'It is a testing time for our foreign policy which may involve a certain element of taking risks, assessing costs, and expecting failures,' asserts Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
"President Trump believes that Kim has an unprecedented opportunity to change the trajectory of our relationship and bring peace and prosperity to his country," Pompeo said.
The Asia Pacific electronics industry continued to flourish despite the SARS outbreak, though the slowdown caused by the Iraq war did have an impact on the industry, according to Gartner.
The only thing that may salvage Narendra Modi's trip to the US is his meetings with CEOs, such as those of Blackstone, First Solar, Qualcomm, Adobe, and General Atomics, asserts Rajeev Srinivasan.
Taiwan-based telecom company DBTel on Thursday unveiled mobile phones and said it will invest upto $50 million for setting up marketing and customer care network.
United Nations proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, 61, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab province on Saturday.
The long-term growth perspective or potential for India is one of the highest in the Asia Pacific region.
Vying for a slot among the top three network solution vendors in India, the US-based Allied Telesyn on Wednesday appointed a country manager and said it aims to generate 5% of its Asia Pacific revenue from India in the next 3 years.
The business process outsourcing market is expected to touch $1 trillion by 2006, registering a compounded annual growth rate of 9 per cent.
Indians who traveled abroad in 2002 spent $152 million using Visa cards, an increase of 29 per cent compared to that a year ago, Visa International said in Mumbai on Monday.\n\n\n\n
The United States and China have agreed to expand military exchanges and exercises as part of efforts to build more stable bilateral ties amid tensions over cyber security.
'This was the first ever visit by a President in a re-election year so it sent a strong signal of the priority of the relationship and the desire to continue to strengthen it.'
Amid China's growing assertiveness in South China Sea, India, Japan and the US at their first ever trilateral ministerial dialogue in New York.
Carter has said India's designation as a 'major defence partner' would allow the US to cooperate with it --
An FFT statement said it had consulted with the ATP, WTA and International Tennis Federation (ITF) to allow the Roland-Garros showpiece the benefit of an extra week.
Now, India and US can jets, warships can use Indian bases
'Having dedicated my life towards improving breast healthcare in my motherland. I shall continue to work with rock-solid determination following this "chosen" path.'
The US president said the North Korean leader holds the opportunity to be remembered as one who ushered in a glorious new era of security and prosperity for his citizens.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the world community must reject any linkage between religion and terrorism while formulating a "genuinely international" partnership in the fight against all forms of terror acts.
United States President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have made the first use of the secure hotline set up between Washington and New Delhi as they reviewed progress on key areas of cooperation and discussed global issues ahead of the upcoming G-20 summit.
Stating that India's entry into Nuclear Suppliers Group will "shake strategic balance in South Asia and even cast a cloud over peace and stability in the entire Asia-Pacific region", an article in the state-run 'Global Times' however said China could support India's inclusion in the 48 member nuclear club if it "played by rules".
Tech start-ups will continue to take the lead in bolstering the regional economy, says Murali Talasila.
Pakistan failed to fulfil six of the 27 mandates so far as a result of which the country continues to be in the grey list of the FATF.
China is pulling out all the stops to give a 'state visit-plus' reception to Trump on his maiden visit.
South and South-West Asia could witness an economic growth of 5.3 per cent in 2015, which will be a four-year high.
For 2020 calendar year, it reduced the estimate by a similar measure to 6.7 per cent.
Asia's falling stocks have triggered an exodus of funds from the region.
United States President Barack Obama on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to shake up the "bureaucratic inertia" in India, less than a month after he described the Indian leader as a "man of action".
China will increase its defence spending by "around seven per cent" this year, as it vowed to guard against "outside meddling" in its territorial disputes.
Earlier, United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged the international community to increase pressure on North Korea, saying that failing to do so would bring 'catastrophic consequences'.
'We are confident that the US manufacturing industry will be able to take advantage of the US-India Investment Initiative to effectively support our goals of assisting in the development of three Indian cities -- Ajmer, Vishakhapatnam and Allahabad -- where the United States will be the lead partner,' Senators Warner and Cornyn told Obama.
Swaraj and Tillerson discussed a wide range of bilateral issues, including the situation in the neighbourhood and the Indo-Asia Pacific region, officials said.
Modi and Obama surely put India-US ties in fast-forward mode. But 5 things deserve careful attention.
The US intends to break up India's strategic partnership with Russia and to continue to interfere in Indian-Iranian relations, apart from inserting itself into the Sino-Indian bilateral discourse, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, analysing the US defence secretary's visit to India.
Airfares in Indian market are unsustainable, says a senior Boeing official.
Sources said China was forcefully pushing for inking the deal during the RCEP summit later in the day, which was seen as an attempt to counter-balance the impact of its lingering trade war with the US as well as to project the region's economic might to the West.
The agenda prepared by ministers will be discussed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other RCEP leaders in Nonthaburi, a city north of Bangkok, on November 4, the official deadline to close talks.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said government would continue reforms by taking executive actions.
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