'Oh, you are Kakodkar!', President Bush exclaimed

Dr Kakodkar's strategic stubbornness ultimately got India what it wanted though the negotiations with the US went to the wire, notes Shivanand Kanavi. IMAGE: Then India's Atomic Energy Commission......

Brexit deal rejected for 3rd time by UK MPs

British lawmakers on Friday rejected the Brexit deal proposed by embattled Prime Minister Theresa May in Parliament for the third time, throwing the UK's divorce plans with the European Union into......

UK Parliament rejects leaving the EU without a Brexit deal

The lawmakers voted by 312 to 308 to reject a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances.  IMAGE: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in Parliament following the vote on Brexit in London.......

Britain's May loses crunch vote in another massive Brexit defeat

The British PM's EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs by an overwhelming 149 votes, with just 17 days to go. IMAGE: British Prime Minister Theresa May was unimpressed as MPs voted against......

EU asks India to open economy to FDI

The European Union on Friday asked India to further open its economy for foreign investments even as the country has taken tentative steps towards liberalising FDI in sensitive defence and......

Debate: Will the crisis in Europe spread?

The euro 750-bn package shows the will to protect the EU, but yoking structurally surplus nations to deficit ones makes the euro's survival risky - more capital flows to the US and emerging markets......

There's still hope for India-EU free trade pact

Mentioning the India-EU Free Trade Agreement to European officials involved in the talks usually elicits a groan and furrowed brow. Complaints of the slow pace of negotiations and the perceived......

Copenhagen: The old North-South divide outdated

Beyond the nitty-gritty of emission cuts and technology transfers, the broader significance of the two-week-long United Nations' climate summit in Copenhagen lay in the manner in which it......