Under the 'Major Defence Partner' recognition, the US will continue to work toward facilitating technology sharing with India to a level commensurate with that of its closest allies and partners.
'Now is the time for India, our biggest neighbour and oldest friend, to bring the full array of international policy instruments to bear.'
Insurance companies are expected to get greater leeway in investing policyholders' funds with the addition of mortgage-backed securities to the list of approved investments.
The cement industry is likely to add around 15 million tonnes of fresh capacity in 2007-08 - a little over half of the 27 million tonnes it had talked about at the beginning of the financial year.
Seeking to boost the strategic ties, India and the US finalised the text of the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement.
Statements emanating from the recent Chinese Communist party congress suggest potentially increasing pressure on India with regard to the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, notes former RAW officer Jayadeva Ranade.
French President Francois Hollande indicated on Sunday that the nearly Rs 60,000 crore Rafale jets deal is unlikely to be signed during his current visit although it is on the "right track".
The cement industry consumed around 25.35 million tonnes of coal last year. Of the last year's offtake, 14.18 mt was through coal linkages from Coal India and Singareni Collieries, which in the past had been over 20 mt.
The issue has gained importance as a working group of International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has been set up to study the impact of private equity funds on emerging markets.
The food security programme is not restricted to the poor and the population covered by it is about three times the number of people below the poverty line, Parliament was told on Thursday.
Dr Prodi who will be in Mumbai on Tuesday and Wednesday where he will attend a business forum meeting and meet the Maharashtra Governor.
The 2 countries underlined the need for more efficient measures to prevent propagation of terrorism, including in the cyberspace.
However, the APC failed to make any headway in his proposed formation of working groups as some political parties opposed the move.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked NITI Aayog to frame policies to propel India into the next century.
The United States has said that in-person registration of domestic workers of foreign diplomats would be mandatory, an apparent fallout of the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade over alleged misrepresentation of the salary paid to her maid.
This group was also to deliberate on effective devolution of powers among different regions to meet regional, sub-regional and ethnic aspirations.
The chief minister said he recently had meetings with the prime minister, union home minister and foreign minister and discussed matters pertaining to the dialogue and peace.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said that it would be done step by step and in different time frames.
It was not immediately clear whether the separatist groups, including Hurriyat Conference, would participate in the third round.
Banks want the government to bear the cost of providing cover under the proposed credit guarantee scheme for distressed farmers.
When Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier shone a light on the Pandora's Box that became famous as the Panama Papers, even they didn't know how it would shake up the murky world of finance, indeed the world itself.
The Reserve Bank of India is expected to announce a slew of measures to bring vibrancy into the debt market as part of its mid-term review of the annual monetary policy.
The ultra-low-cost small car being jointly developed by Bajaj, Renault and Nissan is expected to hit Indian roads by 2010. Renault and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, who was on a visit to Bajaj Auto in Pune on Monday, said that he hoped the prototype of the car will be completed by the end of this year. The car is expected to cost US $3,000 and will compete with Tata Motors' Rs 1 lakh car due next year.
Rediff.com's Vipin Vijayan, who is travelling with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Japan, reports from Tokyo.
US said access to affordable health care entails a large number of factors from rates, logistics to insurance reforms.
'It is the impression in Kashmir that if ever a realistic resolution of the problem/dispute is sought to be seriously attempted by New Delhi, the BJP is the best bet,' says Mohammed Sayeed Malik, the distinguished observer on Kashmir.
The US might consider setting up of a joint technical working group to address the issue of finalising a totalisation agreement with India.
The aim of the exhibition in London is to present evidence relating to the scientific basis of Ayurveda and the potential it holds for global health care.
Pakistan on Thursday said Most Favoured Nation status cannot be granted to India at a time when there is tension on the borders.
The two leaders enjoyed the sunshine with a walk in the grounds of Schloss Meseberg, an 18th century Baroque castle in the Brandenburg district of Germany.
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