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Not much excepted from Copenhagen Climate Conference

India to stick to its negotiating position, give leadership to developing nations

India would resist attempts to bring in black carbon emission issue
ASHOK B SHARMA - 2009-11-19 14:04
India has said that it does not expect that anything much could be achieved at the 10-day long crucial climate change negotiations scheduled in Copenhagen from December 7, 2009. But it has vowed to stick to its rigid negotiating position and continue to give leadership to the developing countries as negotiations are likely to continue beyond Copenhagen.
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Poor infrastructure and political will retard South Asian FTA

India commits to play its proactive role in SAARC and SAFTA

ADB to promote infrastructure and help growth of private sector
ASHOK B SHARMA - 2009-11-17 14:46
Economic integration of all the eight South Asian countries posses a challenge to the political leaders of the region. Though South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) was operationalised from July 2006 the intra regional trade increased at a snail space from 3.2% in 1980s to only 5.5% in 2008, which is far below when compared with 58% in NAFTA, 54% in European Union, 25% in ASEAN and 22% in COMESA.
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India: BJP politics

THE BJP AS POLITICAL FRANCHISE

AFTER THE KARNATAKA QUAKE
Praful Bidwai - 2009-11-17 10:48
The Bharatiya Janata Party's national leadership could not have cut a sorrier figure than it did with its abysmally inept handling of the latest political crisis in Karnataka, which very nearly brought down the only government the party heads in all of South India.
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Uttar Pradesh

END OF KALYAN SINGH'S CAREER ?

UNABASHED OPPORTUNISM FAILS TO PAY
Amulya Ganguli - 2009-11-17 10:46
When even unabashed opportunism fails to help a politician, he is clearly at the end of his tether. Kalyan Singh's present condition is not unlike that of Trishanku as he remains suspended in midair between the Samajwadi Party and the BJP in U.P. At present, neither will accept him. The former chief minister has proved to be so undependable even in a country where defection is regarded as something of an art that one can only feel sorry for the ignominious way in which his career is ending.
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ISRAEL MUST END GAZA BLOCKADE, EVICTIONS, ALLEGED ABUSE OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN

Special Correspondent - 2009-11-17 10:26
New York: Israel should end the blockade of Gaza, cease evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes, and ensure that the rights of children are respected and that all allegations of torture and ill-treatment are promptly investigated and perpetrators prosecuted, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in an annual report released today.

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NEW TOOL TO MONITOR, COMBAT CORRUPTION LAUDED

Special Correspondent - 2009-11-17 10:17
New York: The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has welcomed a new mechanism to monitor and implement a global treaty to fight corruption, the result of week-long negotiations in Doha, Qatar.
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NEW UN SCHEME AIMS TO FEED 172,000 MOST VULNERABLE IRAQI SCHOOLCHILDREN

Special Correspondent - 2009-11-17 10:14
New York: The United Nations food agency today launched a school feeding programme in Iraq, providing some 172,000 children with a free daily snack to help boost attendance and learning in eight of the country's poorest districts.
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DANGERS OF LOSING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AS WORLD GROWS CLOSER

Special Correspondent - 2009-11-17 10:10
New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has cautioned against the erosion of diversity and rise of discrimination as the forces of globalization and technology bring disparate communities across the world closer together, in a message marking the International Day for Tolerance.
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Taiwan Textile Fair

Taiwan and India to sign ATA Carnet Agreement next year

Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty also on the anvil
ASHOK B SHARMA - 2009-11-16 13:44
Taiwan and India will sign the ATA carnet agreement sometime in the first quarter of next year and the negotiations between the two countries are at an advanced stage.
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