India-china Ties

A delegation of US lawmakers met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Wednesday in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala.

China and India have made "great positive progress" to resolve the border standoff, with both sides maintaining close communication, a senior foreign ministry official said here on Friday.

Normalcy in bilateral ties with China will only be achieved based on the traditional deployment of troops and will be the prerequisite for the relationship with Beijing in the future, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar dismissed China's repeated claims on Arunachal Pradesh as "ludicrous" and asserted that the frontier state is a "natural part of India".

In the backdrop of the nearly-four-year border row with China in eastern Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said the "tension" seen during this period has "not served either of us well".

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said arriving at an equilibrium and maintaining it is going to be one of the "biggest challenges" for India-China ties even as he asserted that the immediate issue at hand was Beijing's departure from

China's Xiaomi has told New Delhi that smartphone component suppliers are wary about setting up operations in India amid heavy scrutiny of Chinese companies by the government, according to a letter and a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday called for shoring up engagement among countries of Indian Ocean region to confront challenges like safeguarding sovereignty, dealing with cases of disregard to maritime laws and flouting of pacts.

Russia is hopeful that India and China will be able to find ways to resolve differences on the border issue and normalise ties based on mutual respect of sensitive interests, Russian envoy Denis Alipov said on Monday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reflected on India's relationship with China, he provided a perspective on how a more Bharat-centric approach could have shaped the nation's view of its ties with China differently.

Hari Om Rai, the arrested managing director of phone maker Lava, told a Delhi court that because the Sino-India relations have deteriorated over the years, it does not mean he committed an offence when there were friendly business relations.

Charg d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in India Ma Jia on Tuesday said that her country firmly sticks to the correct direction of China and India relations and emphasised that both countries should not be involved in undermining each other.

With the worsening of India-Canada ties, the parents of Indian students are worried that the standoff may impact their children in Canada and expose them to a security risk.

PM Modi should be concerned about the souring of ties with China, with whom India shares a 2,000-mile border and 3,000 years of cultural and trade ties.

India is studying possible responses to a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan following discreet inquiries from the US on how the country could contribute in the event of a war, according to senior government officials.

A delegation of US lawmakers met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Wednesday in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala.

China and India have made "great positive progress" to resolve the border standoff, with both sides maintaining close communication, a senior foreign ministry official said here on Friday.

Normalcy in bilateral ties with China will only be achieved based on the traditional deployment of troops and will be the prerequisite for the relationship with Beijing in the future, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar dismissed China's repeated claims on Arunachal Pradesh as "ludicrous" and asserted that the frontier state is a "natural part of India".

In the backdrop of the nearly-four-year border row with China in eastern Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said the "tension" seen during this period has "not served either of us well".

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said arriving at an equilibrium and maintaining it is going to be one of the "biggest challenges" for India-China ties even as he asserted that the immediate issue at hand was Beijing's departure from

China's Xiaomi has told New Delhi that smartphone component suppliers are wary about setting up operations in India amid heavy scrutiny of Chinese companies by the government, according to a letter and a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday called for shoring up engagement among countries of Indian Ocean region to confront challenges like safeguarding sovereignty, dealing with cases of disregard to maritime laws and flouting of pacts.

Russia is hopeful that India and China will be able to find ways to resolve differences on the border issue and normalise ties based on mutual respect of sensitive interests, Russian envoy Denis Alipov said on Monday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reflected on India's relationship with China, he provided a perspective on how a more Bharat-centric approach could have shaped the nation's view of its ties with China differently.

Hari Om Rai, the arrested managing director of phone maker Lava, told a Delhi court that because the Sino-India relations have deteriorated over the years, it does not mean he committed an offence when there were friendly business relations.

Charg d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in India Ma Jia on Tuesday said that her country firmly sticks to the correct direction of China and India relations and emphasised that both countries should not be involved in undermining each other.

With the worsening of India-Canada ties, the parents of Indian students are worried that the standoff may impact their children in Canada and expose them to a security risk.

PM Modi should be concerned about the souring of ties with China, with whom India shares a 2,000-mile border and 3,000 years of cultural and trade ties.

India is studying possible responses to a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan following discreet inquiries from the US on how the country could contribute in the event of a war, according to senior government officials.