India and Britain have also agreed that the World Bank should be reformed to give it an environmental focus. They further agreed on improving the working of the International Monetary Fund and on giving the United Nations a greater role in its stability and reconstruction activities.
However, putting a rider, Brown said this offer must be made only in return for firm commitments to the highest non-proliferation standards.
Virgin Atlantic Chief Richard Branson is lobbying to enter the Indian domestic aviation sector.
Top practitioners of a sport that has served to glue together the Commonwealth nations merit high honors in the Queen's annual birthday list, argues British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday left for a key mission to China and India, his first since assuming office, aiming at improving economic and cultural ties with the two Asian giants. The departure of the British leader was slightly delayed owing to the crash landing of an international passenger plane, short of the runway, at Heathrow Airport. Three people sustained minor injuries in the incident.
The residence -- No 3, Heath Villas in Hampstead Heath, north London -- was valued at an estimated 2.7 million (Rs 23 crore) a few years ago
UK India British Council has set up an advisory board to boost trade relations between the two nations.
Even though this year's Nobels have come in for some criticism, in one field at least, the committee seems to have got it absolutely right.
In both constituencies, the Conservative party candidates finished third and in Sedgefield, the Liberal Democrats edged them out from the second position.
Bob Dhillon, who is well on his way, to becoming the first Sikh billionaire in North America, shares the secrets of his success.
Gordon Brown will, instead, meet the Dalai Lama in Lambeth Palace, home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. This will enable the prime minister to claim to the Chinese that he is receiving the exiled leader in spiritual rather than political capacity
Homeopathic medicine is putting lives at risk and is useless, says a top scientist associated with the British government.
The issue of Doha round of WTO talks dominated the discussions as Prime Minister Manmahon Singh met his British counterpart Gordon Brown here and agreed on the need for pushing the stalled negotiations. Brown, while favouring cut in farm subsidies in the US and the Europe, voiced optimism that an agreement could be reached in the global trade talks that have got stuck due to stiff opposition by India and some other developing countries on agriculture subsidies.
Britain has backed India for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council to make the world body more credible and effective.
Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said that Britain's treaty obligations meant the pledge could not be met and that it was "a false attempt to answer to right-wing propaganda." Vaz said he was horrified at the rise in "racist comments."
Alex Mackay from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, will interview students who wish to enroll for their undergraduate and management courses.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has signed a multi-million-pound deal to pen his Downing Street memoirs. Blair's account of ten years as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, including few details of his turbulent relationship with his successor Gordon Brown, will be published by Random House, the Daily Mail reported on Friday.Blair's deal came just days after his wife Cherie struck a 1.5-million-pounds deal for her life story, to be published next year.
A group of 12 elite sports stars including Muhammad Ali, Andre Agassi and Lance Armstrong on Wednesday launched a charitable organization aimed at helping athletes do philanthropic work.
UK trade ministry has urged West Midlands companies to exploit trade opportunities with India.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown rejected suggestions that it was a "defeat" and insisting that the pullout, which has antagonised the US, was a "pre-planned" move.
Sarah Brown, wife of the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, flirts with Indian fashion.
Synectics stimulates thought processes of which the subject is generally unaware
GoM meeting regarding petro product price hike has been postponed and a decision on the prices will come only after Jan 28.
"I am happy to be here to celebrate, what I call, partnership of equals with modern, confident 21st century India," he told reporters in New Delhi after being accorded an impressive ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is on a two-day official visit to India, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Sunday.
The 'ageing tax' is a central plank of a consultation launched by the prime minister on Monday in the face of a growing crisis over who should meet the costs for the care of the elderly. Under proposal put forward by the government, the 'ageing tax' could run alongside the existing National Insurance levy. The Labour government would prepare a green paper early next year on ways to provide adequate non-medical care for the elderly, but legislation before 2010 is unlikely.
The byelection, which will be the first popularity test for Prime Minister Gordon Brown, is being held due to the death of 82-year-old Labour Member of Parliament Piara Singh Khabra.
A majority of Labour voters want Prime Minister Gordon Brown to resign and make way for a more electable alternative.
Do the salaries of world leaders keep pace with the private sector, and how important is it to keep public service competitive?
Finance Minister P Chidambaram asked Britain on Thursday to allow Indian banks to open more branches in that country.
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown on Wednesday came down rich countries' subsidy to their agriculture sector.
David Miliband, former environment secretary, was on Thursday named as Britain's new foreign secretary as Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled his Cabinet a day after assuming the charge of the high office.
British Chancellor Gordon Brown has put the ruling Labour Party on high alert for a general election possibly next year, immediately after taking over as its new leader.
Addressing a join press conference with British PM Gordon Brown, US President Bush said that failure in Iran would send a message to the world that the US cannot be counted upon. He added that it was important to succeed in Iraq to defeat the Al Qaeda and to thwart Iran's 'ambitions' of acquiring nuclear weapons. Bush and Gordon both dismissed speculation that the relationship between the two was not as 'special' as that between Bush and former British PM Tony Blair.
Celtic manager believes the authority of world football's two most powerful organisations will eventually be ended by businessmen.
The ninth seeded Indo-Romanian rallied to shock the three-time champions 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(9), 7-6(5) in their quarter-final match.
England manager Roy Hodgson appeared to play down the old rivalry between Scotland and England when he said Tuesday's friendly was just another game, despite the intense atmosphere likely at Celtic Park.
David Beckham scored from the penalty spot but his LA Galaxy side were beaten 2-1 in a shootout by FC Seoul in a friendly on Saturday.
A chemical weapons expert has been killed in a US-led air strike in northern Iraq.
When President Chirac arrived in Mumbai in 1998, he declared: 'In India, France is not at the level where it should be.' Ten years later, it is still true. France has a role to play in India, but will Delhi and Paris will be bold enough to seize the occasion?
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