Trade
India’s IPR laws WTO-compliant, can’t be challenged by US: official
26 Feb 2014
India has said its patent laws cannot be successfully challenged by the US either bilaterally or in a multilateral forum, as they strictly comply with the intellectual property agreement of the World Trade Organization
China overtakes India as top gold consumer
19 Feb 2014
China imported 1,066 tonnes of the yellow metal in 2013 against the 975 tonnes India bought during the year, according to the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends report
US pharma cos want clinical trial regulations in India lifted
15 Feb 2014
US drug firms argue that the new guidelines on clinical research in India that provide for financial compensation to human subjects and their families in cases of death or injury are difficult to implement
US trade panel launches probe against India
13 Feb 2014
Although India is a major trade partner of the US, business groups and lawmakers in Washington are upset that India's policies fail to cater to the interests of US companies
India launches G2B portal for industry promotion
20 Jan 2014
India, Pakistan to allow 24x7 trade through Wagah-Attari border
20 Jan 2014
India and Pakistan will allow container traffic to be moved right up to Amritsar and Lahore instead of being unloaded at the check-post and re-loaded on the other side
Trade deficit to be contained at $50 bn this year: Chidambaram
16 Jan 2014
Union finance minister P Chidambaram says India’s current account deficit for 2013-14 should be contained at around $50 billion, down from nearly $88 billion in the previous year
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The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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