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BEIJING: China and India have "managed well" their differences over the border issue and the presence of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Dharmsala, a top Chinese official said today, ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit to New Delhi next week. "We have managed the (both)...

Abhishek Arora might be the baby of the family - he's 14 - but when it comes to technology, he's the grandpa . It's little wonder that when Mohan Lal Arora wants to embed an interactive chart in his PowerPoint presentation, he calls on his son. Ditto for Ruhani Arora , who understands technology...

NEW DELHI: India is making a concerted push into Central Asia by taking charge of a crucial transportation network through Iran into the region and beyond. After getting an enthusiastic thumbs up from 14 stakeholder countries in the region in January, experts from all the countries will meet in...

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to ease trade with India by switching to a negative list-based import regime and following it up with a most-favoured-nation (MFN) trade status by the year-end. The move will increase the number of items Indian exporters can sell...

NEW YORK: Citing the "enormous maturity" shown by India in dealing with Indo-Pak issues, Pakistan has advised Afghanistan to "take a leaf out of the Indian book" and learn about building ties, instead of engaging in an "accusatory game" towards it. Even if a "leaf falls on the grass in...

WASHINGTON: Mark Twain and Max Mueller were captivated by India. Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon disdained her. In a far more complex 21st century environment, India continues to evoke mixed reactions across the world, although it is gradually increasing positive views from the international...

India’s first natural gas well targeted at shale has been drilled by ONGC and the whisper numbers are already in. The well was a success and geologists and engineers are already pegging the country’s resources at somewhere between 600 and 2,000 trillion cu ft (tcf) of potential gas. That is...

The India-Pakistan rapprochement came in handy to bring back Indians from Libya on chartered flights. According to government sources, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao called up her Pakistan counterpart Salman Bashir on Friday for “overflight clearance” for the special flights from Tripoli...