Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Lack of trade information was the major reason behind low Pakistan-Iran trade volumes, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost has said. Following Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Pakistan, a new…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, April 23 (IANS) Tripura has agreed to supply an additional 100 MW of electricity to Bangladesh, over the 100 MW of power the northeastern state is supplying to the neighbouring country,…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 23 (IANS) International support through sharing expertise and experiences and by providing financial assistance is essential for climate change projects to succeed, said Ajay Mathur, director general of The…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 23 (IANS) Investors and corporate boards can be convinced to make green investments by showing them the value of tangible and intangible future returns, industrialist Mahendra Singhi has said….
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 23 (IANS) The historic Paris Climate Change Agreement signed by India and 174 other countries affords “business a chance to redeem itself from the trust deficit” bedeviling it, according…
United Nations, April 23 (IANS) Representatives from 175 countries met on Friday at the UN to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and made clear the urgency of taking action to stop global warming….
U.S. President Barack Obama (Xinhua/Yin Bogu/IANS) London, April 23 (IANS) Visiting US President Barack Obama set the EU referendum debate alight on Friday with a warning that Britain would “go to the back of the…
Geneva, April 23 (IANS) UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced on Friday that he will push on with proximity talks on all possible levels until April 27 in a bid to broker…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 22 (IANS) The historic climate change agreement was ceremonially launched Friday with 171 countries lining up to sign the document that US Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hailed as a…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Ambassadors, high commissioners, and diplomats from 34 countries gathered at a park here on Friday and planted tree saplings to mark the ‘International Mother Earth Day’ and to laud the…
Srinagar, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has “assured” Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik that the Pakistan government will not change the constitutional status of Gilgit-Baltistan, which it…
New Delhi: Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit addresses during a programme organised on Pakistan Day at Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, on March 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Sheikh Manzoor New Delhi, April 22 (IANS)…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) India on Friday said the dialogue process with Pakistan was not suspended and the visit of Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the Pathankot airbase attack was “very constructive”….
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Iran has ruled out the possibility of an Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project materliasing, saying that “we should forget about it”. Iranian ambassador Gholamreza Ansari also stressed that the “Americans will…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The central government on Friday reiterated its stand on the historic Kohinoor diamond, saying it will “amicably” bring it back from Britain. “The government of India will take all steps…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) India on Friday said the dialogue process with Pakistan was not suspended and the visit of Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the Pathankot airbase attack was “very constructive”….
New Delhi: US Ambassador to India Richard R Verma addresses during 24th AGM on “Smart Infrastructure and Eco System – Foundation for Sustainable Growth” in New Delhi on April 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi,…
By Saeed Naqvi We have grown accustomed to receiving greeting cards at the end of the year. That is why BJP stalwart Murli Manohar Joshis beautifully inscribed New Year greetings marked April 14, the first…
United Nations, April 22 (IANS) Stating that it would require at least $565 billion per annum for the country over the next 15 years to achieve the ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’, India…
Havana, April 22 (IANS) The first official US cultural delegation to Cuba ended its four-day visit to the island country with both sides agreeing to deepen bilateral cultural cooperation. The delegation, composed of more than…