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Bhutan’s New Wave

A number of filmmakers in Bhutan are now making films that play in international festivalsThey include Khyentse Norbu, Dechen Order, Tashi Gyeltshen and Chand RC

6 min read21 Apr 2019
News

From Doklam to Wuhan, 2018 will go down as watershed year in testy India-China ties

Looking forward to 2019, China is ready to work with India to enhance political mutual trust, deepen exchanges and cooperation across various fields, properly manage differences and promote faster, better and more stable development of their ties, says Beijing

4 min read25 Dec 2018
Politics

Narendra Modi to be invited to Pakistan for SAARC summit, says Pak foreign office spokesman

The 2016 SAARC Summit, which was to be held in Islamabad, was called off after India had refused to attend following a terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir. Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan has also declined to participate

1 min read28 Nov 2018
Politics

India frets over China after Sri Lanka political crisis

China has deep pockets that it could use to ensure that smaller nationsincluding Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutanpay less attention to India, say analysts

2 min read29 Oct 2018
News

Narendra Modi congratulates Bhutan's newly elected PM Lotay Tshering

India's foreign ministry says Modi also welcomed the successful conduct of polls, only the third elections in Bhutan since 2008

1 min read19 Oct 2018
Politics

BIMSTEC eyes higher profile, visibility in Indo-Pacific region

The fourth BIMSTEC summit in Nepal on 30-31 August is likely to host leaders of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Sri Lanka

3 min read26 Aug 2018
Politics

South Asian nations lead as world pays tributes to Vajpayee

Tributes continued to pour in for Atal Bihari Vajpayee who was widely credited with charting a new path in foreign policy for India in many areas, including a complete revamp of ties with the US and bringing India out of the nuclear closet

3 min read17 Aug 2018
Politics

India must put special premium on good policy, says IMF's Bauer

While there is always a political cycle, our message is that structural reforms are marathons rather than sprints, says Andreas Bauer, IMF's senior resident representative for India

3 min read9 Aug 2018
Companies

Premji Invest pumps ₹400 crore in Gold Plus Glass Industry

Gold Plus operates two float glass lines with a combined installed capacity of 4,27,000 tonnes per annum and claims to have 16% share of the country's total installed float glass capacities

1 min read8 Aug 2018
Politics

Doklam row solved through diplomatic maturity: Govt

It was in Wuhan that India and China agreed 'to handle the differences through peaceful discussion within the context of the overall relationship', said Sushma Swaraj

2 min read1 Aug 2018