'Trump's disregard for norms and institutions could prove very costly for America's social fabric.' IMAGE: USA President-elect Donald Trump meets with Republican members of the US House of......
Times have changed, situations have changed, but the basic nature of superpower geo-politics remains the same and so also India's diplomacy -- call it non-alignment, strategic autonomy or......
Southern India could continue to experience higher than normal rainfall and this could cause further flooding due to El Nino, a phenomena which sparks global weather extremes, according to a......
'Narasimha Rao asked me why China was doing so well in attracting foreign investments and I gave my frank opinion.''I told him that giving thrust to exports had to be a national effort.''But in......
A decade after a massive tsunami triggered by an earthquake smashed the coastline of around 14 nations; India on Friday announced a $1 million (around Rs 6 crore) contribution to a United Nations......
India is expected to see a slower economic growth of 5.9 per cent in the current fiscal even as there are reasons to believe the 'economy has turned the corner', an United Nations agency report......
The economy is likely to grow by 8.3 per cent in the current fiscal, as against an estimated 7.2 per cent in 2009-10, riding on revival in industrial growth and private consumption, says a report......
Brushing aside the projections of moderation in growth, the UN-ESCAPsaid on Thursday the Indian economy would grow by nine per cent in the next financial year (2008-09). "India's economy has......
Nobel laureate Amratya Sen has been conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by UNESCAP as part of its 60th anniversary celebrations. "The award is a symbol of our pride that a son of our region has......
A staggering $600 billion a year is needed for infrastructure development in the entire Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations has estimated.Addressing a high level meeting of over 50 countries in......