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Pakistan, India for common IPR of Basmati

Pakistan, India for common IPR of Basmati Pakistan and India are likely to get a common trademark for Basmati rice as they agreed to jointly file a case to claim Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) over it worldwide. India has formed a Joint Study Group for consultations with Pakistan on the joint registration of Basmati as a geographical indication, following detailed discussions between the commerce secretaries of both countries here in March. The issue had been under active consideration by the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA) and the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) as well as by the two governments.

India will not agree to emissions limits: Environment Minister

India will not agree to emissions limits: Environment Minister Environment Minister A Raja said on Thursday that India will not agree to the binding cuts on greenhouse gases imposed by the Kyoto Protocol, though it would accept help to reduce emissions. Instead, India hopes to boost its nuclear industry that will help save its cities from choking air pollution. As per the Kyoto Protocol, about 40 developed countries are obliged to cut their emissions by an average of 5.2 per cent below the 1990 levels by 2008-2012. But being developing nations, India and China have been exempted from the mandatory cuts. India, along with

EADS, Indias HAL agree to expand partnership

EADS, Indias HAL agree to expand partnership The European Aeronautics Defence and Space Co (EADS) said it has signed an agreement with Indias Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to expand their collaboration into new markets. HAL and EADS are already long term partners, working together to manufacture helicopters and passenger jets, said co-CEO Tom Enders during a visit to India. Earlier this week EADS said it would invest up to 2 bln eur in India over the next 15 years. More : forbes.com

India, China agree to expedite boundary dispute resolution

India, China agree to expedite boundary dispute resolution Buoyed by the progress in their economic and political relations, India and China have agreed to speed up resolution of long-standing border disputes and push up bilateral trade to over $20 billion by 2008. "I had very good discussions with Chinese premiere Wen Jiabao. We feel the negotiations (on resolving border dispute) should be expedited. I think it is possible to move forward at a faster pace," he told accompanying journalists while returning home on Wednesday night after a four-day visit to Kuala Lumpur to attend the ASEAN and East Asian summits. The first meeting

India, Pak to oppose Irans pricing formula

India, Pak to oppose Irans pricing formula India and Pakistan will jointly oppose the pricing of natural gas proposed by Iran for gas imports to the two countries through the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline. The third meeting of the tri-partite working group on the IPI gas pipeline project is being held in the Capital on August 3-4. The last meeting of oil secretaries of the three nations in Islamabad on May 22-23 was a non-conclusive one as Iran sought a gas price linked to global crude oil with fixed annual escalation of 3%. Iran had forwarded a gas pricing