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NEW DELHI: Taking “serious note” of the remarks by former Pakistan President Parvez Musharraf that Pakistan had trained terrorists to infiltrate into this country, Defence Minister Mr A.K. Antony today said the global community must 'persuade and compel' Pakistan to destroy all terror camps on its territory.

NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force (IAF) which celebrates its 78th anniversary tomorrow got a boost with the Defence Ministers of india and Russia finalising two multi-million rupee projects to jointly develop Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) and Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA)under
which India would get 250 to 300 FGFA and 45 transport aircraft to be jointly developed by the two countries.

New Delhi: India and Bermuda have signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA). The agreement was signed by Shri S. S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State for Revenue in the Ministry of Finance from Indian side and Dr. Ewart Brown, Premier of Bermuda from Bermuda side. This is the first TIEA being signed by India.

New Delhi: In a move to impart comprehensive knowledge of financial markets to its members, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ( ICAI ) recently signed an MOU with United Stock Exchange ( USE ).

New Delhi: India, in a bid to provide a clean environment, is taking stock of mercury contamination in the country.

To fully realize the significant growth potential of KVI sector, a comprehensive Khadi Reforms and Development Programme (KRDP) has been initiated by the Government with assistance to KVIC from Asian Development Bank. KRDP envisages re-vitalisation of KVI sector with enhanced sustainability of khadi, increased employment and income, increased artisans welfare through their capacity building, empowerment and enhanced earnings and also development of select traditional village industries.

Who says India does not have national pride? Sitting in the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Sunday evening I was witness to this nationalism at the opening ceremony of the CWG when the spectators gave a standing ovation to the Indian contingent as they marched past. The stadium with its high tech lighting and beautiful decorations has dazzled the western media so much that they hailed, “India has arrived.” The British media which was critical before the event was gaga after the opening ceremony while the Canadian media called it “pitch perfect”.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is launching its second video competition which is open to all aspiring filmmakers across the globe.

A halting global recovery may run into a fresh bout of financial market instability due to lingering weaknesses of the banking system and the sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned in its latest World Economic Outlook. Though emerging out of recession in mid-2009, advanced economies are on a sluggish pace of recovery, and have several challenges to overcome to achieve sustained healthy growth.

India and Russia will jointly produce Fifth Generation Aircraft (FGA) at an estimated investment of about $ 25 billion. The production partners would be Sukhoy from the Russian side and HAL from the Indian side. Within a span of next 10 years, India will get about 250 to 300 FGA from the joint production.