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India need not transfer $10 bn into IMF right away

India may not be required to infuse $10 billion (Rs 55,000 crore) it promised at the G20 to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for bailing out debt-trapped Euro...

June 21, 2012

India might be 1st BRIC to lose investment rating: S&P

As per the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s India may become the 1st BRIC country to be degraded in investment grade rating. What is the reason that might...

June 13, 2012

India demands greater role in SCO

India has made vociferous demand for its full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, SCO. It has demanded a larger role for itself in the security grouping in...

June 8, 2012

India, Japan to launch dialogue mechanisms on cyber, maritime security

India and Japan have agreed to launch dialogue mechanisms on cyber and maritime security. The dialogue b/w the two nations will be held at the level of foreign...

May 1, 2012

IMF lowers India’s growth forecast to 6.9% for 2012

­­The IMF (International Monetary Fund) lowered India’s growth forecast to 6.9% for this year. The lowered growth outlook in 2012 owes much to a slowdown of investment which...

April 27, 2012

G-4 ingeminates call for UNSC expansion

India and three other member countries of the G-4 emphasised the need for expansion of the UN Security Council (UNSC) membership in both permanent and non-permanent categories and...

January 31, 2012

India-Pakistan: Implications of MFN Status

According to WTO, MFN status means that every time a country lowers a trade barrier or opens up a market, it has to do so for the same...

December 29, 2011

Russia: Putin for expansion of SCO membership

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the SCO s Council of Ministers summit in St Petersburg that Russia favoured the expansion of the membership of the Shanghai Cooperation...

December 29, 2011

5th IBSA summit, Pretoria and Tshwane Declaration

The President of the Republic of South Africa Jacob Zuma, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India Dr. Manmohan Singh, and the President of the Federative Republic...

December 28, 2011

UN resolution on Syria: India refrains whilst Russia, China veto

UNSC resolution on Syria which threatens action against Syria if it did not at once stop the lethal onslaught of anti-regime protesters – India refrained from voting. Russia...

December 7, 2011

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