New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The World Economic Forum will hold its three-day India Economic Summit here from Sunday, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the key speaker, to mark 25 ...

Tokyo, Nov 2 (DPA) Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone has announced that it is to withdraw from Formula One at the end of the 2010 season to focus its resources on alternative development. "The ...

Geneva, Oct 29 (DPA) The decline in air travel may have hit bottom, the International Air Transport Association said Thursday, but warned that a recovery was still a long way off. "The airline ...

Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 25 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday called the international community to learn lessons from the global economic crisis and ensure co-operation in growth policies. Addressing ...

By M.R. Narayan Swamy Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 25 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday urged the world to learn from the global economic crisis by keeping "the real economy strong ...

Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 25 (IANS) The fourth East Asia Summit (EAS), in which the leaders of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries and their counterparts from China, Japan, ...

Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 24 (IANS) Chinese Prime Minster Wen Jiabao made a six-point proposal for strengthening cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during his address at the bloc's ...

Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 24 (IANS) Battered by the global economic crisis, the US has decided to convene a summit meeting with the influential Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next month. This ...

Jakarta, Oct 22 (DPA) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono oversaw the swearing in of his newly-appointed cabinet ministers Thursday after receiving a strong mandate in July's election. In his inauguration speech, Yudhoyono reminded ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) Led by China, India and Indonesia, Asia is emerging from the global economic crisis sooner and stronger than any other region, according to a top International ...

Santiago, Oct 15 (DPA) The 53 million people suffering hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean would be helped by stronger government policies backing agriculture, including for small individual farmers, the regional ...

United Nations, Oct 13 (IANS) Noting that developing countries had been most affected by the global economic crisis, India has urged rich nations to honour their pledges and keep up the ...

Abu Dhabi, Oct 12 (IANS) The infrastructure sector in the Gulf region will grow significantly in the next five years as several countries in the region are planning to invest billions of ...

Abu Dhabi, Oct 11 (IANS) Australia is seeking a free trade agreement with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), WAM news agency reported Sunday. United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Trade Minister Sheikha ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Oct 9 (IANS) A "surprised and deeply humbled" President Barack Obama said Friday he would accept the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize "as a call to action". "I am both ...

Toronto, Oct 8 (IANS) Canada's Jim Flaherty has been named the finance minister of the year by Euromoney magazine. The honour comes after the World Economic Forum rated Canada's performance as the best ...

Istanbul, Oct 7 (DPA) The annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund was formally concluded Wednesday in Istanbul with an appeal to nations to pursue reforms while dealing with ...

Washington, Oct 5 (DPA) The White House has postponed a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Barack Obama until after Obama's meeting with Chinese leader Hu Jintao next month, the ...

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Over four million HIV positive people in low-and middle income countries received antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2008, a 36 percent jump over the previous year and a ...

London/Nairobi, Sep 29 (DPA) Oxfam Great Britain Tuesday warned that 23 million people were facing severe hunger due to climate change-exacerbated drought in East Africa. "This is the worst humanitarian crisis Oxfam has ...

Pittsburgh, Sep 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh bluntly asked Pakistan to give use of terror as an instrument of state policy in order to normalise relations with India. Dr. Singh ...

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Leaders at the ongoing G20 summit need to agree on a climate financing strategy to open a green pathway out of the global economic crisis, creating jobs, ...

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The UN Millennium Campaign has just released figures which show that unless rich countries marshal additional resources at the ongoing G20 summit, they are likely to deliver ...

Paris, Sep 25 (DPA) France emerged from recession in the second quarter of 2009 as its GDP rose by 0.3 percent, the government's statistics office INSEE announced Friday. The economic expansion followed four ...

New York, Sep 24 (DPA) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday urged world leaders to work towards a "global society" and improve cooperation on curbing global warming, nuclear proliferation, terrorism and ...

New Delhi, Sep 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today left for USA to attend Summit of G-20 leaders. In his departure statement, Dr. Singh said, "This is the third ...

Toronto, Sep 23 (IANS) The bankrupt Nortel has taken yet another step closer to fading into history by announcing auction of its carrier networks business. The decision was announced Monday. The 124-year-old Canadian icon, ...

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves Wednesday for the two-day G20 Summit in Pittsburgh where he is expected to make a strong pitch for a much larger ...

Moscow, Sep 16 (RIA Novosti) Russia has overcome the worst phase of the current global economic crisis and is gradually beginning to recover, deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov told the lower house ...

Washington, Sep 9 (DPA) The global economic crisis has encouraged a rash of government reforms that should make it easier to start, run and close businesses around the world, according to ...