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......
China has apparently acknowledged that it has discontinued its policy of issuing stapled visas to people from Jammu and Kashmir, suggesting that there have been no such cases in recent times.......
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's decision to visit Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti's Dargah at Ajmer Sharif with his family members on April 8 indicates his willingness to walk the extra mile to......
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 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......
The 67 per cent drop in oil prices in 1985 and 1986 was followed by a global boom. A sharp plunge in oil prices is likely to transfer $1.5 trillion of wealth to consumers, bringing the US back as......
Japan now boasts of having the world’s fastest train. Image: Japan’s Maglev train sets a new record. Photograph: Reuters And if a train with this speed runs in......
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......