New Delhi, March 29 (IANS): Ministers and senior officials attending the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Africa's Cameroon participated in a series of meetings to address key issues on the WTO agenda and to provide political direction for the post-MC14 work ahead, according to a statement issued by the multilateral body.
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) Amid the economy suffering with many loose ends on energy, logistics, digital infrastructure, education, poverty, and employment, the Pakistani government wants to establish itself as a major exporter of fighter jets, according to a report.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The India-Israel cooperation in agriculture has received a huge push with the announcement, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jerusalem last month, of setting up more Centres of Excellence as high-tech agricultural hubs and taking these further to the village level to ensure that the use of modern farm techniques percolates directly to the grassroots.
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary Arbab Shehzad Khan said that Pakistan-Afghanistan peace jirga will be held in Peshawar on March 31 to urge leadership of two nations to ease tensions and work towards peace, local media reported on Sunday.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) How does it feel to sit steady while everything around you seems to be on fire? It is an unsettling image, but it aptly captures India's position in today's world.
Washington, March 29 (IANS) A community-led fundraiser in the national capital has raised $200,000, as a US-based non-profit body set a goal to support 100,000 people with special abilities in India this year through assistive technology, healthcare access, and volunteer-driven programmes.
Washington, March 28 (IANS) An Indian American senior executive at Microsoft has turned to memory and meaning in a new memoir that argues leadership is shaped long before one writes a line of code.
Colombo, March 29 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday expressed gratitude to India for swift support after 38,000 metric tons of fuel shipped by New Delhi reached Colombo.
Kathmandu, March 29 (IANS) Police on Sunday arrested Nepali Congress leader and former Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Deepak Khadka, in a money laundering case, a senior police officer said.
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) Prices of medicines have increased in the open market and the pharmaceutical hub of Bohor Bazaar in Pakistan's Rawalpindi, with prices rising from 50 per cent to as high as 500 per cent, local media reported on Sunday.
