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New Delhi: India has said that negotiations for peace with the Talibans by the Afghan government should not seek to create equivalence between an internationally recognised government and insurgent groups.

The US Federal Reserve will continue for the present its purchase of US securities (QE) at the rate of 85 billion dollars a month to support stronger economic recovery and ensure that inflation edges up to its longer-run target of 2 per cent but it may begin a gradual scaling down of this stimulus (quantitative easing) later in the year, depending on incoming data on economy and labour market as well as the level of inflation.

The Congress party is getting ready to face the 2014 Lok Sabha polls with the much-expected organisational changes and cabinet reshuffle that happened this week. The bigger thing was the changes in the party, while the cabinet rejig is only secondary. In essence, the government is now in the party mode.

New Delhi: The tragedy of Kedarnath pilgrim yatra has compelled the government to wake up to the need to ensure the safety and security of the pilgrims. Nature’s fury has created havoc in the hill state, Uttarakhand where torrential rains, landslides and floods have taken a massive toll. As per official figures so far death toll has mounted to 150. But with 70,000 reported missing, death toll may mount in thousands as per unofficial estimates.

New Delhi: Ahead of his maiden visit to India, the US Secretary of State John Kerry has lauded New Delhi as “a rising power” and favoured its inclusion as a permanent member in the proposed expansion of the UN Security Council.

The medical entrance scene in India has changed with the introduction of the undergraduate National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). Meant to be a single window test, the NEET has, in one go, replaced most of the state medical entrance tests. By qualifying in the NEET, students would be able to compete for a percentage of seats in most medical colleges, throughout the Indian union, by their ‘national’ rank. Their ‘state rank’ would help them compete for medical college seats within the states where they fulfill domicile requirements.

Something unusual is happening in UK as the G8 summit being held in Northern Ireland convenes. Many people are looking up to a Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, someone who is an ideological believer in low taxes, to become a credible champion of a possible crack down on corporate tax avoidance. Cameron desires this G8 to focus on three Ts- tax, transparency and trade- as means to fight poverty and global injustice.

BHOPAL: By now it is crystal clear that a powerful section of the Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to stand by Narendra Modi, ignoring the lukewarm attitude of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan towards the Gujarat CM. The first formal statement declaring unconditional support to Modi has come from Narendra Singh Tomar, president of the state unit of the party.

Speculations are rife across the world about which course of destiny the new civilian regime in Pakistan is likely to take in view of several challenges and options before it.

Say what you will, but the inflation rate, at last, is falling. That is according to official figures. You might say you are still paying slightly more for whatever you buy. But a falling inflation rate does not mean falling prices as if you are paying less for what you buy, but only that rise in prices is somewhat slower. This is a common mistake that people often make when inflation rate is said to be falling and the average man in the street says that he is paying more.