China holds celebrations in new villages along Indian border

China, which is building numerous villages in Tibet close to its borders with India and Bhutan, has held several celebratory events to mark its takeover of Tibet in the new border villages with a......

French Prez Macron to visit Delhi for G20 on Sept 9-10

The G20 Summit in India will be an opportunity to make progress in implementing joint responses to major global challenges, France said on Tuesday, announcing its President Emmanuel Macron's......

Arunachal integral part of India: US resolution snubs China

A bipartisan resolution was introduced in the United States Senate on Thursday to recognise Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India, pushing back against Beijing's military aggression to......

Prez invokes Ram temple, Art 370 in Parl speech

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said the centuries-old desire to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya has now become reality as she listed the achievements of the Modi government over the past 10......

China seeks NREGA tips

China has sought information on India's poverty reduction programmes, including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, to beef up its own strategy. A Chinese delegation......

Number of poor in China? A whopping 36 million!

At the end of 2013, 82 million people remained in poverty in rural areas, down 16.99 million from 2012 China has about 36 million people, including four million children below six years, living in......

China plans to cut GDP target to 6.5% in next 5-year plan

China may cut its GDP growth target to 6.5 per cent from the present seven per cent in its next five-year plan in view of the continued slowdown of the world's second largest economy. China may cut......

'China's economic boom eluded the poor'

China's poverty line of $85 per capita net income a year is too low for subsistence and fails to deliver to 100 million poor the benefits of the country's unprecedented economic boom, a senior......