ndiIndia will flag investment opportunities across the country at the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) partnership summit beginning here Monday. The industry’s 20th annual flagship event is expected to draw about 1,000 delegates from 45 countries the world over, with Bahrain in the Persian Gulf as the focus country and host Karnataka as the partner […]
Six Indian think tanks figure among the top 150 global think tanks, according to the “2013 Global Go To Think Tanks Report” of Pennsylvania University’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Programme (TTCSP). At 268, India had the fourth largest number of think tanks after the US 1828, China 426, and United Kingdom 287. The seventh […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives Saturday on a brief but hectic official visit that would see him hold talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on trade and investment and defence cooperation besides regional and global issues. Abe, who arrives Saturday afternoon, will hold annual bilateral summit talks with Prime Minister Singh within hours […]
Sub-continental relations and Afghanistan will figure during Monday’s US-Pakistan ministerial-level strategic dialogue in Washington, being held after nearly four years. “I don’t think Afghanistan’s going to go away. It’s kind of permanently there on Pakistan’s northwest frontier. So, I think it will maintain an element. But as I said, we’re very interested in Pakistan’s relationship […]
honiIndia pulled off a dramatic last ball tie against New Zealand in the third One-day International here Saturday to stay alive in the five-match series. India, chasing 315, looked down and out at 184 for six in the 36th over before a 85-run stand between Ravichandran Ashwin (65) and Ravindra Jadeja (66 not out) brought […]
A natural pest-control plan from US-based Virginia Tech that halted the papaya mealybug – that created havoc in southern India causing mold and stunted growth of several crops – has saved up to $309 million in the first year itself. For a relatively modest cost of $200,000 during the first year of the intervention, financial […]
India Wednesday said that it supports an all-inclusive Syrian-led process to chart out the future of the violence-ravaged country and stressed that it “stands fully prepared to play its part” in the Geneva II peace process in any manner required of it. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, addressing the UN-backed Geneva II conference in Montreux, […]
India is ready to forge ahead in boosting trade ties with Pakistan, but it has to be done in an environment free from terror and violence, Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh said here Wednesday. In her valedictory address at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) 2nd Annual Conference, the foreign secretary also […]
India Monday successfully tested its long-range, nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile from a military base in Odisha, an official said. The new generation missile, with the capability to hit targets 4,000 km away, was tested for its full range from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, about 200 km from […]
India lost to New Zealand by 24 runs in the first One-Day International of the five-match series at McLean Park here Sunday. Chasing 293, India were all out for 268 in 48.4 overs. Virat Kohli’s 123 off 111 balls went in vain. New Zealand made 292 for seven in 50 overs with Kane Williamson, Ross […]