WTO: India pushes for building broadband infra, digital skills in LDCs, developing countriesThis emphasizes the urgent need to build the capacity of developing countries and LDCs (least developed countries) in areas like digital sk...
19 May, 2020, 06.33 PM IST
India talking to members to avoid abstentions at UNHRCIndia wants to avoid a situation where member-countries abstain en masse during the vote on Kashmir.
08 Sep, 2019, 11.31 PM IST
Over 40 nations ink nuclear ban treaty opposed by big powersWithin an hour, 42 states had put their names to the treaty, and more were signing afterward. Guyana, Thailand and the Vatican also have ra...
21 Sep, 2017, 07.26 AM IST
India wins re-election to UN organ on economic, social issuesIndia's re-election to ECOSOC comes just a day after leading expert on international law Neeru Chadha won a crucial election to the Law of ...
18 Jun, 2017, 12.36 PM IST
India re-elected to UN Economic and Social CouncilUN elected 18 members of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to serve a three-year term beginning January 1, 2015.
30 Oct, 2014, 10.34 AM IST
The passions that united the men in football historyUruguay succeeds in staging and winning the first World Cup in 1930, beginning an important era in football history.
22 May, 2014, 06.25 AM IST
Ex-UN envoy Hardeep Singh Puri on a mission to end Devyani Khobragade's standoff?Puri enjoys a good rapport with US national security adviser as both had simultaneously worked at the UN as the ambassadors of their countr...
24 Dec, 2013, 01.44 AM IST
India to push exports via trade diplomacyGovt plans to step up trade diplomacy to push exports, a senior official told ET, adding that Commerce Secretary will brief Indian heads of...
13 Sep, 2012, 06.26 AM IST
- Indo-Brazilian trade slated to reach US$15 billion by 2015: Carlos Duarte, Brazilian ambassador to India
Indo-Brazilian trade is slated to reach US$15 bn by 2015, says Carlos Duarte, Brazilian ambassador in India.
15 Jun, 2012, 07.43 PM IST
- LAC seeks to double trade with India to $50 billion in 2 years
Countries from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), want to double their trade with India to $50 billion in the next two years, exporters...
18 Jan, 2012, 07.16 PM IST
- Kamalesh Sharma reappointed Commonwealth Secretary General
Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma, a veteran Indian diplomat, was today reappointed to the coveted post for a 4 year term.
30 Oct, 2011, 01.47 PM IST
- WTO scrambles for fresh options on trade pact
Top negotiators prepared to turn to fresh proposals Monday in a bid to nail a new global trade free trade pact despite growing discord and ...
28 Jul, 2008, 08.01 AM IST
- Indian workers threaten to stage 'satyagraha' in Washington
Over 100 Indian workers, who allegedly faced slave-like treatment in a Mississippi shipyard, have threatened to stage a 'satyagraha' in Was...
19 Mar, 2008, 04.56 PM IST
- Developing countries’ proposal on industrial tariff cuts angers the West
At the conclusion of the week of negotiations on non-agriculture market access (NAMA) last Friday, the NAMA11 group that include India drop...
12 Jun, 2007, 04.15 AM IST
- WTO freeze worse than GATT-crash
The freeze in global trade talks could turn out to be deeper than the crisis that gripped the system in 1990, because of acrimony flying be...
31 Jul, 2006, 12.35 AM IST
- Kamal Nath optimistic about world trade talks
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has said he is optimistic about the outcome of the world trade talks as no country wants to...
23 Jun, 2006, 09.10 AM IST
- Consensus on WTO ministerials sought
India and other members of Like Minded Group of Countries (LMG) have in a joint paper to the WTO suggested that 'draft ministerial declarat...
21 May, 2002, 05.36 PM IST