Government policies
US hounds German bank in bid to halt Indo-Iranian oil trade
31 Mar 2011
German officials are expressing helplessness in accommodating aggressive US demands to prevent a bank in Germany from being used as a payment conduit by India for Iranian oil.
CBI arrests two more in 2-G spectrum scam probe
29 Mar 2011
Mozambique invites India to invest in Africa
28 Mar 2011
India, Africa trade target for 2015 set at $70 billion
28 Mar 2011
Looking ahead to deepening their economic engagement India and Africa have set a trade target of $70 billion by 2015.
FM drops proposal for `misery tax' on healthcare
22 Mar 2011
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today announced the withdrawal of the proposed 5 per cent service tax on healthcare and also offered tax relief to garment manufacturers
Libya offers “direct oil block contracts” to India
19 Mar 2011
Libya has said it will award ‘direct oil block contracts’ to India, China and others, after these nations refused to vote for a UNSC resolution seeking to impose a no-fly zone over this North African nation.
Libya offers “direct oil block contracts” to India
19 Mar 2011
Libya has said it will award ‘direct oil block contracts’ to India, China and others, after these nations refused to vote for a UNSC resolution seeking to impose a no-fly zone over this North African nation.
UNSC imposes no-fly zone on Libya, India abstains
18 Mar 2011
The United Nations Security Council authorized a no-fly zone against the embattled regime of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, with India and five other nations abstaining from the vote.
British trade minister in India next week
12 Mar 2011
UK confirms annual aid to India
05 Mar 2011
Iran asks India to decide on IPI pipeline
05 Mar 2011
Iran has informed India it will not yield any ground on the two sticking points holding up agreement on India’s participation in the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.
Govt backs programme to develop AIDS vaccine in India
04 Mar 2011
The government's Department of Biotechnology and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) will jointly operate and fund an HIV vaccine design programme in India.