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China Railway's cross-border cargo deliveries to Europe, C. Asia show robust growth from Jan-May
A China-Central Asia freight train bound for Tashkent via Horgos departs from a station in Tianjin Port in North China's Tianjin, May 20, 2025. Photo: Xinhua China Railway's cross-border cargo deliveries to Europe and Central Asia saw robust...

China may win more than EU from auto tariff truce
A détente in the electric vehicle tariff war may suit China more than Europe. Brussels and Beijing are haggling over a way for Chinese manufacturers to sell battery rides tariff-free, but at a minimum price. Embracing such a system would be a...

Asia-Pacific And Latin American SABRE Deadline Extended For One Week
(MENAFN- PRovoke) SINGAPORE and SAO PAULO-The final deadline for our Asia-Paciic and Latin Anerican SABRE Awards has been extended for one week. Entries in both regions will now be accepted until midnight on Friday, June 27. The Asia-Pacific SABRE...

India Will Not Run Short Of Fuels Due To Middle East Tensions: Hardeep Puri
New Delhi: Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday allayed fears over any disruption in oil supplies to Indian consumers due to the Israel-Iran war and further escalation in geopolitical tensions in the Middle East because...

India pledges to secure fuel supply amid Middle East turmoil
NEW DELHI, - India will take measures to safeguard domestic fuel supplies amid rising tensions in the Middle East following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran's nuclear sites, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Sunday. India pledges to secure...

India News | Shivraj Singh Chouhan Reviews ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering in Bhopal
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday visited the ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE), Bhopal,Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers...
‘India doubles petroleum exports to Europe in 3 years on Russian oil import’
Addressing the 28th St Petersburg International Economic Forum, the CEO of Russia's state-owned energy company said that global energy security is impossible without Russia, Venezuela and Iran. He noted that these countries, with which oil trade...

Japan’s central bank eyes crypto as contender in its post-cash economy
Bank of Japan officials are beginning to acknowledge what once seemed outlandish: that cryptocurrencies could one day become a major part of everyday payments in Japan—and perhaps even challenge the yen itself. While they stress that such a shift...

China’s solar grip tightens — Cell imports more than double; module imports barely dip despite curbs
India’s imports of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells from China — for assembly into modules or panels — jumped 141 per cent, from around 1.89 billion units in 2023-24 (FY24) to 4.55 billion in FY25, official trade data shows.Imports of PV cells...

Chinese EVs help drive Africa's green transition
YD introduces an EV to a customer in Kigali, the capital of its market shar Rwanda, in August 2024. HAN XU / XINHUA From Kenya to South Africa, Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers are ramping up investment in Africa, a move that experts said...

Chinese Vision vs. US Lack of Vision in Auto Industry, & Excessive Government Support
Last Updated on: 22nd June 2025, 11:59 am There are a couple of claims about China and its car industry that are quite common and aim to discredit what Chinese automakers have been achieving in the EV world. Overall, the idea is that EV producers...

India’s Coffee Exports More Than Double In Last 11 Years
New Delhi: India's coffee exports have more than doubled to $1.8 billion in the last 11 years, with the country becoming the 5th largest exporter, according to the government data. India’s coffee exports stood at $800 million in 2014-15 and have...

US advises 'caution' on travel to India
The US has issued an advisory for its citizens travelling to India, urging "increased caution" due to crime and rape, and advising them not to travel to certain parts of central and eastern parts of the country due to terrorism. The travel...
America is off to war again and China is probably celebrating
China is publicly "deeply concerned" about events in the Middle East but privately is probably celebrating. America is off to war again, and China will be the winner as it has been for two decades. Throughout China's rise as an industrial power...

Japan's high-tech sunscreens tap into skincare craze; Indonesia among nations where new factories will be set up
TOKYO (AFP): When YouTuber Hannah Price set out to compare Japanese and Australian sunscreen, she wasn't expecting her deep dive into the subject to rack up over two million views. The huge number of people poring over Price's video shows the...
Brilliant Bumrah makes mark as India and England battle for first Test control
India will head into Day 4 of the first Test against England with a narrow advantage after an entertaining battle at Headingley on Sunday. Despite losing overnight centurion Ollie Pope early on in proceedings and then seeing Harry Brook fall one...

Will India face shortage of fuel due to Mideast tensions? Hardeep Puri responds
India imports around 85 per cent of its crude oil requirement, and a surge in oil prices leads to an increase in its oil import bill and pushes up the rate of inflation, which hurts economic growth. The larger outgo of foreign exchange also leads...

Int'l forums, expos being intensively held in China
People visit the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 19, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua) The World Economic Forum's 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025, commonly known as the...

GT Voice: Two-way ASEAN Express boosts economic ties across Eurasia
Illustration: Liu Rui/GT A freight train loaded with maternal and infant products, cosmetics, and medical supplies departed Duisburg, Germany on Saturday, marking the launch of the return leg of the ASEAN Express service, the Xinhua News Agency...

Caught in Crossfire: Why India Needs Consumer Protection & Cybersecurity Standards for Crypto
Not only cyber incidents but also frauds are becoming more localised and damagingOver the past decade, cryptocurrency has evolved from a fringe technology into a mainstream financial alternative, providing access and autonomy to millions in...