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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.

During the run-up to the BJP-JD(U) breakup, a sentence in a TV news programme which crawled along with others at the bottom of the television screen, said that Narendra Modi has asked Rajnath Singh to talk to Nitish Kumar.

New Delhi: The contentious border dispute with India has not detered China from accepting the growing popularity of Bollywood films, particularly the hit film – 3 Idiots.

New Delhi: India is dismayed by the reports suggesting that Sri Lanka has planned to dilute certain key provisions of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution which would deny the Tamil population of rights of equal citizens.

New Delhi: India and Argentina to expand the scope of bilateral trade and investment.

In Myanmar, with international investments finally picking up, economic prospects look promising - ironically, human right analysts remain concerned over the long term negative impact of such economic progress on the country’s persecuted minorities.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The United Democratic Front (UDF) Government led by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has been buffeted by yet another controversy. Ironically, this time, it is the Chief Minister himself, the so-called USP of the Government, who is in the eye of the storm.