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Taxes make Indian airfares 200-300% higher than China: Goyal

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Air fares in India were about 300 per cent higher than those in China and some other countries because of high tax rates, Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal said on Monday, asserting that the aviation ind

Hindi makes debut in South China

Hindi, one of the foreign languages gaining popularity in China will be making its debut in South China as Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou set to open a Hindi chair to teach the l

Airline bosses worried over high oil prices, eurozone crisis

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High oil prices and the unresolved European debt crisis hitting the financial bottomline of the global aviation industry would be the major focus of debate at the World Air Transport Summit beginning

11 killed, 59 injured in a pile up on highway in China

Eleven people were killed and 59 others injured in a pile up on a highway caused by collision of several vehicles in eastern China.

Several vehicles collided into another on a section of expressway

Carbon tax and Europe to dominate airline talks

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The world's airline bosses meet from Sunday in Beijing, with talks likely to be dominated by a bitterly opposed carbon tax, the European debt crisis and the perennial headache of high oil prices.

The

China May inflation at 2-year low, more easing seen

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China's annual consumer inflation cooled faster than forecast to two-year lows of 3 per cent in May, helping explain the central bank's move to cut interest rates this week for the first time since th

QXSino-India river talks in July

India and China on Thursday decided to hold crucial talks on cross-border rivers in July, amid New Delhi’s concerns over depletion of water levels in Brahmaputra, the lifeline of the Northeast.

India pitches for larger role

Making a strong pitch for its full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, India today said it sees a larger role for the security grouping in Afghanistan and evinced keen interest in par

China rate cut sparks fears of grim May data

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Global cheers over China's decision to cut interest rates faded on Friday as investors and economists worried that the move signalled the impending release of grim economic data.

China's surprise rat

China's Hu urges Iran to be 'flexible'

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China's President Hu Jintao called on his Iranian counterpart on Friday to be 'flexible and pragmatic' ahead of talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, the state Xinhua news agency said.

Hu also urged M

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