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Indian, Brazilian industries target $10 billion trade by 2010 MUMBAI: The Indian and Brazilian industries on Wednesday said that trade between the two nations may reach $10 billion by 2010. "The bilateral trade between the two countries has grown from a mere USD 500 million in 2000 to...

India buys $20-bn US treasury bills in just 6 months 21 May 2009, 0945 hrs IST, Gayatri Nayak, ET Bureau MUMBAI: It's not just hedge funds and battered institutions that have rushed to pick up US government bonds, long considered the safest investment World's top tax havens that hoard...

Growth estimated at 3.3pc for next fiscal year By Kalbe Ali Thursday, 21 May, 2009 | 05:15 AM PST | ISLAMABAD: A plan prepared by the Planning Commission for the 2009-10 fiscal year suggests a growth target of 3.3 per cent. It will be considered by the Annual Planning Coordination...

Single digit poverty target set for 2015 Thursday, 21 May, 2009 | 06:00 AM PST | KARACHI: The State Bank and the federal government have been actively promoting financial inclusion to help achieve the target of reducing the level of poverty to a single digit by 2015, said Yaseen Anwar...

Credit to farm sector up 11pc in July-April By Our Staff Reporter Thursday, 21 May, 2009 | 05:37 AM PST | KARACHI: Banks improved their lending to agriculture sector but remained far behind the target during the first ten months of the current fiscal year. Despite strong agriculture...

I dont think they would release the pictures of the spy's caught, :undecided: And still pakistan media has to learn more from Indian media about the"Art Of Propaganda" Indian Media is good at it :azn: :lol: I think media should not be allowed to release these kind of confidential and security...

$10b loan-oil deal lubricates tradeBy Li Xiaokun and Zhang Haizhou (China Daily) Updated: 2009-05-20 07:38 China yesterday agreed to lend $10 billion to Brazil's state-owned oil giant in exchange for guaranteed oil supply from the South American country over the next decade. Brazil's...

Trade balance improves by Rs1.5bn Wednesday, May 20, 2009 By Jawwad Rizvi LAHORE: Pakistan’s balance of trade has improved in the first ten months of fiscal year 2008-09 (July-April) by Rs1.519 billion due to decline in imports of industrial raw materials and services while imports of...

Pakistan to send up to 50,000 workers to Libya Wednesday, May 20, 2009 By Salman Siddiqui KARACHI: Ambassador of Pakistan to Libya, Jamil Ahmed Khan, has said that around 30-50 thousand skilled and semi-skilled labourers would be sent from Pakistan to Libya by the end of the current...

Cargo handling increased at Karachi Port Updated at: 1056 PST, Wednesday, May 20, 2009 KARACHI: The cargo handling at Karachi port has been increased to 10 percent despite economic recession, Chairperson Karachi Port Trust (KPT) said. Talking to media in Federation of Pakistan...

India continues to be most favoured BPO destination NEW DELHI: India continues to be the most favoured back-office of the world, but the West Asia and North Africa region is slowly emerging as a promising offshoring destination, global management consulting firm A T Kearney says...

J&K Budget likely to see reforms in recruitment rules 20 May 2009, 1331 hrs IST, PTI SRINAGAR: Reforms in recruitment rules, tackling burgeoning unemployment and tapping power generation potential are some of the issues which may find a place in Jammu and Kashmir's upcoming budget...

Annual inflation seen at 0.61 pc on May 9 20 May 2009, 1415 hrs IST, REUTERS MUMBAI: Annual inflation rate is expected to have risen in early May due to a rise in prices of some primary articles and manufactured goods, a poll of analysts showed on Wednesday. The median forecast of...

GE Hitachi to develop nuclear power plants with L&T 20 May 2009, 0102 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, advanced reactors and nuclear services provider, on Tuesday said it will develop nuclear plants in India in collaboration with Larsen & Toubro. GE Hitachi Nuclear...

16 militants killed, 3 soldiers with an officer martyred in Swat Updated at: 1600 PST, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 ISLAMABAD: Operation ‘Rah-e-Rast’ continues successfully and in last 24 hours 16 militants have been killed whereas an officer and 3 soldiers embraced shahadat and 16 soldiers...

Definately a good new after 30 years or so, great job done by SLA. But i dont think its completed yet, GOSL should take such steps so that such group willnot be able to raise their heard again in future. BTW good job done by SLA again :cheers:

Mainland urges faster building of economic zone in Fujian (Xinhua)Updated: 2009-05-19 10:49 At the conclusion of an inspection tour Monday, China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin said he wants to speed up the building of an economic zone in Fujian province on the western side of the...

China, Brazil have huge trade potential: former ambassador (Xinhua) Updated: 2009-05-19 13:20 Former Chinese ambassador to Brazil, Chen Duqing, told Xinhua Monday that the two sides have huge potential to expand trade. He made the comment as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva...

In one minute, India best mkt in world with 48% gain in ’09 CHENNAI: The 2111-point surge on 'Magnificent' Monday pushed the Indian stock market ahead of competition as the best performing market across the world, giving investors an astounding 48% gains in 2009. With factors like the...

ya that very correct. Bcoz to control that amount ot energy need very complicated equipments. By the way has there was some experiment going on with the Fusion reactor, has it been completed? Or is it still in process. ?