Keen on expanding oil and gas explorations in Vietnam's East Sea, energy-hungry India today said it will be a "win-win" situation for both the economies.
After Congress president Sonia Gandhi met leaders of the G-23 grouping to resolve internal party issues, former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday said "indulging the dissenters too much" will encourage more dissent.
According to sources, Sonia Gandhi took a jibe on party leaders, "You all are sitting together right but otherwise you don't even talk to each other."
The group is also reported to be seeking the ouster of some Rahul Gandhi loyalists from key AICC positions and top on their target are AICC general secretary Organisation K C Venugopal, chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and general secretary Ajay Maken.
Enthused by the success of US President Barack Obama's visit, India said on Tuesday it is time to 'seriously consider' a trade-opening agreement with America, similar to the ones entered with the ASEAN and South Korea.
An interview with Anand Sharma, co-founder of TBM Consulting Group. Sharma is also the company's president and CEO. Recently he has co-authored the book The Antidote -- How to Transform Your Business for the Extreme Challenges of the 21st Century with Gary Hourselt, who is the TBM execeutive vice president.
Of late, Indian businessmen have been complaining about difficulties in obtaining German visas.
The chief minister said that he had received Sharma's letter regarding the union cabinet's decision for liberalisation of the Foreign Direct investment policy in multi brand retail.
India and Australia have expressed a keen interest to work together to boost two-way trade following talks in Canberra during the visit of Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, its Trade Minister has said.
India and Australia are all set to open negotiations on free trade following a feasibility study that showed each sides would gain AUD 30 billion over 20 years from lowering barriers.
Announcing the annual Foreign Trade Policy, Anand Sharma said recovery in global economy so far has been fragile and uneven.
Voices of opposition to FDI in retail from within the United Progressive Alliance gained momentum on Tuesday with a Congress member of Parliament from poll-bound Uttar Pradesh criticising the decision, saying it will hurt the poor and its timing was not right.
The Bill, which also seeks to empower the government to impose quantitative restrictions on import to protect the interest of domestic industry, was approved by the Rajya Sabha earlier.
The India-China trade is on course to reach the USD 100 billion target by 2015, but New Delhi is concerned over galloping gaps between India's exports and imports from China.
One Indian soldier was injured on Monday after shrapnel from Israeli bombing hit him.
The highest polling of 72.35 per cent was recorded in Sirmour district followed by 68.48 per cent in Solan and 67.67 per cent in Una and 67.5 per cent in Lahaul and Spiti. The high-altitude district of Lahaul and Spiti had recorded 21.95 per cent, the lowest, till 1 pm, but polling was brisk as the sun came out.
The chairman and CEO of Dow Chemicals Andrew Liveris will not attend the Indo-US CEO Business Forum meeting scheduled to be held in Washington.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is leading a high-powered team of policymakers, including Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia at the India-US CEOs Forum.
Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and Planning Commission Deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia will also participate in the India-US Business CEOs Forum Meeting.
A meeting of the Board of Trade, an advisory body to the Commerce Ministry, is likely to be held on October 11, a ministry official said.
The deal was signed between Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara in Tokyo.
We welcome all companies from India to come and invest and do business there. We have almost no restrictions in any sector at all. However, we expect similar reciprocity in India for our apples, pistachios, helicopters, and disaster relief materials, besides other products. We do not restrict such items from entering the US markets.
Centre has lifted the ban on exports of a certain variety grown in Karnataka.
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has asked global retail chains not to rush the government into allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.
As the shadow of governance deficit and corruption back home threatened to lengthen behind the glorious Davos sun, India's image managers launched a spirited damage control exercise on the penultimate day of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
India and 24 other trade ministers agreed to step up efforts to conclude a multilateral trade deal under the Doha Round this year itself.
A day before the informal meeting of the WTO, India, China and South Africa on Friday said the developing countries are being asked to further open their markets without any reciprocity from the rich nations, as per the draft proposals for a multilateral agreement.
The development of the industrial corridor will bring about a revolution in the use of green technologies.
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today assured Korean trade minister Kim Jong-Hoon that the stalled $12 billion-project of Korean steelmaker Posco would soon be resolved by obtaining the pending approvals.
With large FDIs moving to Africa, India should focus on more than just development aid to build sustainable ties with the continent. The African continent has been clearly recognised as the next big market for trade and investment globally.
'With Mirzapur characters, you don't know what's going to happen -- mid season, first episode, last episode -- you could be taken out anytime.'
Dubbing Pakistan's decision to ban onion exports across the Wagah border as "shocking", India on Thursday said the issue has been taken up with the concerned authorities in Islamabad.
The government on Wednesday expressed disappointment over China not fulfilling its promise to import more IT, ITeS and pharma products, which could help reduce the hugely-tilted trade imbalance favouring Beijing.
Both India and Chile discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest, which included bilateral matters like trade, scientific cooperation and Free Trade Agreement.
The curtailed squad that is now travelling to the Mexican capital include Rakshitta Ravi, Bommini Mounika Akshaya and Amulya Guruprasad among girls while Harshavardhan GB, Pranav Anand, Dushyant Sharma and
India will be identifying and separating its civilian and military nuclear facilities and programmes in a phased manner.
Targeting Rahul Gandhi, the BJP on Wednesday asked the Congress whether it has the capacity to accept defeat of his leadership in the election battle against Narendra Modi.
With the pressure on for the European Union (EU) and India to come up with a significant announcement at the upcoming EU-India summit on December 10, a flurry of activity surrounding the ongoing negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) is giving momentum to the process.
A trade agreement between the two nations would have to factor in US' concerns about IPRs and India's anxiety about market access.
Getting to the magic growth, however, will require massive increase in investment in infrastructure, in labour force skills and manufacturing capacity.
