infrastructure development in South Asia over the past......
IMF, which has also lowered its global economic growth forecast for 2016 and 2017 by a marginal 0.1 per cent to 3.1 and 3.4 per cent respectively, recommended six 'reform priorities' for India......