Singapore: Indian bureaucracy is the worst in Asia with a 9.21 rating out of 10, according to a report by a prestigious consulting firm based in Singapore. India fared worst than Vietnam (rated at 8.54), Indonesia (8.37), Philippines (7.57) and China (7.11), said the report released on Wednesday by Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd. Singapore remained the best with a rating of 2.25, followed by Hong Kong...
02:05 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: With India's energy exploitation bid in the South China Sea threatening to cast a fresh shadow on bilateral ties, India and China will hold the 15th round of boundary talks in New Delhi next month that could also see the sealing of a joint border mechanism between them. The Special Representatives of India and China will meet November 28 to 29, highly placed sources tol. The two sides...
02:03 AM, Oct 29, 2011
Beijing: China continues to put pressure on Vietnam to abandon its agreement with ONGC to explore oil in the South China Sea. The move comes just days after Vietnam's president visited India. During his visit, ONGC had signed a three-year deal with PetroVietnam for long term co-operation in the oil sector. A Chinese trade magazine, published by the Communist party mouthpiece the People's Daily, has also warned India. The magazine...
10:23 AM, Oct 17, 2011
New Delhi: Vietnam on Wednesday assured India of early implementation of Tata Steel's $5 billion project in Ha Tinh province which is pending since 2008. This is one of the largest investments by any Indian company abroad. "We understand the importance of Tata Group. Indian and Vietnamese officials are trying their best to kick start the Tata project," Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang said in New Delhi. There have been...
06:49 PM, Oct 12, 2011
Beijing: China has signed a key pact with Vietnam to end their maritime disputes and set up a hotline for "proper communication" on the issue, amid a row over Hanoi's offer to foreign countries like India to explore oil and gas in the resource-rich South China Sea. "The China-Vietnam agreement is a positive step in the process of negotiating maritime issues...it will provide important guidelines for the two countries to...
06:30 PM, Oct 12, 2011
India and Vietnam sign Extradition Treaty agreeing to intensify co-operation across sectors. ...
01:44 PM, Oct 12, 2011
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday refused to join issue with India over its assertion to go ahead with oil exploration cooperation with Vietnam in the South China Sea despite Beijing's objections, but an influential official daily said the move constituted "serious political provocation" and should be "resolutely stopped". Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Jiang Yu declined to react to External Affairs Ministry's assertion on Thursday that India's cooperation with Hanoi...
08:06 PM, Sep 16, 2011
Washington: The Pentagon on Thursday said it was unaware of the reported incident of the Chinese Navy confronting an Indian Navy vessel coming out of Vietnam and renewed its call to peacefully resolve the territorial disputes related to South China Sea. "I do not know anything about that particular confrontation," Pentagon spokesman Col Dave Lapan told reporters during an off-camera news conference when asked about news reports that the Chinese...
09:23 PM, Sep 01, 2011
New Delhi: Indian challenge ended in the Vietnam Open Grand Prix after RMV Gurusaidutt and Ajay Jayaram suffered contrasting defeats in the semifinals in Ho Chih Minh city on Saturday. Fifth seed Jayaram, a quarterfinalist at the World Championships earlier this month, squandered a first game lead and lost 12-21, 21-14, 21-16 to second seed Sho Sasaki of Japan in a 52-minute match. Compatriot Gurusaidutt, seeded 12th, was no match...
05:29 PM, Aug 27, 2011
London: Fallen Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi had virtually built an underground city under the capital Tripoli, with a vast maze of well hidden reinforced tunnels fanning out for miles in different directions. "There is a Tripoli above ground and a Tripoli underground", a rebel commander exclaimed as his men stumbled upon what had long been rumoured an elaborate secret underground network. Outsiders who had never seen the tunnels were shocked...
02:24 PM, Aug 26, 2011
Dubai: The Obama administration is quietly moving ahead on the groundwork for a possible India-type civilian nuclear trade agreement with its ally Saudi Arabia, according to a news report. According to the report, the agreement could prove to be the most controversial of a string of such US deals in recent years. According to State Department officials, US plans to hold 'exploratory talks' in Riyadh this week to gauge Saudi...
12:56 PM, Aug 01, 2011
Hanoi, Vietnam: Vietnam on Friday started the first phase of a joint plan with former enemy, the United States, to clean up environmental damage leftover from the chemical defoliant Agent Orange, a lasting legacy from the Vietnam War. The work concentrates on a former US military base in central Vietnam where the herbicide was stored during the war that ended more than three decades ago. It marks the first time...
04:55 PM, Jun 17, 2011
Washington: Call it the granddaddy of WikiLeaks. Four decades ago, a young defence analyst leaked a top-secret study packed with damaging revelations about America's conduct of the Vietnam War. On Monday, that study, dubbed the Pentagon Papers, finally came out in complete form. It's a touchstone for whistleblowers everywhere and just the sort of leak that gives presidents fits to this day. The documents show that almost from the opening...
12:43 AM, Jun 14, 2011
Hanoi: Vietnam launched a live-fire naval drill off its central coast today amid a nasty spat with China following two maritime incidents over disputed territory in the South China Sea. A naval officer based in central Quang Nam province said the first part of the nine-hour exercise began in the morning on and around the uninhabited island of Hon Ong, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) off the coast. He declined...
12:00 PM, Jun 13, 2011
Kuala Lumpur: India's Nicole Faria has been crowned Miss Earth 2010 in Vietnam.The 10th edition of the Miss Earth beauty pageant was held in Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang, Vietnam on Saturday. Nicole also won the 2010 Miss Earth Talent Competition. Miss Puerto Rico Yeidy Bosquez was announced Miss Earth Fire and Miss Ecuador Jennifer Pazmino won the Miss Earth Air title. Talking about Nicole, Miss India World 2010, Manasvi Mamgai...
11:03 PM, Dec 04, 2010
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