India's benchmark indexes edged lower on Thursday, led by losses in IT stocks, as ambiguity over the U.S.-China trade deal and rising tensions in the Middle East dampened risk appetite. The Nifty 50 was down 0.

Willem Sels, Global CIO at HSBC Global Private Banking and Wealth says there is difference between economic exposure to tariffs and market exposure to tariffs. For China, India and Singapore, the market exposure to tariff are very limited.

Jaishankar said there was a parallel rise of the Indian and Chinese economies, but he acknowledged that China started reforms and modernisation much ahead of India

Washington and its allies want to deepen ties with New Delhi, but first they must realize how much India depends on and shares with China, writes Chietigj Bajpaee.

China has added another country to its 10-day visa-free transit program, bringing the total to 55 eligible countries. Indian travellers remain excluded despite calls for similar policies.

China's Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, expressed sadness over the plane crash in Ahmedabad and expressed solidarity with all those affected by it.

Indian universities, including the elite Indian Institutes of Technology, train talent for the world, but publish little world-class research. Not one Indian university ranks among the world’s top 100 for scientific research, according to the Nature Index, run by the publishers of the journal of the same name.

Sachs, a longtime critic of U.S. foreign policy, argued that Washington’s strategic impulse is to undercut any country that grows large enough to challenge its global dominance.

Demand for palm oil from India and China is expected to increase in coming months as recent price corrections provide attractive entry points for the big buyers, an industry expert said on Tuesday.