The two countries, among the very few fast growing large economies globally, also decided to boost bilateral trade and investment in areas of oil and gas, renewable energy, IT and pharmaceuticals, during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Swami Agnivesh has held Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar responsible for the murder of a constable by Maoists on Thursday.
Notwithstanding Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's offer for talks with Maoists, the state government decided to intensify operations to secure the safe release of 4 policemen taken hostage by Naxals as there was no guarantee the other three cops would be spared.
Maoists have threatened to decide the fate of the four kidnapped policemen at a kangaroo court after the deadline given the by outlawed rebels to the Bihar government expired.
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The minister also promised more policy decisions in the coming days saying 'reforms is a work in progress'.
Manish Sabharwal tackles 5 criticisms of demonetisation.
A delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party Members of Parliament and senior leaders met President Pratibha Patil on Thursday and submitted a memorandum and crores of signatures as part of its campaign against "abject failure of the UPA government" to control price rise.
Securities held in custody accounts reached a new high.
The United States may seek to gain leverage from the WikiLeaks disclosures about the Inter Services Intelligence's links with the Taliban and the Al Qaeda to make Islamabad act tougher on militant groups on its soil. "This is now in the open," a senior Barack Obama administration official said, referring to the 92,000 documents of the US defence department's war in Afghanistan made public by the online whistleblower WikiLeaks.
Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi continued to disappoint at the Young Grandmasters Tournament of the 43rd Biel Chess Festival here as the Indian drew his seventh round game against Dmitry Andrikin of Russia to lie at the bottom of the points table.
The law will check taxpayers' money from being used to pay for the financial mismanagement of institutions.
In a first trip by an External Affairs Minister to Pakistan since 26/11 terror attacks, S M Krishna on Wednesday arrived in Islamabad on a mission to restore trust and increase confidence in the relationship, bogged down by terrorism over which he will convey India's concerns.
'What was previously buried in the sands of time now gets buried by the weight of banality,' notes Sreehari Nair.
Sales of gold and gold jewellery have come down by 75 per cent in Gujarat due to spiralling prices of yellow metal in past two to three months.
To ensure safe passage of its supply convoys throughout Afghanistan, warlords in the country are getting tens of millions of dollars of American money, some of which may be reaching the Taliban as well, a new report has said.
American Sikh community leaders have complained US lawmakers that they were experiencing racial profiling, mostly during travel, after 9/11 and the trend has increased of late.
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World champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Russian Peter Svidler, but rose joint-second place after the eighth and penultimate round of Alekhine Memorial Chess tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Grandmaster G N Gopal outclassed GM Darwin Laylo of Philippines to move into the joint second spot after the end of the fifth round of the Asian continental chess championship Subic Bay, Phillipines.
"We are considering setting up of a nuclear security Centre of Excellence in China through cooperation with relevant countries in order to play a bigger role in regional nuclear security cooperation," Hu said in his remarks at the Nuclear Security Summit.
The NSE Nifty is at 5,340 down 22 points. Inspite of two big negative news looming in the market, the index lost around 100 points,owing to the huge FII inflow which kept the sentiments positive.
Securities Exchange Board of India chairman C B Bhave, and Insurance Regulatory Authority of India chief J Harinarayan had separate meetings with finance secretary Ashok Chawla on Monday over the ongoing tussle between the two regulators over equity-linked insurance schemes.
Capital convertibility, covering unrestricted investment and speculative currency flows, is an altogether different animal, says Subir Roy.
Bill Gates is said to be considering investing personal assets worth several hundreds of billions of yen in developing the new type of reactor.
Gold made a remarkable comeback in 2008 when all was not well in the markets. The volatility in the market only thrust the investor to move towards 'safe haven'. Now it is on an upward spiral and it seems like there is no end to the upside one would derive.
As per the survey conducted by Swiss Bankers Association, protection of financial privacy remains important for people in the country with 86 per cent of respondents believing that the financial details of bank clients must be protected from third parties.
Expressing concern over growing dangerous trends in Pakistan, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal on Sunday said that its political leadership should unite to fight the menace of terrorism.
'MFs have a combined exposure of Rs 3.2 lakh crore to NBFCs, out of which Rs 1.1 lakh crore matures by September 2019.'
It is a well known fact that Dawood Ibrahim is a key aide of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the finances of outfit are largely managed by him. Indian intelligence agencies say that there has been a lot of activity concerning Dawood and the Lashkar in the past couple of months, which also includes sending in huge consignments of arms and ammunition into India.
International spot gold, which guides the domestic market, has continued its upwards trend in recent weeks. Bullion remains boosted by its safe haven status amidst the uncertain economic outlook.
In the wake of North Korea's third nuclear test, China has stepped up monitoring of radiation levels at its borders with close ally Pyongyang as the test site is situated about 100 km from the Chinese border.
'The only effective defence against a suicide attack is 'pre-emptive' destruction of the attacker,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Rallying for the third day in a row, the local currency broke the psychological 46-mark amid tepid activities in stock markets.
Anushka Sharma is at her most impressive in the chilling NH10 but the climax is a bit of a letdown, notes Sukanya Verma.
"If we are not developing AMD, then there's a threat that when our partners create an umbrella over themselves to protect them against our offensive systems, they might feel completely safe. And that might mean that our partners will feel they can do anything they want -- the level of aggression in politics and economics will rise right away. The balance will be lost," Putin explained.
A year ago, India's #MeToo movement witnessed women across India speak up against sexual harassment. Nikita Puri assesses what, if anything, has changed.
President Pranab Mukherjee has greeted the nation on the occasion of Holi and said that the festival of colours promotes oneness and harmony as well as bring happiness and prosperity to all.
A year ago, India's #MeToo movement witnessed women across India speak up against sexual harassment. Nikita Puri assesses what, if anything, has changed.
Gold touched a all-time high of at Rs 18,550 per 10 gm in the bullion market on Thursday, then slipped a tad to end at Rs 18,210. Pure gold (99.9 purity), however, closed unchanged at at Rs 18,310 per 10 gm.
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