China and India set ambitious new economic targets on Thursday by pledging to nearly double their trade in the next five years to $100 billion annually. But the two Asian giants appeared to make little progress on tough geopolitical differences over Pakistan, terrorism and their disputed border. Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China, who is [...]
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon on a 3-day visit to India. The special aircraft carrying the Chinese leader, who is accompanied by a large business delegation, landed at the Air Force station, Palam, at 1.45pm minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia and foreign secretary Nirupama Rao [...]
President Obama, challenged by Indian students Sunday to explain why the United States had not labeled Pakistan a terrorist state, defended his administration’s efforts to help the Pakistani government root out extremism and urged Indians to remember their own stake in promoting their longtime rival’s stability. Obama’s call to India for a gradual rapprochement with [...]
The games have been a tough act for a nation that has never hosted such a large international event. Months earlier, Parliament was forced to deal with accusations of corruption in the planning of the games. Two weeks ago, gunmen fired on a tourist bus in New Delhi and injured two Taiwanese tourists. A car [...]
Posted by uspostSportsWednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Scotland is delaying the departure of its first team of athletes for the Commonwealth Games in India amid concerns the competitors’ village is unfinished and not up to standard, the delegation said Wednesday. It came after a third English athlete and an Australian athlete pulled out of the competition, citing safety and health fears. The [...]