Government policies

29 Jul 2010

British PM David Cameron has defended his remarks on Pakistan saying it was "important to speak frankly", even as Pakistan said it was "saddened" by his remarks.

28 Jul 2010

British prime minister David Cameron began a two-day visit to India with stated intentions of substantially revitalising Indo-UK relations.

27 Jul 2010

22 Jul 2010

The famed stiff upper lip may loosen a bit and turn glibly commercial, with British prime minister David Cameron asking the British Foreign Office to focus on promoting the country’s commerce.

22 Jul 2010

Financial markets tumbled on Wednesday after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s downbeat assessment of the US economic outlook, which he dubbed as "unusually uncertain."

20 Jul 2010

20 Jul 2010

17 Jul 2010

14 Jul 2010

03 Jul 2010

01 Jul 2010

01 Jul 2010

China blocked search features on Google on Thursday even as the search giant awaits Beijing’s approval of its operating license renewal application, which expired yesterday.

01 Jul 2010

Instead of being offered blocks for exploration oil exploration companies may soon be able to choose the blocks they want to take up to look for hydrocarbon resources.

30 Jun 2010

The government is expected to initially focus on the Cambay basin in Gujarat, Assam-Arakan in the North-East and Gondwana in central India.

30 Jun 2010

The US government has blocked a Chinese company’s plan to buy a 60 per cent stake in a US fibre optic firm over national security concerns, the second such deal to be turned down in less than a year.

30 Jun 2010

The revenue department has slapped a tax demand of Rs684 crore on the Board of Control for Cricket in India stating that it ‘‘no longer promoted cricket as a charitable activity’’.

29 Jun 2010

While he gave no time frame for the decontrol of diesel prices, he said the prices of domestic cooking gas, LPG and kerosene would continue to be regulated by the government.

28 Jun 2010

28 Jun 2010

In a historic development Japan and India began the first round of talks in Tokyo today on exporting nuclear power generation technology to this energy-starved nation.

28 Jun 2010

28 Jun 2010

In a major boost to bilateral relations, India and Canada on Sunday signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement and also decided to treble bilateral trade to $15 billion in the next three years.

26 Jun 2010

British premier David Cameron has put himself personally in charge of building relations with India even as he prepares to meet Indian PM Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the G-20 summit.

25 Jun 2010

In a historic decision, Japan has decided to jettison its opposition to nuclear deals with non-signatories of the NPT and enter into negotiations with India for sale of nuclear technology.

24 Jun 2010

24 Jun 2010

Commerce minister Anand Sharma  has provided some insights into the recently concluded Indo-US CEOs Forum meet in Washington.