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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is attending a G20 meeting at Busan in South Korea June 4-5 focused on the global financial crisis ahead of the Summit in Toronto later this month where India will be led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

President Pratibha Patil has accepted the resignation of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Saturday night from the Council of Ministers on the recommendation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to revoke the "arbitrary order" of the central government to suspend the work on the Maheshwar hydro electric project.

Trade Union leaders representing Coal India Ltd's workers would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh soon to discuss their concerns over the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of the company, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said in Kolkata on Friday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday formed three working groups, including one headed by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, to recommend measures on tackling shooting food prices.

New Delhi and Dhaka have started implementing the agreements finalised during the January visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said in Agartala on Friday.

After 17 years of preparation and 18 meetings of the GST Council, a single unified Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India is today a reality. In a momentous launch at the Central Hall of the Indian Parliament with a speech by the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister of India, the GST regime was ushered in at the stroke of midnight on July 1, 2017. While the mammoth task for the Central and State Governments has just concluded, as far as trade and industry are concerned, the journey has only just begun.

American banks got a much needed boost from news that the Italian Senate passed an important austerity package while Greece officially swore in its new Prime Minister.

Traders are watching the political situation in Italy, where Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has pledged to step down, despite continuing to try to reclaim majority support.

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is negotiating with other Greek politicians to accept a draft deal that could restructure Greek debt and stave off default.

The speech made by Indian Prime Minister Modi on the evening of June 1st at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore (hereinafter referred to as the Sweet Club) attracted wide attention and expounded India's views on Indian Ocean-Pacific affairs while striving to demonstrate the global vision

Trump G7 suddenly turned against the water, Merkel disappoints and releases an unusually strong statement. The European Union has once again put the words to the United States: We will retaliate the United States. According to a report by Reuters on June 11, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned Israel's election Tuesday marked a "huge win" for the correct, immediately after his Likud party was projected to have won the most seats, providing him a path to a majority.

(From right) Telangana IT minister K T Rama Rao takes a selfie with Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Apple CEO Tim Cook in Hyderabad on Thursday. Photo: K Sudheer Manufacturing in India is going to be the top talking point when Apple Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tim Cook meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, it is learnt.

The government on Thursday approved the new agreement between India and Bhutan on Trade, Commerce and Transit, as stated in the official release, "the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved an Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit between India and Bhutan."

WASHINGTON: Strong economic relations between the United States and India can create employment opportunities in both the countries and strengthen their economies, a vision shared by both President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the White House has said. "The President believes that more effective cooperation between the two countries can improve the economy in both of our countries, create jobs and promote economic growth. And I know that Prime Minister Modi shares those goals," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters yesterday. He said Obama has found Modi to be an effective interlocutor and partner in pursuing those goals. "The President is pleased about the progress that we've made over the first seven and a half years of his presidency, and we're going to spend the remaining five months or so here trying to do all we can to advance it even further," he said.

Referring to the issue in granting visas by British government, the CM of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, told UK's Prime Minister Theresa May that India's skilled tech workers in the UK must be seen as a trade priority rather than an issue of immigrationduring her one-day visit to Bengaluru.