Sharjah, Nov 17 (IANS) The first 'India-Sharjah Business and Cultural Forum' will be launched Wednesday by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) at its headquarters here, a media report said. The ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will arrive Thursday for a three-day visit - the first trip by a South African official to India after the formation ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The free trade agreement that India and Gulf countries hope to sign will give Indian firms greater access to the $1-trillion market in the Middle East, apart ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Bahrain can be the conduit for channelling the synergies of India and the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the head of Bahrain's Economic Development Board said here ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Gulf kingdom of Bahrain could act as the conduit for channelling the synergies of India and the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said the head of ...

Cairo (Egypt), Nov 8(ANI): Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said that China is not courting Africa to satisfy its booming need for energy. "The case is not what the Western reports described, that ...

Seoul, Nov 6 (DPA) South Korea's parliament on Friday ratified a comprehensive economic partnership deal with India, paving the way for closer trade ties. Seoul's ratification opens the way for eliminating or lowering ...

Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 24 (IANS) Officials of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met here Saturday to boost economic cooperation between the two sides. "China has become an ...

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) India and Sri Lanka are expected to sign a new economic agreement next year covering both goods and services, said the island nation's Minister of Investment Promotion ...

Moscow, Sep 4 (RIA Novosti) Indian President Pratibha Patil will meet Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin here later Friday for talks focusing on bilateral trade and energy. Patil held talks Thursday with ...

Moscow, Sep 3 (RIA Novosti) The presidents of Russia and India will discuss cooperation in trade, economics, science, nuclear power and space industry, at talks in Moscow later Thursday, a Kremlin ...

Tokyo, Aug 19 (Xinhua) China was Japan's biggest trading partner in the first six months this year, according to a report Wednesday. For the first time, Japan's exports to China surpassed those to ...

Beijing, Aug 17 (Xinhua) China received $5.36 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in July, down 35.7 percent year on year, said Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian Monday. China's total export-import ...

Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) Dhaka has opted for a 'go slow' approach to a proposal by Delhi to set up markets at some border points to facilitate commodity exchange between small traders ...

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Indian exports could continue to remain subdued this year amid a dismal outlook for the trade sector and world trade volume output set to decline by 11 ...

New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Iranians thronged the Iran Cultural House here Friday to vote in their presidential elections, which are being seen as a tough contest between incumbent conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ...

New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): Around 100 officials and scholars from China and India have gathered in Beijing to discuss how to boost cooperation between the two Asian giants. "Dragon and elephant have ...

By Groum Abate Addis Ababa, May 1 (IANS) A little noticed story amid the economic gloom is how India's ties are on a steady climb with Africa, a typical example being the way ...

By Anand Oberoi Gangtok, April 30 (IANS) Bilateral trade between Asian giants India and China will resume through the Nathu La pass in Sikkim on the famed Silk Route Friday, with the government ...

New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The current economic crisis could be a blessing in disguise for both India and Africa, according to Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma. "The current crisis ...

Islamabad, Mar 2 (ANI): The adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat Tareen, has stressed the need for improving trade with India for economic benefit, saying that the Indian consumer ...

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday called for greater cooperation between India and Africa, saying the potential for bilateral trade between the two was more than what ...

Beijing, Dec 10 (Xinhua) China's exports were worth $115 billion in November, down 2.2 percent year-on-year in the first monthly decline since June 2001, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Wednesday.November's ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (ANI): The first Indo-German Environment Forum programme begins on Tuesday. It aims to strengthen cooperation in the field of environment. It will focus on issues relating to ...

Srinagar, Oct 21 (ANI): As many as 28 pick-up vans loaded with goods crossed the Aman Sethu (peace bridge) on Tuesday as cross-LoC trade resumed between the divided parts of Kashmir ...

New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): Ahead of the crucial mini ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization being held in Geneva from July 21, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath met ...

Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) Despite tremendous changes in the political scenario, Nepal remains an "investment-friendly" country, and expects the bilateral trade with India to go up significantly, said the Himalayan nation's ambassador ...

New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Ecuador wants India's expertise to develop its nascent mining industry, its vice foreign minister Jose Valencia said here Thursday. Valencia, who discussed the issue with India's Minister ...

Dhaka, July 16 (IANS) Bangladesh, which banked on India for its imports of rice when the country was hit by cyclone Sidr last year, may now turn to another neighbour Myanmar for ...

By P. Karunakharan Colombo, July 9 (IANS) India is set to sign the long-awaited Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Sri Lanka on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in Colombo early next ...