UN adopts global arms trade treaty, India abstains

The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved the first ever arms treaty regulating the $70 billion global arms trade, even as India abstained saying that the draft was "weak" on terrorism......

When Pakistan and India stood together in UN

Pakistan has supported India's stand on the UN Arms Trade Treaty that would regulate the $70 billion conventional arms trade around the world, saying it favours the arms exporting countries and......

Why Modi's goal to cut oil import by 2022 will be unfulfilled

Fai­l­ure to increase domestic production and rising local dem­and has made Modi’s targets impossible to achieve. Twesh Mishra reports. India’s dependence on impo­rted......

AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 bn

US telecom giant AT&T has said it will buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion from Deutsche Telekom, the European telecom company. In a statement, AT&T Inc and Deutsche Telekom AG announced that 'they......

AT&T may get long distance licence

The government on Tuesday approved AT&T Global Networks Services India's letter of intent (LoI) for licence in international and national long distance calls.The entry of AT&T may not have an......

AT&T pulled up for rule violation

The department of telecom has issued showcause notice to overseas telecom carriers AT&T and MCI Worldcom and network solutions company Equant for allegedly providing end-to-end managed data......