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India have never won an Olympic medal in archery, but celebrated coach Kim Hyung Tak will not be surprised if they break the duck in Paris. Between 2004 and 2020, India's men's, women's and mixed teams made the quarter-finals six times but could not secure a podium finish. Only Dhiraj Bommadevara has won a quota place for India in archery for the Paris Games, while the recurve archers are chasing a team quota in a qualification tournament in Turkey next month.

China General Chamber of Commerce showed that average order values contracted by the most in nine months, even though total sales expanded as customer traffic grew during the Labor Day holiday. The latest data showed “economic momentum and social demand have continued to recover," said Bruce Pang, chief economist for Greater China at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

Stock Market News: Domestic equity benchmark indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, began Friday's session in green amid positive global cues. Due to investor risk aversion during the ongoing election sessions, the domestic market saw heavy selling pressure on Thursday. However, because there aren't any significant positive triggers, analysts predict that this volatility will continue in the near future.

BEIJING — European companies in China are finding it harder to make money in the country as growth slows and overcapacity pressures increase, according to a survey released Friday by the EU Chamber of Commerce in China.

₹15,863 crores this month, is a significant current trend in the market. Despite their continued buying, DIIs are not as aggressive as they previously were because of some uncertainty over the election results. It's critical to recognise that, in addition to the high US bond yields there is now another driver driving FII selling.

prices for solar panels, which have slashed profits across the sector, don’t have much room to fall further, according to the chairmen of two of the industry’s biggest firms. The current slump is “irrational” and there’s only a small probability it will continue, Jinko Solar Co. Chairman Li Xiande said in a joint presentation hosted by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Li answered written questions from investors at the event on Tuesday along with executives from other firms, including Trina Solar Co. and CSI Solar Co. The companies are trying to turn a corner after solar manufacturers saw profits vanish as a wave of new factories that were aimed at capturing a growing market came online in the past year. Instead, the new supply has overwhelmed demand, sending panel prices to record lows and annihilating margins.“The price of photovoltaic modules is currently at a low level, and there’s limited room for further decline,” Trina Chairman Gao Jifan said at the presentation.

SINGAPORE–When Elon Musk made a surprise visit last month to Beijing, the Tesla chief executive brought along a trusted lieutenant: Tom Zhu, the company’s former China head who had skyrocketed through the ranks as a turnaround guru. Now, Zhu—one of just three senior executives including Musk currently named on Tesla’s website—is getting deployed from Tesla’s Texas headquarters back to China at a vulnerable time for the world’s most valuable automaker, according to a person familiar with the matter. Zhu, who was born in China and educated in the U.S.

Asian markets are mostly higher, although Chinese shares faltered

Markets in Europe and Asia are mostly higher after another day of gains on Wall Street led by technology stocks

China's third aircraft carrier, Fujian, embarked on its maiden trials last week, marking a significant moment in China's naval expansion efforts aimed at challenging the US's global presence. Named after the Fujian province, the carrier is the largest and most advanced Chinese aircraft carrier ever built. Testing Reliability and Stability The Fujian carrier set sail from Shanghai's Jiangnan Shipyard, with the trials primarily focused on testing the reliability and stability of its propulsion and electrical systems, as reported by state news agency Xinhua.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT’s absence in China has created a unique opportunity for a new wave of Chinese AI startups, each vying to fill the void and establish themselves as leaders in the generative AI space.

Elon Musk’s quick visit to China paid immediate dividends, with Tesla Inc. receiving in-principle approval from government officials to deploy its driver-assistance system in the world’s biggest auto market. The US carmaker was granted the approval under certain conditions, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because details of all the criteria aren’t clear. Tesla did manage to clear two of the most important hurdles: reaching a mapping and navigation deal with Chinese tech giant Baidu Inc., and meeting requirements for how it handles data-security and privacy issues.

Musk posted a picture with Qiang and said, "We have known each other now for many years, since early Shanghai days." ALSO READ: Top News Today: Elon Musk's surprise China visit, AdaniConneX securing loans, PM Modi in Karnataka and more Chinese state media reported that the Tesla CEO met Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, during which Li told Musk that Tesla's development in China could be regarded as a successful example of US-China economic and trade cooperation, Reuters reported. During his tour, Musk was expected to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving software and permission to transfer data overseas. The US electric vehicle maker rolled out Full Self-Driving, or FSD, the most autonomous version of its Autopilot software, four years ago.

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has met with a top government leader in the Chinese capital, just as the nation’s carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the Beijing auto show

Tesla CEO Elon Musk landed in Beijing on Sunday, a flight tracking app showed, as two people with knowledge of the matter said the billionaire was kicking off a surprise visit to the automaker's second-biggest market. Musk is seeking to meet senior Chinese officials in Beijing to discuss the rollout of Full-Self Driving (FSD) software in China and to obtain approval to transfer data collected in the country abroad to train algorithms for its autonomous driving technologies, one of the people said. Tesla has since 2021 stored all data collected by its Chinese fleet in Shanghai as required by Chinese regulators and has not transferred any back to the United States.

Yao Qian, the influential figure behind China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, is currently under investigation for suspected “violations of discipline and law.”

Global shares are rising despite worries about the economic outlook and inflation in the U.S. and globally

benchmark has climbed nearly 2 per cent amid firm global trends. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 114.49 points or 0.16 per cent to settle at 73,852.94 on Wednesday. During the day, it jumped 383.16 points or 0.51 per cent to 74,121.61. In the last four days, the BSE benchmark climbed 1,363.95 points or 1.88 per cent.

Asian shares have opened higher, led by an over 2% gain in Japan’s Nikkei 225 after U.S. stocks rallied for a second straight day Tuesday, blunting the blow of what’s been a rough April

Asian benchmarks extend gains after U.S. stocks claw back some of their losses from last week