Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi mentioned on Monday that Indian government and The European Union are working towards the signing of a Labour Mobility Partnership agreement.
 
Ravi, who had been on a European Union tour, arrived in India on Saturday. He mentioned that the deal ...

Reports from the Washington Post mention that the Dalai Lama- Obama meeting is being held up by the US so that it can gain China’s favour.
 
The Tibetan representatives were pressurized by the US for putting the meeting of the spiritual leader and Obama on hold till the meeting ...

Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is attending the World Bank meet in Istanbul, on Monday, has called up for more voting rights for emerging nations in multilateral lending institutions. He has also demanded the rich nations to keep the word they gave during the G20 Summit in ...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, accepting the invitation extended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will be visiting India in November.
 
Even though the visit has not been announced formally Canwest news agency has cited that official sources in Ottawa have mentioned that the ...

Cuba and the United Arab Emirates have entered into an agreement which will enable the strengthening of the bilateral cooperation between the two nations, especially in fields of trade as well as investment.
 
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan had met the Cuban Deputy ...

Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reached Iran on Saturday for talks over Tehran's nuclear programme, with Iran Officials.
 
ElBaradei is scheduled to meet Iranian officials and discuss Iran's nuclear programme with them during his stay in ...

In a second referendum with 67.13 percent voting in affirmative, Irish voters approved the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, in the final office results on Saturday.
 
According to the results released by Ireland's electoral office, majority of voters in 41 of Ireland's 43 constituencies voted ...

UN Nuclear Watchdog’s chief Mohamad ElBaradei is set to discuss dates and conditions for IAEA access to the newly revealed site of Iran’s second uranium enrichment facility located in a mountain near Qom.
 
The recent revelation of the existence of the facility comes as shock to ...

Finance ministers and central bank heads from the world’s seven major developed powers are to meet this Saturday (October the 3rd 2009) at Istanbul, Turkey.
 
This follows the group of 20 countries, G20 summit that was held less than two weeks ago in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. The ...

Six world powers met with Iran this Thursday morning in Geneva to discuss Iran’s growing nuclear ambitions which has raised many security concerns in the West.
 
The six countries include Russia, Britain, China, France, Germany and the US. Washington hopes to draw Iran into ...

A memorandum of understanding has been signed by India and Denmark on Tuesday on the Labour Mobility Partnership which will enable the proper migration of Indian workers to Denmark for meeting the workforce requirements of Denmark.
 
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, who is ...

European Union has plans for suspending the ban which it had imposed on the import of seafood from Pakistan.
 
The discussion regarding the same will be held by the European Union delegates in Pakistan next month.
 
The European Union had imposed the ban on the imports of seafood from ...

The much-expected social security pact between India and Holland will be inked in New Delhi in October.
 
The pact was announced on the margins of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Europe (Indian Diaspora meeting), which had been held on Sep 19, at The Hague, by the Indian Overseas Affairs ...

Canada’s Trade Minister Stockwell Day mentioned that the deal between India and Canada for selling the nuclear technology as well as materials was on the cards. Adding that the issues related to security will soon find a solution, he also mentioned that very soon the Canada-India nuke deal ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has mentioned that the European and American leaders, along with Afghanistan people, appreciate India's role in Afghanistan for making an investment of $1.5 billion to help reconstruction.
 
"We have not supplied any arms, we are also helping them in ...

The G20 nations, during the G20 summit held in Pittsburgh, US, have agreed that the developing nations like India, Brazil and China will now have more voice at the decisions taken at the International Monetary Fund, as the voting power of these nations will be increased by a minimum of ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, welcoming the decision for making G20 as the world’s top economic forum for global decisions, mentioned that this reflects the views of emerging nations like India, China and Brazil.
 
"With the rise of Asia, with growth of India, China and Brazil, ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemning the reaction of the G20 nations against the Tehran’s disclosure of second uranium enrichment plant, mentioned that Iran is adhering to all international regulation.
 
Ahmadinejad told the media in New York that he was actually shocked by ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while addressing the G20 summit on Friday, mentioned that stimulus packages should not be withdrawn as of now as the global economy has not yet stabilized after the economic meltdown last year.
 
He mentioned that the root causes of the global meltdown should ...

US President Barack Obama mentioned on Friday that the nuclear plant, which is the second one disclosed by Iran this week, is "inconsistent" with its claims for utilizing the same for civil purposes.
 
Addressing the G20 summit with the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and ...

Union ministers Jairam Ramesh and Farooq Abdullah will be participating at the US-India Energy Partnership Summit which is slated to happen in Washington from Oct 1. This convention will be a major contributor to the India-US dialogues on climate change, renewable energy as well as technological ...

The G20 nations have mentioned that emerging nations like India can play vital role in the restoration of global financial system as well as to trounce the current economic meltdown.
 
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has mentioned that India can provide vital inputs to solve the global ...

The world leaders, in a dramatic announcement, mentioned that Group of 20 developed and developing nations will form the top economic forum of the world, allowing emerging powers like India and China to have more say in financial matters.
 
The announcement came from the White House while ...

The two-day G20 summit kicked off on Friday amidst heavy policing in US city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
                   
About 500 protestors were found outside the convention centre carrying ...

India has stressed that it will not join the non-proliferation treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state as NPT makes its discriminatory.
 
The UNSC on Thursday had asked all the states to sign and endorse NPT and CTBT as non-nuclear weapons states so that use of nuclear disarmaments can be ...

UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon has called for the implantation of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the earliest.
 
Moon, at the inauguration of the two-day conference, that has about 100 foreign ministers, has asked the nine states, who have not to endorsed CTBT, to take a ...

US President Barack Obama, accepting the invitation extended by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has agreed to visit Bangladesh.
 
Hasina, who was sitting beside the US President, during the dinner hosted by Ban Ki-moon, the general Secretary of UN, spoke to him about the problems ...

Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has departed for the US to take part in the G20 summit, which is slated to kick off on Sep 24. US President Barack Obama will host the G20 summit.
 
The summit will take a look into the world economy after the year-long crisis and discuss on the steps ...

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao have assured to join hands to ensure that the relation between the two nations is reinforced.
 
The two Presidents, who met during the UN climate change summit at Waldorf Astoria hotel, mentioned that they need to work together to ...

The US President Barack Obama said that the measures adopted for countering climate change can face negative impact from global economic recession. He also added that "we are determined to act".
 
"The journey is hard. And we don't have much time left to make it," Obama ...