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WTO mini ministerial meet soon: Nath

Commerce Minister Kamal Nath is back in India after talks trade talks at Geneva ended in a deadlock as US and EU refused to cut trade distorting subsidies and tariffs. The minister however said that talks will continue and a mini ministerial attended by trade ministers of some key countries may be held by the end of this month. But with negotiating positions being very divergent, a common ground looks increasingly difficult to achieve. I hope that there is another meeting by the end of this month, said Nath on his arrival.

New Delhi sceptical of UN role in Nepal peace process

NEW DELHI : India does not want the United Nations to sit in as neutral umpire in talks between Prime Minister GP Koiralas government and Nepals Maoists. This is a major snag now, as no other mechanism is in place to oversee the discussions. The challenge in Nepal, after the victory of the pro-democracy forces, is how to disarm the Maoists and bring them to the political mainstream. India is willing to let the UN be involved in de-mobilisation of the Maoist cadres. However, New Delhi has put its foot down on the UN monitoring the ceasefire between the Maoists and

Slain engineer’s body brought to Delhi

The body of Indian telecom engineer K Suryanarayana, who was killed by Taliban militia, was brought to Delhi from Afghanistan on Sunday on the way to his hometown, Hyderabad. Indian Airlines flight IC-844 carrying the body of the slain engineer, which was accompanied by officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and representatives of the Bahrain-based Al-Moayed company for which he worked, landed at 1515 IST. It was later flown to Hyderabad, his home town, on an Indian Airlines flight IC-839. It was accompanied by the president of the Al-Moayed Group, V P Ajan, CEO Pankaj Sehgal and general manager

Delhi, Dhaka to resolve trade tariffs issue

DHAKA: Bangladesh and India have decided to examine non-tariff and para-tariff barriers (NTBs), and prepare a list of other barriers that hinder their trade prospects . The Commerce Ministers of India and Bangladesh, after a meeting on bilateral trade here, also decided to make a ministerial-level visit to the India-Bangladesh main trade facilitation hub — the Benapole-Petrapole — for eliminating infrastructural and other impediments there. It was decided that the Commerce ministers of the two countries would meet in Benapole and Petropole landport on June 19 and 21 to review the findings of the task force. We will meet soon

New Delhi and Washington Begins Talk On Bilateral Nuclear Cooperation

New Delhi, India (AHN) - On Monday, India and United States began talks on bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation agreement in New Delhi. According to AIR, India is likely to emphasize on the import of nuclear fuel beyond its immediate nuclear reactor requirements, with an aim to have strategic reserves of such fuel. India and the US exchanged drafts of the agreement when Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran met US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns in London.