UN intervention has been sought to address the grievances of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
For the first time in the last eight years, India would not have any representative for the post of deputy director general.
Scientist are flabbergasted by the video showing an alleged human sacrifice near a Chola period statue gifted to CERN by India.
As on November 15, the government kitty swelled by 42.9 per cent at Rs 1,40,373 crore (Rs 1.40 trillion) against Rs 98,216 crore (Rs 98.21 billion) in the corresponding period last year. With this, net direct tax collections till November 15 stood at 52 per cent of the budgeted target of Rs 2,67,490 crore for this fiscal.
Emerging economies led by India and Brazil have informed developed member countries of WTO that they would not accept any dilution of issues concerning food and livelihood security.
While the overall passenger car industry is expected to grow at around seven per cent a year in the next five years, SUV growth is expected to be over 10 per cent.
The WTO has already significantly lowered its sights since a decade of Doha talks broke down, forcing the body to focus on a much less ambitious set of reforms.
India, 28 others demand end to Israeli military action
India also called for crippling the illicit drug trade which provides financial sustenance to these terror outfits.
The consequences of not signing the NPT are well known. However, India should be prepared for the consequences of not going along with US on the discussions leading to the FMCT.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
The report documents allegations of reprisals and intimidation in 38 countries, some of which are members of the Human Rights Council.
Global Subsidies Initiative describes itself as an honest broker of information on farm subsidies, which it says are killing the small farmer.
In an interview for the ICRC website, the organization's President Jakob Kellenberger said a preliminary reading of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 "raises certain concerns and questions."
The move will help BNP Paribas expand its operations in India.
The G-20 alliance of developing countries led by India and Brazil is likely to come up with "better" proposals at its meeting in Geneva this week as chances of a global trade deal on WTO's Doha Round brighten. Nath said members of the G-20 wanted to recognise some of the sensitivities of developed countries as long as their own concerns of livelihood and food security are taken on board.
India played a key role in making the Human Rights Council possible.
'Crucial intelligence was obtained by a R&AW operative from a couple of moles inside the camps four days before the Balakot operation.'
Automobile major Tata Motors has unveiled Tata Cliffrider, a multi-utility lifestyle vehicle concept, at the 76th Geneva Auto Show.
India's shrimp exporters heaved a sigh of relief last week following the decision of World Trade Organisation's anti-dumping panel to set July 24 as the deadline for the final hearing on the issue.
The trade referee is already reviewing a European legal challenge of wine and liquor restrictions in a number of Indian states.
Experts said India has possessed the anti-missile technology for several years but needed the political go-ahead to actually test it in live conditions.
'There is no doubt that the US would like all their friends to agree with them. We are not in the habit of doing that,' says former diplomat Arundhati Ghose.
It is disheartening to see the Bush Administration's efforts to hide more and more information from the public eye in the name of security, presumably to 'protect our freedoms'.
Astronomers have discovered a new planet circling a dim red star around 20 light years away from our solar system, which could be a "super earth" supporting life.
A new framework has been put in place for automatic exchange of information between Switzerland and India to help check the black money menace with effect from January 1, 2018. The funds held by Indians through fiduciaries alone used to be in billions till 2007 but began falling after that amid fears of regulatory crackdown. It is now at second-lowest level in 20 years.
The Human Rights Watch, in a statement, expressed its deep concern for human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law committed by both sides since the renewal of major hostilities this year.
Sun Pharmaceuticals, Alkem Laboratories and Ochoa Laboratories have signed contracts with the Geneva-based Horphag Research.
Finally, an international carmaker serious about Indian design.
Spain's Rafael Nadal will have to counter the vinyl-covered wood-base floor during the Davis Cup tie against Switzerland.
A last-ditch attempt to rescue the Doha round of world trade talks is likely to be made towards the end of July at a Geneva meeting of 30 trade ministers from among the 150-member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
'It is because of Chinese policy that Pakistan is nuclear. So we have to look at it as one unit. If the fissile material of Pakistan is to be controlled, you have to control China,' says former diplomat Arundhati Ghose.
Once behind the wheel, the Volvo drives and feels like any other car, except that it now features another safety innovation, the City Safety System that automatically applies brakes on the car in case there is a lapse in concentration on the driver's part. This is particularly true in city traffic conditions where low speed mishaps are common. Volvo claims it helps lower the possibility of injuries to the occupants of the XC60
Former Portugal star Luis Figo has announced his intentions to challenge Sepp Blatter in the FIFA presidential elections.
The world's top eight industrial nations on Monday ppeared to have climbed down from a tough position on farm subsidies, reviving hopes of resumption of the collasped WTO talks.
India has refused to budge from its stated position at the trade talks and asserted that rich nations would have to move first on reducing farm subsidies to break the deadlock at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva.
The first Frenchwoman to win the Wimbledon singles title since 1925.
Mattis said in conducting these strikes, the US has gone to great lengths to avoid civilian and foreign casualties.
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