World economy
India seeks postponement of trade deal as WTO dumps food security issue
26 Jul 2014
India said the failure of the WTO to work in the interests of all its members and to deliver meaningfully on the “development” mandate of the Doha Round would pose a far more serious risk to its credibility than any other factor
Japan core consumer inflation eases slightly
25 Jul 2014
Healthscope share sale raises A$2.2 bn
25 Jul 2014
IMF cuts global growth forecast to 3.4%; India’s growth unchanged at 5.4%
25 Jul 2014
The IMF is optimistic that global growth will rebound as the temporary constraints recede and recent global policy actions to support expansion gain
India not to back WTO’s trade protocol sans food security
24 Jul 2014
WTO's trade facilitation agreement opposes public holding of food stock and its subsidised distribution to the poor
Deadline missed, Iran, world powers to continue talks later
19 Jul 2014
Iran and six world powers announced early on Saturday that they had agreed to extend their deadline to arrive at a comprehensive nuclear accord to curb Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for ending sanctions against it.
Sanctions on Russia would boomerang, Putin warns US
17 Jul 2014
Russia's foreign ministry dismissed the sanctions as "bullying" and signalled that it was ready to fight back
Australia wants G20 to do more for growth
17 Jul 2014
India, Brazil to expand and diversify bilateral trade and investment
17 Jul 2014
The sixth BRICS summit hosted by Brazil produced two important agreements - the New Development Bank and the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement
India, China, Cuba want WTO agreements to ensure food security
17 Jul 2014
India, China and Cuba have joined hands at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to demand inclusion of subsidies for food procurement and food-aid programmes in the list of permissible incentive
India to name first BRICS Bank president
16 Jul 2014
India will name the first president of the Shanghai-based BRICS grouping's bank, to be called New Development Bank, which will have an initial subscribed capital of $50 billion, to be shared equally among founding members
Israel weighs Egypt-sponsored Gaza truce as Hamas rains rockets
16 Jul 2014
The conflict over the past week was prompted by last month’ s murder of three Jewish seminary students in the occupied West Bank over the revenge killing of a Palestinian youth in Jerusalem