New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- India and China are in advanced negotiations on resuming direct flights and trade through selected border posts as part of efforts to normalise their relations after the end of the four-year military standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. There has also been "forward movement" on restrictions imposed by China on fertiliser exports to India, the people said. The latest indications of the thaw in bilateral relations come ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit on August 31. The resumption of direct flights and border trade - both suspended since 2020 - figured in several meetings held since Modi and President Xi Jinping met in Russia's Kazan on October 23, 2024. Indian carriers have been asked by authorities to begin preparing to fly to China as early as next month, the people said. P6...