Stressing that tribunals established by the UN cannot prosecute all perpetrators of crime in a given situation, India has called on the global community to help strengthen the national justice systems.
Most rich and upper-middle class Indians are greatly under-taxed. Worse, the government annually writes off over Rs 5 lakh crores through exemptions. This practice must be ended if the growth-development disconnect is to be abolished, says Praful Bidwai.
The senate banking committee and commerce committee approved Kumar's nomination, which was buoyed by a rousing introduction of Kumar by Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, where Kumar has resided since 1993, and it's now the full senate that has got to vote on his nomination, and sources said he could be in place in his job at commerce by late this month or early March.
Go ahead and be an entrepreneur! Don't keep saying, I want to be an entrepreneur and one day, I will be one. There is no some day; just go out and chase your dreams, says Prof. Nandini Vaidyanathan.
Injuries to key players have dented their chances of winning a fifth African Nations Cup.
In a glittering ceremony, former president Bill Clinton Thursday evening presented six individuals, including New Delhi-based Ruchira Gupta -- journalist, activist and policymaker, who for the past 25 years has worked relentlessly for women's and girl's rights, especially the ending of their sex trafficking -- with the 2009 Clinton Global Citizen Awards.
In an effort to allow 19 poor countries to promote growth and make progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the International Monetary Fund will grant 100 per cent debt relief to them amounting to $3.3 billion
All the events at the Toronto International Film Festival.
WTO's new director general Pascal Lamy, who assumes office on September 1, on Friday selected four deputies including an Indian, Harsha Vardhana Singh, presently secretary of telecom regulator TRAI.
While wealth doesn't seem to generate happiness, extreme poverty is more likely to produce the opposite.
Before he came to the US, he also held senior positions internationally for Levi-Strauss & Co, Unilever and the Colgate-Palmolive Company.
With the state-owned BSNL's 93-million-line tender once again the subject of a controversy, it's but natural to elicit the views of Ericsson's global president and CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg on this
Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla will give AIDS medicines at half the normal prices to former US President Bill Clinton's Foundation
Import of fine wine to India has emerged as one of the '12 best new business opportunities in the world' compiled by a Fortune group magazine.
India's exports of tea to Pakistan jumped nearly 73 per cent to 6.4 million kg in 2003 from 3.7 million kg in 2002, even as the country's total exports during the first 11 months of last year came down 22.18 per cent
The 41-year-old British national guided India to the silver medal at the Afro-Asian Games.
Second half goals gave the hosts a 2-0 victory and a semi-final berth in the Afro-Asian games football tournament.
A revised schedule was drawn up for the men's tournament as the team failed to turn up even today.
India shares a good relationship with the US and was not under any pressure to send troops to Iraq, the foreign secretary said.
'Indian civilisation has thrived for millennia because of the element of Dharma in society, however strong the demons are.'
A 243-strong contingent, which will be in the African nation for a year, was given a ceremonial flag-off by Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy.
Rajeev Srinivasan on one of the best film festivals in India.
Instituted by the US Center for Citizen Diplomacy, the awards recognize the honorees 'for inspiring others through their exemplary work as citizen diplomats and for promoting cultural understanding around the world.'
Former US President Bill Clinton on Friday launched a major medical initiative to make available Anti-Retroviral Drugs to millions affected by HIV/AIDS around the world at almost one-third of the existing market costs.
So what would you like a greeting card for this festive season to be?
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