TOKYO: In the more than two years since -- Myanmar's military took control of the government, China has clearly become the biggest backers of the generals who now hold power.   While many saw China becoming heavily involved in Myanmar to gain access to strategic points in the Indian Ocean, there...
Singapore is well-known for being an easy place to do business. Among the factors that play to the city-state's advantage is an attractive tax system, an extensive network of tax treaties, ready availability of quality human capital, geopolitical stability, accessibility to financing, connectivity to the rest of the world, and...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), with which India implemented a comprehensive free trade agreement in May last year, has emerged as the fourth largest investor in India during 2022-23, according to government data. In the last fiscal, foreign direct investment (FDI) from the UAE to India jumped over three-fold to USD 3.35...
India is eyeing to expand its defence industrial partnership with Sri Lanka amid China’s growing presence in the Southern Indian Ocean Region. The first-ever India-Sri Lanka defence seminar and exhibition was held at Colombo last week to identify newer areas of cooperation whilst ensuring capacity building of Sri Lanka Armed Forces.
President Droupadi Murmu and Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday agreed to set a target for bilateral trade from the present 32 crore Euros to one billion euros by the end of the decade, Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.   During the business event, both leaders agreed to set...
Srinagar: This month, the Department of Agriculture Production, J&K, will apply for Geographical indications tag to 18 agricultural products from various regions of Jammu and Kashmir, a move aimed at securing distinction and increasing market value.   The GI tag  in India is granted by the Geographical Indication Registry under the...
Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families on Tuesday to help identify over 100 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after 275 people were killed in the country's deadliest rail crash in over two decades.   The disaster struck on Friday, when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train,...
SINGAPORE:Asia’s top security meeting opened on Friday, with intensifying competition between the United States and China expected to dominate a weekend of high-level speeches, backroom military dealings and delicate diplomacy.   On the sidelines of the three-day Shangri-La Dialogue, which attracts senior military officers, diplomats, arm manufacturers and security analysts from...
At least 261 people have died in India’s worst rail accident in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in the east of the country.   One train in Friday’s accident also hit a freight train parked nearby in...
India has widened the door for wheat exports allowing Nepal to obtain a 300,000-tonne shipment it had requested in April to plug a gap in domestic output. According to Indian media reports, India has permitted exports of around 1.05 million tonnes of food grains to Nepal, Indonesia, Senegal and Gambia as...