World economy
Modi announces $1-bn loan to Nepal; offers to review bilateral treaty
04 Aug 2014
Prime minister Narendra Modi has pledged to help power-starved Nepal set up hydropower plants and offered to buy surplus electricity from the country
VTB Group’s $1.5-bn loan may be hit by sanctions
01 Aug 2014
WTO to meet in September as Geneva talks deadlock
01 Aug 2014
India and other developing countries have refused to ratify any agreement on trade issues until a permanent solution on food security is finalised
Kerry hopes to push India on WTO trade deal as deadline looms
31 Jul 2014
India has refused to ratify the WTO trade-facilitation deal unless it eases restrictions on farm subsidies and food subsidies to the poor
Climate change and air pollution will combine to curb food supplies: study
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 31 Jul 2014
Ozone and higher temperatures can combine to reduce crop yields, warns a new study from MIT. By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office
US House of Reps vote to sue Obama
31 Jul 2014
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives has voted for a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, for executive overreach
US Federal Reserve leaves monetary policy unchanged
31 Jul 2014
The Fed said household and business spending was improving, but recovery in the housing sector remained slow
India seeks postponement of trade deal as WTO dumps food security issue
26 Jul 2014
India said the failure of the WTO to work in the interests of all its members and to deliver meaningfully on the “development” mandate of the Doha Round would pose a far more serious risk to its credibility than any other factor
Japan core consumer inflation eases slightly
25 Jul 2014
Healthscope share sale raises A$2.2 bn
25 Jul 2014
IMF cuts global growth forecast to 3.4%; India’s growth unchanged at 5.4%
25 Jul 2014
The IMF is optimistic that global growth will rebound as the temporary constraints recede and recent global policy actions to support expansion gain
India not to back WTO’s trade protocol sans food security
24 Jul 2014
WTO's trade facilitation agreement opposes public holding of food stock and its subsidised distribution to the poor