Chinese State media sees Li visit as marking a new chapter

San Francisco: Sanket Sant, a citizen of India, came to the United States at age 21, earning a master's degree in engineering, followed by a doctorate and then landing a well-paying job at a firm making semiconductor equipment. Then, he waited for the US ...

The overwhelming victory of the Indian National Congress in elections in the important southern state of Karnataka in early May has shaken up the country's political scene. India's troubled ruling party had appeared headed downhill in the build-up ...

Cameron Munter, former United States ambassador to Pakistan, is optimistic that under the new leadership of Nawaz Sharif, a rapprochement between New Delhi and Islamabad may be on the cards. Munter, in a teleconference with journalists on Pakistan Elections and the Future of US-Pakistan Relations, put together by the Council on Foreign Relations, noted Sharif’s positive comments on improving India-Pakistan relations. He recalled, “Every time I talked with Nawaz, and with ...

In a boost to India's bid for a strong foothold in the resource-rich Arctic region, the Arctic Council today expanded to include six new nations, including India, as observer states. The inclusion of observer states to the council came after an ...

Arctic states agreed Wednesday to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council, boosting rising superpowers China, India and South Korea that are seeking to mine the region for its ...

Reflecting the tardy state of affairs in the fund raising efforts of Indian e-commerce companies, a report from investment bank Allegro Captial says that the first quarter of 2013 witnessed zero fresh Series A investments with merged entities getting more ...

State Bank of India, on Saturday, suggested that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should be the regulator for all home loans provided by banks or housing finance companies (HFCs). I see no justification for having a separate regulator for home loans. Perhaps, ...

Angelina Jolie did not start a trend in the United States; probably, she is the most prominent person to have asked for a double breast removal after doctors found an abnormal BRCA1 gene in her. Women in that country have done it before her. In ...

Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com feels that Oriental Bank of Commerce, Canara Bank, State Bank of India may see upmove.