Headlines from today's papers:
WTO fails to reach trade deal as India sticks to demand on food subsidy
Talks at the World Trade Organisation meeting in Geneva collapsed while Prime Minister Narendra Modi told visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday that poor countries' food security concerns had to move in tandem with trade reform measures.
India will respond swiftly to Pakistan aggression, says new army chief
The army's response to an act of aggression by Pakistan, such as the beheading of an Indian soldier along the LoC in January 2013, will be “intense and immediate”, General Dalbir Singh, who assumed charge as the 26th Chief of Army Staff on Friday, said.
Modi will be first Indian PM to visit Nepal in 17 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will land in Kathmandu on Sunday for a two-day visit. The last official visit by an Indian PM was in 1997, by Inder Kumar Gujral. Since then, Nepal has been roiled by a Maoist insurgency and toppled a monarchy. In the meanwhile, China has pushed its interests in Nepal.
How many leaders spent their poll money
Narendra Modi spent Rs 40,000 on advertisements in his Vadodara campaign, Sonia Gandhi got no corporate donations, Arvind Kejriwal spent none of his own money and Nandan Nilekani spent only his own money. These are among the many insights from The Hindu’s analysis of election expenditure statements that candidates submitted to the Election Commission.
Modi's first reform measure, the insurance bill, could falter
The Bharatiya Janata Party has asked all its MPs to be present when the insurance bill envisaging raising the ceiling on foreign direct investment to 49 per cent comes up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Congress, joining hands with other opposition parties, is demanding that the bill be examined by a select committee. The Congress Party has 68 seats in the Rajya Sabha, more than the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's 59.
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WTO fails to reach trade deal as India sticks to demand on food subsidy
Talks at the World Trade Organisation meeting in Geneva collapsed while Prime Minister Narendra Modi told visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday that poor countries' food security concerns had to move in tandem with trade reform measures.
India will respond swiftly to Pakistan aggression, says new army chief
The army's response to an act of aggression by Pakistan, such as the beheading of an Indian soldier along the LoC in January 2013, will be “intense and immediate”, General Dalbir Singh, who assumed charge as the 26th Chief of Army Staff on Friday, said.
Modi will be first Indian PM to visit Nepal in 17 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will land in Kathmandu on Sunday for a two-day visit. The last official visit by an Indian PM was in 1997, by Inder Kumar Gujral. Since then, Nepal has been roiled by a Maoist insurgency and toppled a monarchy. In the meanwhile, China has pushed its interests in Nepal.
How many leaders spent their poll money
Narendra Modi spent Rs 40,000 on advertisements in his Vadodara campaign, Sonia Gandhi got no corporate donations, Arvind Kejriwal spent none of his own money and Nandan Nilekani spent only his own money. These are among the many insights from The Hindu’s analysis of election expenditure statements that candidates submitted to the Election Commission.
Modi's first reform measure, the insurance bill, could falter
The Bharatiya Janata Party has asked all its MPs to be present when the insurance bill envisaging raising the ceiling on foreign direct investment to 49 per cent comes up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Congress, joining hands with other opposition parties, is demanding that the bill be examined by a select committee. The Congress Party has 68 seats in the Rajya Sabha, more than the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's 59.