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  • PM arrives in Vietnamese capital for ASEAN-India summit, EAS

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Hanoi on Thursday to take part in the ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits, which will look at ways to strengthen cooperation in fields like energy, climate change and disaster mitigation. Singh, who arrived in Hanoi on the final leg of his three-nation week-long visit that also took him to […]

    India, Malaysia sign CECA; set USD 15 bln trade target by 2015

    Seeking to give new impetus to the bilateral relations, India and Malaysia on Wednesday formally announced firming up of Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) to boost trade and decided on a range of other engagements in various sectors, including defence. The two sides signed five pacts in various areas after wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister […]

    India, Malaysia sign CECA; set USD 15 bln trade target by 2015

    Seeking to give new impetus to the bilateral relations, India and Malaysia on Wednesday formally announced firming up of Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) to boost trade and decided on a range of other engagements in various sectors, including defence. The two sides signed five pacts in various areas after wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister […]

    China opens Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed rail link

    China’s latest new high-speed passenger rail line went into service on Tuesday, reducing travel time to 45 minutes between Shanghai and the eastern lake city of Hangzhou, officials said. The line expands China’s rapid rail network to more than 7,430 kilometres (4,620 miles) as the nation continues to invest in building the world’s largest high-speed […]

    Virat Kohli achieves career-best ranking

    Indian Batsman Virat Kohli, who scored a match-winning 118 against Australia in the second ODI in Visakhapatnam has achieved career-best rankings to date in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. He rocketed 11 places into 13th position, which makes him the fourth highest-ranked India batsman after Mahendra Singh Dhoni. According to ICC […]

    PM Manmohan Singh lands in Tokyo for annual summit

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Japanese capital Tokyo on Sunday on a three-day visit during which he will hold extensive bilateral talks with his counterpart Naoto Kan. In Tokyo for the India-Japan annual summit, Manmohan Singh will discuss with Naoto Kan the gamut of bilateral, regional and global issues. India is expected to […]

    Prez confers 57th National Film awards

    President Pratibha Patil presented 57th National Film Awards in New Delhi on Friday. D Ramanaidu—a veteran producer with 130 films in a dozen languages—was presented Dada Saheb Phalke award for his outstanding contribution to cinema. Veteran cine actor Amitabh Bachchan received best actor award for his role in Paa. Speaking exclusively to AIR, ahead of […]

    Kremlin Cup: Indo-Pak duo advances to quarterfinals

    Top seeds Indo-Pak combo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Ten Lakh U.S. dollars Kremlin Cup tennis tournament. In Moscow on Thursday, the “Indo-Pak Express’, who reached the finals of the U.S. Open Grand Slam, overcame the duo of Leos Friedl of Czech Republic and Romanian Victor Hanescu […]

    India Defeat Australia in 2nd ODI

    In the second cricket One-dayer at Visakhapatnam, India defeated Australia by five wickets. Chasing the victory target of 290 runs set by Australis, India reached the target in 48.5 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. Earlier put in to bat, the Aussies made 289 for three in the allotted 50 overs. Skipper Michael Clarke […]

    Gold tumbles nearly USD 36 an ounce on dollar demand

    Gold tumbled nearly USD 36 an ounce on the bullion market in New York on Tuesday, with a firm dollar reducing demand for the precious metal as an alternate investment option. Gold, which had surged to all-time high of USD 1,388 an ounce on 14th October, lost steam and fell by USD 35.90 an ounce, […]