India and China agreed on Tuesday to resume direct flights and step up trade and investment flows as the neighbours rebuild ties damaged by a 2020 border clash.

Both nations agree on visa facilitation, updated air agreements, and closer cultural and economic cooperation while managing border issues.

The two sides agreed to create an expert group under the WMCC on border affairs to explore “early harvest in boundary delimitation”.

New Delhi’s frayed ties with Washington have added to a thaw in the frosty relationship with Beijing that began last year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum.

Fourth, both sides agreed to explore the resumption of various intergovernmental bilateral dialogue and exchange mechanisms to strengthen cooperation, address each other's concerns, and properly manage differences, including holding the Third Meeting of the China-India High-level Mechanism on People-to-People Exchanges in India in 2026.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with China’s top diplomat on Tuesday in a sign of easing tensions after a yearslong standoff between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

India and China should view each other as "partners" rather than "adversaries or threats", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday, as he arrived for a two-day visit to Delhi.

Earlier this year, CEO Tim Cook said that Apple would be moving nearly all of its iPhone assembly to India to avoid tariff penalties. However, China will still be the top producer

Apple is shifting more iPhone production to India ahead of next month’s iPhone 17 launch, Bloomberg reports. The company will build all four iPhone 17 models there, and for the first time US-bound shipments for the entire lineup will come from India at launch.

Apple Inc. is expanding iPhone production in India at five factories, including a pair of recently opened plants, as it seeks to lessen its reliance on China for US-bound models.