As Chinese FM visits Pak, Nepal, no official word yet on India trip

Deliberations between India and China over a possible visit in New Delhi by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi have gone down to the wire with neither side providing any clarity over it. IMAGE:......

For Taliban, US is Important

The Taliban knows that Washington holds the key, points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Men sell Taliban flags outside the former United States embassy in Kabul, October 8, 2021.......

Don't want just window dressing: US on Hafiz Saeed arrest

The United States is not taking at face value Pakistan's actions against terrorists outfits, including the arrest of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, and will ensure that these steps are made......

8 Indian tourists die due to possible gas leak in Nepal resort

Tragedy struck a group of 15 tourists from Kerala in Nepal when eight of them, including four children, died after they fell unconscious probably due to a gas leak from a heater in their room at a......

'Loan takers are seen to be benefitting at the cost of depositors'

'If the interest rate on bank deposits is linked to any external benchmark, it would jeopardise the banks' fund-raising ability. 'Interest rates on small savings schemes are likely to be reduced......

Trade: India opens up windows to the world

Nine years after New Delhi started implementing its Plan B - bilateral trade agreements - to beat the impasse at the World Trade Organisation's Doha Round of liberalisation talks, India seems to be......

MFN status: India not to move WTO against Pak

India has ruled out moving to the World Trade Organisation against Pakistan for not granting it the most favoured nation status and said it wanted Islamabad to do so without any "external......

Situation in India's banking sector is not grim at all: K V Kamath

Several factors seem to have corrected in India in the past six months, says the president of New Development Bank. New Development Bank President K V Kamath says the Beijing-based institution will......