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WTO: India to push food security issue
09 Oct 2017
India, particularly, will insist that a permanent solution on public stock holding be one of the deliverables in Buenos Aires as was promised at the Ministerial meets in Nairobi and Bali
First US oil shipment arrives at Paradip; comes cheaper than Dubai oil
03 Oct 2017
The first US crude oil cargo of 1.6 million barrels bought by Indian Oil Corporation from the US Gulf Coast refiners has arrived at Paradip Port in Odisha priced $2 per barrel cheaper than the Dubai crude that India often buys
Exporters demand sops, steps to end GST woes
29 Sep 2017
Mattis wants Indian troops in Afghanistan, but India won’t budge
26 Sep 2017
The two countries, however, vowed to jointly take action against militant groups operating from Pakistan that target India and neighbouring Afghanistan
India’s April-August trade deficit hits $64.14 billion
15 Sep 2017
India added $11.64 billion to its trade deficit in August with imports rising over 21 per cent to $35.46 billion and exports rising at a slower pace of 10.29 per cent to 423.82 billion during the month
India, Japan sign 15 MoUs after Modi - Abe meet
15 Sep 2017
India, Japan open skies for each other’s airlines
15 Sep 2017
The agreement will not only boost connectivity and passenger travel between the two countries, but will also help bring down airfares on these routes
India likely to finalise defence, nuclear deals with Japan: report
13 Sep 2017
While Japan has been averse to the idea of nuclear trade, the need to rescue technology giant Toshiba from the financial troubles that Westinghouse has brought upon it seems to have necessitated a change in Japanese government’s attitude
Tech giants vow to fight Trump’s move against child immigrants
07 Sep 2017
President Trump on Tuesday revoked the Obama-era programme known as Deferred Action for Children Arrival (DACA), a move likely to impact 800,000 undocumented workers, including more than 7,000 Indian-Americans
India, China call for end to trade-distorting farm support by West
01 Sep 2017
Developed countries which provide 50 to 100 per cent in subsidies on certain farm products and have more than 90 per cent of the global farm subsidy entitlements of nearly $160 billion, wants developing countries to stop providing 10 per cent in subsidies to poor farmers
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