Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is wrapping up a two-week trade mission to Israel and India with promises of luring Asian investments back to Virginia and the United States. This has been a tremendous opportunity to put Virginia on the map in India," Mr. McDonnell said Monday during a conference call from New Delhi, where he has been since Saturday.
WASHINGTON - Trade and investment barriers that U.S. companies face in India are limiting economic growth and job creation in both countries, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday. Geithner spoke after talks with Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee that underscored deepening ties but also U.S. pressure for New Delhi to expedite reforms.
To the Indian government, the civil nuclear cooperation agreement it signed with the United States last year looks like a way for New Delhi to escape this dilemma, giving it access to global uranium reserves without imposing limits on its nuclear weapons program. U.S. leadership could also influence India to become a more responsible nuclear-armed state through signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and committing to a cutoff of weapons-usable fissile material in addition to adhering to conditions on civilian nuclear commerce.
Although he won't dance with villagers in Rajasthan like President Clinton did or see the Taj Mahal, President Bush will spend two days in India this week pressing economic ties he says are crucial to the United States. Some Americans see India as a threat to U.S. jobs and express concern about the country's cheap labor markets, but the president thinks more Americans will find jobs if U.S. companies can forge ahead in India, where U.S. imports grew by more than 30 percent last year.
In 2001 in New Delhi, a series of attacks were attributed to a monkey man. Three people were killed and numerous injuries were reported when citizens formed vigilante groups and roamed the streets looking for the creature. New Delhi police eventually attributed the numerous sightings to a mass hysteria.
NEW DELHI, INDIA - Hampered by heavy election losses at home, President Barack Obama promised from India on Sunday to make "midcourse corrections" to reinvigorate his embattled domestic agenda in the face of a testier American public and more combative Congress. On a day of friendly outreach, Obama also was confronted about his support for Pakistan, New Delhi's nuclear neighbor and rival. He defended the alliance while acknowledging that Pakistan-based extremists are "a cancer" with the potential to "engulf the country.
NEW DELHI, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time since the International Tiger Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia last November, tiger range countries and international organizations will convene in India next week for the first of several follow-up meetings to monitor priorities and progress towards pulling tigers back from the brink of extinction. The two-day International Conference on Tiger Conservation held in New Delhi, India will discuss challenges, plans and priorities for implementing the Global Tiger Recovery Program, which aims to double the wild tiger population by 2022. Hosted by the Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, the Conference is being organized in collaboration with the inter- governmental Global Tiger Forum and t...
NEW DELHI - India brushed off speculation tying the Mumbai bombings to Pakistan and said Friday it remained committed to recently renewed peace talks with its rival neighbor. The moves showed how little appetite New Delhi has for escalating tensions in the region while it focuses on maintaining economic growth in the South Asian nation of
NEW DELHI - Hampered by heavy election losses at home, President Barack Obama promised from India on Sunday to make "midcourse corrections" to reinvigorate his embattled domestic agenda in the face of a testier American public and more combative Congress. On a day of friendly outreach, Obama also was confronted about his support for Pakistan, New Delhi's nuclear neighbor and rival. He defended the alliance while acknowledging that Pakistan-based extremists are "a cancer" with the potential to "engulf the country.
Washington -- Returning from a trip to India, Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold said Friday he had urged officials there to lower what he called a "patently unfair" tariff on Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Interviewed by telephone from India, Feingold said he had raised the issue with three different government officials in India, arguing that India doesn't produce the same kinds of heavyweight motorcycles, and that opening up the market to Harley would produce revenue for India, since the current 60% tariff is too high for Harley to sells its cycles there.
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