India ratifies Paris deal, Modi stresses commitment to fight climate change
India on Sunday ratified the Paris climate-change deal, a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the surprise announcement of New Delhi joining the effort to control global warming. The pact that is expected to kick in by year-end requires countries to come up with plans to limit greenhouse gas emission to keep global temperature […]
US blames Pakistan’s coddling of terror for escalating tensions, asks Islamabad to ‘combat and delegitimize’ terror groups
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is being blamed for the escalation of tensions in the Indian subcontinent. Its coddling of UN-designated terrorists and terror groups and its launching cross-border terrorism into India is being seen by the Obamaadministration as the provocation – if not justification — for New Delhi’s decision to conduct a one-time, demonstrative, surgical strike at terrorist launch pads across […]
PM Modi speaks to people of Pakistan: Let us go to war against poverty, unemployment… let’s see who wins
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a strong attack on Pakistan on Saturday, warning that India will not forget the sacrifices of the 18 soldiers who were killed in the terrorist strike at the Army camp in Uri last Sunday. At the same time, he reached out to the people of Pakistan — differentiating between them and their […]
China Says Japan Trying To ‘Confuse’ South China Sea Situation
BEIJING: China on Monday accused Japan of trying to “confuse” the situation in the South China Sea, after its neighbour said it would step up activity in the contested waters, through joint training patrols with the United States. Ties between Asia’s two largest economies have long been overshadowed by arguments over their painful wartime history and […]
Modi raises terrorism, China-Pak corridor in talks with Xi and G20 meetings
India called on China on Sunday to join a unified global effort to counter terrorism and urged it to stop politicising the issue, emphasising that problem was emanating from South Asia and gradually destabilising the region. In a 35-minute meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and later addressing BRICS leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the issue […]
Bilateral trade reached USD 109 billion, GST to boost it further: US to India
Bullish on expanding economic ties with India, the US on Sunday said bilateral trade has reached USD 109 billion and it will get a further boost from new reforms including GST even as it flagged persisting concerns American firms have on issues related to business climate in the fast-growing economy. US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, […]
Why France’s burkini swimsuits are drawing international anger
PARIS: French mayors are drawing international anger forbanning the burkini+ , an all-encompassing swimsuit worn by a small minority of Muslim women. The Associated Press explains the core of the controversy. What are burkinis? They’re a recent retail invention, not a religious requirement in any country. Around a decade ago an Australian woman of Lebanese origin created […]
India is world’s third biggest tech start-up hub: Study
NEW DELHI: India is home to the third largest number of technology-driven start-ups in the world, with the US and the UK occupying the top two positions, according to a report. The study, done by Assocham in association with Thought Arbitrage Research Institute, also revealed that Bengaluru is host to the largest share of technology start-ups […]
Amid war of words, India tells Pak it wants to discuss illegal occupation of PoK
On a day Pakistan accused India of crossing a “red line” by raising alleged rights abuses in Balochistan, New Delhi said it wanted to discuss the vacation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir under “illegal occupation” by Islamabad. The war of words heated up a day after India said it would take up Pakistan’s offer […]
‘Pak can no longer expect ‘blank cheques’ from US’
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon’s decision to block US $300 million+ military aid to Pakistan for its failure to take sufficient action against Haqqani network shows that Islamabad can no longer expect “blank checks” from the US, according to experts. “The blank-check approach to soliciting Pakistan’s support against terrorism no longer holds in Washington among both legislative and executive branches […]
Pakistan Government, Hafiz Saeed Provoke With Comments On Burhan Wani
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government and internationally-condemned terrorist Hafiz Saeed have made twin attempts to aggravate the tension in Kashmir, where more than 20 people have died and nearly 300 been injured in clashes after the death of terrorist Burhan Wani on Friday night. “The Prime Minister of Pakistan has expressed his deep shock at the killing […]
Indian-Americans keen about PM Modi’s address to US Congress
WASHINGTON: Indian-Americans in the US are looking forward to listening to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to a joint session of the US Congress with American lawmakers flooding with requests from the community members for tickets to the visitor’s gallery on June 8. A large number of Indian-Americans are disappointed by not being able to […]
US helped India remove ship from UN’s Libya sanction list
NEW DELHI: The UN Security Council’s decision to remove from a sanctions list an Indian ship accused of loading illicit crude from eastern Libya is being talked about as the latest byword for global India-US strategic cooperation. India-flagged tanker Distya Ameya, chartered by a UAE-based firm, was removed from the sanctions list of a UNSC […]
Pakistan will push UN to declare Indian Ocean ‘nuclear free zone’, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Thursday informed Senate that Pakistan is considering to move a resolution in United Nations, urging it to declare the Indian Ocean a “nuclear free zone”. The adviser expressed concern over India’s interceptor missile test of its advanced air defence missile Ashwin and vowed to […]
A.Q. Khan’s family figures in Panama Papers
KARACHI: The family of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme, has been named in the Panama Papers. Abdul Quyuim Khan, the brother of A.Q. Khan, and Hendrina, his wife, as well as Dina and Ayesha Khan, his two daughters, are all shown as owners of Wahdat Ltd, a company registered in the […]
After Sadiq Khan’s win, the internet points out hypocrisy on Pakistan’s part
Khan, a former human rights lawyer and Labour government minister, is the son of a Pakistani immigrant who came to Britain in the 1960s. Though his father worked as a bus driver, he wanted something better for his children. Sadiq Khan’s extraordinary rise to prominence in politics has been hailed as an inspiration to immigrants everywhere. Pakistanis […]
Isro: A world class Make in India example
Last week, India successfully launched a satellite which finally established the country’s own satellite navigation system—only four others, the US, Russia, China and the European Union, possess this capability in the world—or more familiarly, a global positioning system (GPS) of its own. And once again it did so on a shoe-string budget. Not only will […]
China keen to invest more in India
Moscow: China has complimented India for “doing a good job” in maintaining an impressive growth rate despite a global slowdown and is keen on working together to push for reforms in the international financial system to offset the inherent weaknesses. Stating that his country was keen to ramp up investments in India, Chinese foreign minister Wang […]
India’s potential growth rate below 7%: RBI paper
Mumbai: What is the potential growth rate of the Indian economy? The question, the answer to which is key to policy decisions such as how far interest rates should be lowered, has always been an actively debated one. The latest estimate of the country’s potential growth rate comes from a working paper released by the Reserve […]
India, US pledge increased cooperation to crack down on tax evasion
New Delhi: India and the US will work together to ensure that information under the latter’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, is fully reciprocal. Under FATCA, which came into effect last year, Indian financial institutions are mandated to report accounts maintained by US taxpayers to the US government. But so far there has been […]
