Ahluwalia on UN advisory panel

Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, is among 19 members chosen by UN chief Ban Ki-moon for a high-level advisory group on Climate Change Financing tasked with mobilising......

India bids for Africa's hearts and minds

"When elephants fight," Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi told Business Standard in Addis Ababa recently, "the impact is felt by the grass."Zenawi's comment, accompanied by a knowing smile,......

Copenhagen: The old North-South divide outdated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......

India-Africa trade to reach $70 bn by 2015

This summer it is destination Africa for India Inc.Political leaders, industrialists and businessmen are increasingly looking to tap the resource-rich countries of the world's second largest......