Trade
India's November exports down over 24% as trade shrinks for the 12th month
15 Dec 2015
Oil imports during April-November 2015-16 were valued at $61.41 billion, which was 42.39 per cent lower than the oil imports of $106.60 billion in the corresponding period last year
WTO meet: India seeks solution to food security issue
15 Dec 2015
India wants the WTO to remove disparities in agricultural trade rules, which favour the heavily subsidised agricultural products of developed countries
$7.6-bn TAPI gas pipeline project launched
14 Dec 2015
The 1,800-km pipeline from Caspian Sea to Fazilka on the India-Pakistan borderwill supply 38 mmscmd of gas each to India and Pakistan for 30 years
India, Japan seal civil nuclear cooperation pact
12 Dec 2015
The two prime ministers finalised a $12 billion deal to bring the first Bullet train to India and another on Japan's sale of US-2 amphibious aircraft to India, in what would be Tokyo's first major military hardware transfer since lifting a postwar ban on the export of defence equipment in 2014
Japan can help India with green technology: Abe
12 Dec 2015
Make in India movement has spread to Japan: Modi
12 Dec 2015
Prime Minister Modi said Japan has created a corpus of $11-12 billion for India-centric investments, while his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe said India had become an attractive investment destination
India, US to deepen defence engagement
11 Dec 2015
India to seek logical end to Doha Development Round at WTO
11 Dec 2015
India on Thursday said it will not sacrifice the development agenda of the Doha Round of trade negotiations to support the so-called trade facilitation measures
Sushma effect: Breakthrough in India-Pak ties
10 Dec 2015
Perhaps for the first time, the two sides agreed to include Jammu and Kashmir in their ‘Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue, while Pakistan promised to speed up the trial of the 26/11 accused
Sushma Swaraj proposes trade with Afghanistan via Attari border
09 Dec 2015
India's vision of 'Heart of Asia' is one of interlinked trade, transit, energy and communication routes, with Afghanistan as an important hub, she said
China, Zimbabwe sign 10 pacts on President Xi’s visit
02 Dec 2015
Robert Mugabe-led government in Zimbabwe is increasingly looking to China for investment in new infrastructure like roads, power and water, after its lost West’s support over votes rigging and rights abuses
India can now start importing uranium from Australia
30 Nov 2015
Australia has about 40 per cent of the world's uranium reserves and exports nearly 7,000 tonnes of yellow cake annually while India, with a current total nuclear power capacity of 4,780 MW, plans to increase it to 63,000 MW by 2032 by adding nearly 30 reactors, at an estimated cost of $85 billion
Rajnath urges Chinese firms to join Indian projects
24 Nov 2015
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday called upon Chinese companies to participate in ongoing infrastructure development projects in India
Modi calls for deeper India-Malaysia defence ties
23 Nov 2015
India and Malaysia today signed three memorandums of agreements for cooperation in cyber security, public administration and culture
India, ASEAN have opportunities for perpetual cooperation: Modi
21 Nov 2015
India is on a long road to transformation and the scale of transformation and the size of economic opportunities the transformation provides are huge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the ASEAN-India summit in Kuala Lumpur
India’s 7-month trade deficit hits $77.76 bn despite 15% fall in imports
19 Nov 2015
India’s imports for April-October 2015-16 were down 15.17 per cent at $232.05 billion while cumulative exports during the period stood 17.62 per cent lower at $154.29 billion