Article | May 22, 2012 - 10:38am
Blog entry | May 18, 2012 - 10:10am
NEW DELHI – On her recent trip to China, Bangladesh, and India, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was eager to trumpet America’s “New Silk Road” strategy, which she unveiled last September. But the Silk Road was a trade route, whereas knife-edge diplomacy dominated Clinton’s Asian tour.
Article | April 19, 2012 - 9:41pm
Article | March 27, 2012 - 8:42pm
The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and his Pakistani counterpart, Yousuf Raza Gilani, met on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul in an unscheduled informal meeting and expressed their desire to intensify the bilateral dialogue...
Blog entry | March 23, 2012 - 12:20pm
NEW DELHI – As it prepares to hold its latest annual summit in New Delhi on March 28-29, the BRICS grouping – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – remains a concept in search of a common identity and institutionalised co-operation.
Article | March 22, 2012 - 11:11pm
More pressure has been placed on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh following months of scandals and policy failures in the country, with a new draft report from the Comptroller and Auditor...
Article | March 16, 2012 - 12:45am
According to an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report - a study of the global environmental outlook - urban air pollution will pose a major threat of premature death in the coming decades.
Article | March 10, 2012 - 1:00am
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde will visit China and India later this month, in order to attend international conferences and to discuss with officials of the two nations on major economic issues.
Article | March 1, 2012 - 11:28pm
Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on 1 March, in a move aimed at building confidence between the two countries.
Article | February 24, 2012 - 9:46pm
A meeting concerning a carbon-emissions tax for airlines using EU airspace has been held this week in Moscow.
Article | February 17, 2012 - 7:28pm
At least 25 people died on 17 February following an attack by a suicide bomber outside a Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan's restive north-west area.
Article | February 15, 2012 - 10:11pm
Tensions between Iran and Israel have been heightened over recent bomb blasts in Thailand and other countries.