Government policies

15 Sep 2010

After a five hour long meet the all-party meet summoned by the Indian PM to discuss the situation in the Kashmir Valley has decided that an all-party delegation will soon visit the state.

15 Sep 2010

With administrations at Srinagar and Delhi mulling an appropriate response to separatist-inspired violence in the Kashmir Valley, PM Manmohan Singh has summoned an all party meet at his residence today.

14 Sep 2010

In the face of persistent claims by foreign companies and their governments that the pitch is queered for their businesses, China has brusquely responded by asking them to stop whining.

14 Sep 2010

Having defeated party challenger Ichiro Ozawa, Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan now faces the sticky task of tackling a long list of woes afflicting his country.

13 Sep 2010

India is too large a country to be boxed into any alliance or regional or sub-regional arrangements, whether trade, economic or political.

09 Sep 2010

09 Sep 2010

09 Sep 2010

Iran has indicated that India may resume negotiations for importing natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline, separate from the land-based ‘Peace Pipeline’ that will traverse the Pakistani landmass.

08 Sep 2010

02 Sep 2010

With its high-tech industry under increasing threat from low cost Chinese products, the EU has said it may investigate if China is unfairly subsidising makers of wireless modems.

02 Sep 2010

In retaliation to the US Commerce Department imposing stiff countervailing duties on imports of its aluminum products, China, yesterday imposed anti-subsidy duties on US chicken products for a period of five years

02 Sep 2010

26 Aug 2010

In a major initiative Washington has offered India and China its expertise in exploiting shale gas resources which would help both nations reduce their dependence on O&G imports.

25 Aug 2010

25 Aug 2010

The Lok Sabha finally cleared passage of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010. The proposed law is a critical component in nuclear deals that India strikes with various countries.

25 Aug 2010

The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 was tabled in the Lok Sabha before empty benches both on the treasury and the opposition sides as a consensus emerged between the government and the BJP.

21 Aug 2010

21 Aug 2010

Opposition protest ended afer finance minister Pranab Mukherjee assured leaders of BJP, RJD and SP that the government is ready to address their concerns.

20 Aug 2010

20 Aug 2010

Decks were cleared for passage of the civil nuclear liability bill when an attempted sleight-of-hand manoeuvre by the government, to subvert agreed upon content in the bill, backfired.

19 Aug 2010

19 Aug 2010

19 Aug 2010

The United States “is in touch” with India on the issue of a hike in visa fees for Indian professionals working in the US and is not aware of any moves by Delhi to approach the WTO on the matter.

19 Aug 2010

Opposition BJP has rejected the second revised draft Constitution amendment bill for the introduction of the goods and services tax saying it still undermined the states' fiscal autonomy.

17 Aug 2010