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The Union Cabinet today cleared a proposal to create a Rs 500 crore project development fund to increase economic presence in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, which can act as gateways for market access to China and the European Union.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that Britain's decision to leave the European Union has exposed the need for better communication within the bloc that is facing security and economic challenges.

A surge in first-half India IPO activity is likely to pale in comparison to the second half which could see over $6 billion in deals, banking sources said, with investors encouraged by a pick-up in economic growth and unfazed by Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

ASEAN leaders today declared the establishment of an EU-style regional economic bloc, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a single market with a free flow of goods, capital and skilled labour in the region.

A former prime minister was drawn into the complex web of historic child sex abuse allegations in Britain on Monday, when the police watchdog announced an investigation involving 1970s leader Edward Heath.

British Prime Minister David Cameron told European Union leaders on Thursday that he needed a new deal to keep Britain as a member, opening a struggle over the bloc's future at a summit preoccupied with keeping Greece from crashing out.

Greece's hard left government was to fine tune its economic programme today ahead of a week of high-risk international talks but with no sign so far of an imminent deal with its creditors.

After a 10-year boycott, the European Union is reconnecting with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, ambassadors confirmed today. They stressed their stand is driven by his recent re-election and not by economic motives, and that they have conveyed to Mr Modi the importance of fixing accountability for the communal riots of 2002 in which more tha...

UK PM Cameron has acknowledged Britain will likely need a new national vote on ties to Europe.

The Union Cabinet today cleared a proposal to create a Rs 500 crore project development fund to increase economic presence in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, which can act as gateways for market access to China and the European Union.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that Britain's decision to leave the European Union has exposed the need for better communication within the bloc that is facing security and economic challenges.

A surge in first-half India IPO activity is likely to pale in comparison to the second half which could see over $6 billion in deals, banking sources said, with investors encouraged by a pick-up in economic growth and unfazed by Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

ASEAN leaders today declared the establishment of an EU-style regional economic bloc, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a single market with a free flow of goods, capital and skilled labour in the region.

A former prime minister was drawn into the complex web of historic child sex abuse allegations in Britain on Monday, when the police watchdog announced an investigation involving 1970s leader Edward Heath.

British Prime Minister David Cameron told European Union leaders on Thursday that he needed a new deal to keep Britain as a member, opening a struggle over the bloc's future at a summit preoccupied with keeping Greece from crashing out.

Greece's hard left government was to fine tune its economic programme today ahead of a week of high-risk international talks but with no sign so far of an imminent deal with its creditors.

After a 10-year boycott, the European Union is reconnecting with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, ambassadors confirmed today. They stressed their stand is driven by his recent re-election and not by economic motives, and that they have conveyed to Mr Modi the importance of fixing accountability for the communal riots of 2002 in which more tha...

UK PM Cameron has acknowledged Britain will likely need a new national vote on ties to Europe.