WASHINGTON, Jan 10, 2015 (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry was to leave late Friday for India on his first foreign trip of 2015, with a heavy focus on trade and investment with the South Asian economic giant.
Tehran, YJC. India has imported about 38 pct. more oil from Iran in the 11 months to November as an easing of Western sanctions over Tehran's nuclear activities helped increased shipments, trade sources said.
Russia's ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin told Sputnik in an interview about major military agreements between the two countries which will be signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's official visit to India.
KARACHI: The departure of Nato combat forces from Afghanistan could push India and Pakistan towards a proxy war in the troubled state, former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf warned in an interview with AFP.
MUMBAI, Sept 28, 2014 (AFP) - India's new prime minister is turning to nuclear energy to ease a power crisis made worse by the cancellation of hundreds of coal mining permits, but he faces scepticism both at home and abroad.
Tehran, YJC. Iran’s gas export has met many obstacles ranging from Pakistan’s lack of abidance to the peace Pipeline deal to the presence of terrorist groups in Iraq.
(Reuters) - Islamic State pamphlets and flags have appeared in parts of Pakistan and India, alongside signs that the ultra-radical group is inspiring militants even in the strongholds of the Taliban and al Qaeda.
LONDON, Aug 24, 2014 (AFP) - Britain's deputy prime minister Nick Clegg begins a trade mission to India on Monday, where he will meet the country's prime minister Narendra Modi in a bid to strengthen economic ties.
SYDNEY, Aug 04, 2014 (AFP) - Asylum-seekers held on an Australian customs vessel at sea for weeks were given lifeboats and told to make their own way back to India, a lawyer for the group said Monday.
An official US report on human trafficking places Pakistan, Afghanistan and India among the countries where men, women and children are subjected to forced labour and sex-trafficking.
The Japanese government on Monday expressed its desire to build stronger ties with India, with talks reportedly under way to arrange a visit to Japan by Indian Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi in his first official foreign tour following his election win.
A tell-all book by an ex-aide to India's Premier Manmohan Singh depicting him as a powerless political puppet hit bookstores this weekend, stirring new controversy in the midst of a bitterly fought election.
Tehran, YJC. India is ready to pay Iran in euros rather than rupees for crude oil imports after an Iranian official recently said Tehran prefers euro payment, Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry sources in New Delhi say.
- India said Saturday there was "no standoff" with Washington after it expelled a US diplomat in a row over the arrest of an Indian consular official in New York.