India is a valued strategic partner: Burns

Nicholas Burns, the lead negotiator on the US-India nuclear deal in the Bush administration, has said that Washington must reassure New Delhi that it is a "valued strategic partner." In an......

What does Obama's Afpak policy say

Here is US President Barack Obama's much-awaited speech on the Afpak policy. THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Please be seated. Before I begin today, let me acknowledge, first of all, Your......

Nuke deal hogs limelight in Indo-US relations

A year which saw India and the United States chart a new course in hi-tech and defence cooperation and technology transfer was dogged by the controversy around the civil nuclear deal. The year 2007......

'An open debate on the N-deal won't hurt India'

The United Progressive Alliance government is caught in the horns of dilemma on whether to 'operationalise' the 123 Agreement with the United States. The Left parties, which extend critical support......

Six sectors that will open up market for India-US

In its communication to the Office of the US Trade Representative imploring the agency not to put India on its trade hit list when the Special 301 Foreign Trade Barriers report is released next......

Despite US protest, India wants to raise oil imports from Iran

India's oil ministry wants to raise imports of Iranian crude - even though US sanctions call for a cut - and has argued its case in a memorandum ahead of President Barack Obama's meeting with Prime......

US trade body to campaign against immigration bill

The US India Business Council is planning to launch a major campaign, on a scale witnessed during the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, against certain killer provisions in the US immigration reform......

'Deficit must be well within 5% of GDP'

"To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end......