New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Shyam Saran, on Monday said that India being a major developing country should not expect any technology or any financial assistance from the developed countries to cut carbon emissions. Addressing a conference on power sector technologies for carbon mitigation in the national capital, Saran said that although developing countries need to be assisted with technology and financial ... Read More

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Last Updated: December 01. 2009 When Pervez Musharraf was merrily doing the one-step-forward, two-steps-back dance with the Taliban in Pakistan, the Washington refrain of “do more” continued to be chanted – but the Bush administration was easily satisfied with cosmetics. :Now that the Pakistan military is succeeding beyond expectations in subduing the Pakistani Taliban, there is a new demand. It was voiced initially by the US secretary of state, Hillary ... Read More

An enemy-centric approach to security in Pakistan, such as drone strikes, are considerd destabilising by most Pakistanis. Discontinuing them could show that the United States is acknowledging and responding to Pakistani public opinion and respecting Pakistan's territorial sovereignty. During her recent visit to Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasised the need to foster a relationship of respect between the United States and Pakistan. Although Pakistan's civilian government and ... Read More

London: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday asserted that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is not in Pakistan and if anyone provided information about him Pakistan would take action. "If anyone has information about the presence of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, then it must be shared with our government. We would take action," Malik told newsmen here. His comments come in the wake of a statement ... Read More

India has long seen a role for itself in Afghanistan, especially in reconstruction and ensuring peace, without direct military involvement. A strong Kabul not only keeps the Taliban and by extension al-Qaeda in check, but also ensures that jehadi forces in Pakistan do not turn Afghanistan into a backyard assembly line for militants who can be used against India and wrest of the world, at will. India has been a ... Read More

Updated again on 01/12/09 Indian prime minister's state visit was capped with formal dinner at White House Fareed Zakaria says India was uneasy about policy of new administration He says the U.S. reassured the India delegation on several key fronts India is seen as a counterweight to China's growing influence in Asia, he says Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is an author and foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on CNN New York (CNN) ... Read More

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hopes that the United States will help India get the official status of a nuclear weapons state, given its impeccable record in the field of non-proliferation. "Well, I hope it will happen," he told Fareed Zakaria of the CNN when asked if he thinks that the US should try to press the issue and have India brought into the system as a nuclear weapons state. The ... Read More

A new analysis published by THE SAGE GROUP concludes that atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) afflicts over 20 million in India. Both PAD and CLI represent major and significantly underestimated problems for the Indian economy and healthcare system. "Although it is commonly believed that PAD is a 'Western' disease with a lower prevalence in Asian Indians, our research indicates that this is not the case," stated Mary L. Yost, author ... Read More

After months of speculation that Sec. of State Hillary Clinton has been "marginalized" by the Obama administration, and questions about her prominence (or lack of it) with the president's inner circle, it seems the Secretary has risen above the gossip and diffused the rumors. As is appropriate for the United States chief diplomat, and key presidential adviser, Secretary Clinton has taken full ownership of US policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. ... Read More

Previewing the big speech on Tuesday, and what the President should (but probably won't) say. By Ted Van Dyk President Obama's address Tuesday at West Point is meant to reassure his military commanders, NATO countries with forces in Afghanistan, the Congress, and the American public. He is expected to call for dispatch of 30,000-40,000 additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan, to emphasize the need for the Afghan government to root out corruption, ... Read More

As the White House briefs interested parties in anticipation of Tuesday's Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy rollout, more and more details of the new strategy and President Obama's announcement are leaking out. One high-level diplomatic source familiar with the details of new strategy confirmed to The Cable that Obama will announce the addition of 30,000 new U.S. soldiers and marines for Afghanistan and up to 6,000 more troops from international partners The elements ... Read More