The government's crackdown came after it found a lot of Chinese e-commerce vendors misusing the provision that allowed gifts of up to Rs 5,000 intended for personal use to enter India as there is no customs duty being levied on them presently

Australia and India need to become dependable development partners, where Australia recognises and responds to New Delhi's priorities of creating a New India, gaining influence on the global stage, and raising living standards at home

Analysts attribute a sharp plunge in India's GDP in the first and second quarters of FY 20 -- 5 per cent in April-June and 4.5 in July-September quarter -- for a delay in achieving the target

Southeast Asia's growth this year is expected to be slightly lower than previously expected, as trade reliant economies like Singapore and Thailand are hit hard by the trade war and broader global slowdown

The Kudankulam power plant, based on light water nuclear technology, is being constructed as part of a Russia-India agreement in 1988

Traders said positive opening in domestic equities, easing crude oil prices and fresh foreign fund inflows supported the domestic currency

The World Bank loaned China $1.3 billion in the fiscal 2019 year ended June 30, down from about $2.4 billion during fiscal 2017.

Ravi Shankar Prasad informed that cyber security mock drills are being conducted regularly to enable assessment of cyber security preparedness of organisations in the government and in critical sectors

A batch of gloomy data, including weak Oct exports and retail sales, have painted a dark picture for the Japan's economy after figures last month showed growth nearly stalled in the third quarter

The PMI index rose to 51.8 in November from 51.7 in the previous month. That marked the fastest expansion since December 2016, when it was 51.9

The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of activity in China's factories, rose to 50.2 in November, up from 49.3 last month

Q2 GDP growth rate: India's swift growth is not only significant for the country but for the world economy too as India accounts for 7.7 per cent of the world GDP

With an indicative price of 30-32 riyals, the IPO is valued at as much as 96 billion riyals ($25.6 billion) and gives the firm a market value of $1.6-$1.7 trillion

Revenue in the first quarter ended Sept 30 rose 5.5% to 53.66 billion yuan from the same period last year, largely in line with analysts' expectation of 53.74 billion yuan

China's industrial sector has been under pressure in recent months as slowing demand at home and the fallout from the Sino-U.S. trade dispute undercut earnings

The official Xinhua News Agency said the two sides discussed solving issues regarding each other's core concerns

Reinforcing the upbeat tone adopted by China in recent days, Xi told a visiting U.S. business delegation that China holds a 'positive attitude' toward the trade talks

Reddy was speaking at a two-day leadership conclave jointly organized by the Institute for Advanced Studies in Complex Choices and XLRI, Jamshedpur, in Hyderabad.

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At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened marginally higher at 72.05 against the US dollar, before turning negative and dropping 15 paise to 72.24 against its previous close