The energy security and climate conference of the world's major economies, including India and China, will begin in Washington on Thursday to discuss the issues related to global warming.
During the meeting, Pakistan was expected to highlight concerns about the three Indian hydro projects being built on the rivers flowing to Pakistan.
With a view to enhancing commercial and strategic relationship between India and the United States, the High Technology Cooperation Group will meet in Washington next week.
The Congress-led government was caught napping over the Left Front's opposition to the India-United States nuclear agreement, feels B J Panda, a member of the Rajya Sabha.
His Indian counterpart Shekkhar Dutt soon followed him and had a 40-minute meeting over there. Despite this, results of the meeting remained 'inconclusive,' the daily said.
India's rubber growers have got another reason to smile with Latin American nation Brazil showing interest in imports from here.
In a bid to help developing nations meet their sustainable development goals, India has suggested the establishment of a 'Clean Technology Acquisition Fund', to enable the countries access crucial technologies.
Foreign investment opportunities in the fast expanding health sector in India are vast and profitable with a payback period of five to six years, an Indian delegation said in New York.
The two-day meeting between officials of the investigative agencies is being held under the auspices of the joint study group formed by both the countries during the Interior Secretaries meeting held in Islamabad last year.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will lead a high-level Indian delegation to the two-day meet that brings together foreign ministers from 43 nations in Europe and Asia.
The directive from 'above' has come to the petroleum ministry on the eve of the departure of the Indian delegation to Tehran for a decisive last round of the trilateral negotiations scheduled to be held there later this week.
Reacting strongly to reports that China has in its recent map shown Arunachal Pradesh as its territory, India on Saturday said "cartographic depictions" do not change reality on the ground and asserted that Arunachal was an integral part of the country.
In contrast, Pakistan continued to deny such opportunities to its people in the part of the state occupied by it, Indian delegate Shatrughan Sinha said.
The JMT consisted of officials from Foreign Offices, Home and intelligence services of both the countries.
The United States Senators and Congressmen, Saran interacted with, assured him that the US Congress is committed to the India-US civilian nuclear agreement and the enabling legislation to facilitate the deal would be taken up by the Senate early next
First look of Pranab Mukherjee with the NATO secretary general.
The sources said the Indian side took up the issue of insurgent groups like United Nationalist Liberation Front and People's Liberation Army operating from across the border.
The two sides exchanged maps outlining their respective claims over the marshy strip as well as maritime boundary in that area.
"People in India are benefiting from the whole process of liberalisation," Finance Minister Arun Jailtey said.
First look on BSF officials meeting Pakistan Rangers.
The Indian delegation, the PM indicated, had no intention of discussing the nuclear deal, in its specifics, with Japan during the visit.
Devendra Fadnavis, a Nagpur-based legislator, told climate experts that climatic changes were causing the rains to strike at odd times or in the wrong places, with devastating effect.
Only 52 km out of the 1,643 km stretch of international border with Myanmar is manned by Indian security forces.
A slowdown in India's growth rate, the bank said, has also affected the growth rate of South Asia. As a result, South Asia has fallen to second place after East Asia and the Pacific.
India and Myanmar have decided to jointly inspect the international border pillars across the north-east and reconstruct those that are missing or damaged.
An effort is being made to link the bilateral agreement with the civil nuclear deal currently being debated in the US Congress.
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran will head the Indian delegation at the two-day talks with his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan.
FM said every major terrorist incident in the world has a 'Pakistani footprint' around it.
Pakistan is expected to maintain its old stand of willingness to agree for simultaneous pull back of troops to pre-1984 positions but would not authenticate the present positions held by India on Siachen on the maps as demanded by New Delhi.
Having invested close to $15 billion in Indonesia, Indian firms have lined up further $15-16 billion investments.
Sinha said the BSF will also hand over a list of 172 Indian insurgent camps in Bangladesh and ask the neighbouring country to dismantle them at the earliest.
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