India and Israel are expected to discuss the progress in their joint military projects including air defence systems and specialised radars during Defence Secretary-level talks starting on December 3 in New Delhi.
The JWG has had eight rounds of meeting since it was set up in 2006 but no mutually agreeable solution has been arrived at.
There is a growing concern that many entities are routing their investments into the country through Mauritius to reap undue tax benefits.
Britain has finalised 1 billion pounds worth of new trade and investment with India, creating over 6,500 jobs in the UK, to be signed off at a virtual summit between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Tuesday. The investments confirmed by Downing Street on Monday evening form part of an Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP), which will set the ambition to double the value of UK-India trade by 2030 and declare a shared intent to begin work towards a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA). "Like every aspect of the UK-India relationship, the economic links between our countries make our people stronger and safer," Johnson said.
The two countries are scouting for members of a joint working group to study a proposal to this effect made during a recent visit by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma to Colombo.
The two sides agreed on forming a joint working group to oversee the repatriation process but its composition would be decided later by both the countries.
Senior Indian and Pakistani officials will meet in Islamabad on December 26 and December 27 for talks on nuclear and conventional confidence-building measures as part of the bilateral dialogue process. This will be the first meeting of the Joint Working Group on nuclear and conventional CBMs in over four years though other officials, including the two Foreign Secretaries, have discussed these issues in recent meetings in Islamabad and New Delhi, diplomatic sources said.
India has asked the US to treat the issue of visa for IT professionals as a trade-related one rather than an immigration issue.
This is the first meeting of the Joint Working Group on nuclear and conventional CBMs since October 2007 though other officials, including the two Foreign Secretaries, have discussed these issues in recent meetings in Islamabad and New Delhi, diplomatic sources told PTI.
Modi's hardline policy towards Pakistan and J&K has created numerous leverages and bargaining positions that New Delhi can bring to the bargaining table and translate into concessions, argues Ajai Shukla.
Come September, India and Pakistan are likely to have a relaxed visa regime that will facilitate easy travel for journalists, businessmen and senior citizens of both the countries
Al Qaeda supremo Osama Bin Laden had promised jihadis fighting in Kashmir that they will not "run short of funds" and was willing to "divert" USD 20 million (approx Rs 90 crore) to support Kashmir-oriented militancy, Indian officials were quoted as telling United States diplomats by WikiLeaks.
India is 'positive' to liberalise visa regime with Pakistan to facilitate greater people-to- people contacts between the two nations, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday.
The draft of the agreement to ease travel for the nationals of either country desiring to visit the other was finalised during the second meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) and will be submitted to the respective governments for obtaining necessary approvals in order to sign the Agreement at an early date, Ministry of External Affairs said.
Nearly two weeks after drone and missile attacks on its vital oil facilities, Saudi Arabia has said it is enhancing cooperation with India to combat terrorism, including choking funds to terror networks and exchange of information and intelligence.
India on Monday conveyed its "deep concern" over killing of its fishermen allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy as External Affairs Minister S M Krishna met his Lankan counterpart G L Peiris, who said the two countries were working to find a "sensible and pragmatic" solution that endures.
Pakistan has proposed to India two sets of dates -- in the last week of May and first week of June -- for holding a meeting of the Joint Working Group to carry forward the process of introducing a relaxed visa regime.A communication from Pakistan, proposing the two sets of dates, was received last week and a decision will be taken by the government soon.During the India-Pakistan home secretary-level talks in March, both sides agreed to set up a Joint Working Group.
Taking a serious note of the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy, India on Tuesday told Colombo that the use of force against them should not be repeated and asked it to take a decision that will not upset bilateral ties. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna also directed Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to convene a meeting of the Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Working Group on the issue around February 15 to discuss the issue.
An agreement to standardise various security procedures between India and the United States was signed on Thursday, which will, among other things, lay down parameters for deployment of sky marshals in flights between the two countries.
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora met Iran's Deputy Minister for International Affairs H Noghrehkar Shirazi on the sidelines of the 12th International Energy Forum here to propose bilateral talks in May.
The Centre is in talks with Mauritius with regard to the long-pending revision of the bilateral tax treaty.
Amid growing concern over the spate of attacks on Indian students Down Under, India and Australia decided on Monday to form a joint working group to coordinate between the two countries in ensuring safety of the students there. The decision was taken in New Delhi at a meeting between a high-level Australian delegation and officials of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
After a two-year lull, India has proposed to resume talks with Iran on importing gas through a pipeline passing through Pakistan, but the Persian Gulf state wants the meeting to happen in Tehran.
India and the United States are working on efforts to improve cooperation on UN terrorist designations and expand the sharing of information on known or suspected terrorists "no matter where they may be located," says US Ambassador to India Richard Verma
Arrangements for initiating trade across Line of Control and its infrastructural logistics are being given final touches ahead of a formal announcement expected following the meeting between the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.
Legal and judicial reforms are required for the development of financial systems and to create a favourable environment for growth of entrepreneurship, says the initial recommendations of an Indo-American joint working group deliberating on how to drive entrepreneurial growth in India.
With investigations in the Jaipur serial blasts indicating links to Bangladesh, New Delhi has pressed Dhaka to end cross-border infiltration and launch a crackdown on anti-India elements operating from its soil.At a meeting of the Joint Working Group in New Delhi, serious concern was expressed over 'continuous flow of illegal immigrants' from Bangladesh in the backdrop of the recent terror attack in Jaipur last month, in which 68 people were killed.
The group will recommend schedules of activities for bilateral exchanges between the two countries.
In a move that will significantly reduce paperwork for producers of goods and services, the draft recommendations submitted by the all-states joint working group on goods and services tax (GST) have said one document will have to be filed.
"Both sides strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and underscored it as a major threat to democracy, pluralism, international peace and security," said a statement from the Indian Embassy. Host of issues like regional counter-terrorism efforts, threat assessments in South Asia, Middle East and South East Asia, bio-terrorism, anti-terrorism assistance training programme and co-operation in the field of forensic epidemiology were discussed.
Terrorism can be contained only with strong public support, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said while appreciating the "template" set by the Bangladesh government in this regard after the terror attack in Dhaka in July.
'The US President is joining the Prime Minister in addressing a huge Indian diaspora event in Houston and they will also meet on the margins of the UNGA in New York'
A joint working group in the ministry of finance has given its report after obtaining technical and commercial proposals from leading biometric solution providers, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in Lok Sabha during Question Hour.
'To deal with a bully, you have to deal from a position of strength, not a position of weakness.'
He said Bangladesh has expressed its interests in exchanging experiences on local government and so have South Africa and Brazil.
A decision in this regard will be taken by the empowered committee of state finance ministers in its meeting on December 20.
The 2 countries underlined the need for more efficient measures to prevent propagation of terrorism, including in the cyberspace.
Kazakhstan will give ONGC Videsh Ltd an oil block in the Caspian Sea.\n\n
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