Minister Fast and India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma met on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last Friday. Both ministers agreed to instruct their respective negotiators to redouble efforts on an ambitious schedule to complete negotiations on a Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement in 2013. This commitment follows [...]
NEW DELHI-Premier Christy Clark made the following statement on Remembrance Day whilst in India: “At 11 a.m. on November 11, we will be silent for two minutes as we remember all the men and women who have sacrificed their lives in war and peacekeeping so that we may live free from tyranny. “Canada’s military history [...]
MUMBAI, India – Premier Christy Clark has announced that British Columbia will expand its trade and investment presence in India and is working with the federal government to co-locate in Mumbai and Chandigarh. The Premier made the announcement to an audience of business and government leaders in Mumbai, as part of the BC Jobs and [...]
Dear Editor: With China poised to become the world’s largest economy, and India’s middle class already larger than Canada’s entire population, the strategy to expand B.C.’s trading relationship with the Asia Pacific is more than just sound, it’s essential to B.C.’s future. Increased trade with the Asia Pacific is essential. But for all our sakes, [...]
By Veeno Dewan B.C. Premier Christy Clark said she was looking forward to paying a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, during her trade mission to India. Clark will meet Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in Chandigarh and host a reception at the Consul General’s residence for the local businesses and civic [...]
Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, began a week-long trade mission to India from November 3-9. “With 1.2 billion consumers, India presents tremendous opportunities for Canadian businesses of all sizes,” said Minister Fast. “Given that one in five jobs and more than 60 percent of Canada’s economy depends on [...]
Among India’s finest cricketers, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi passed away in Delhi on Thursday evening. He was 70. Pataudi was admitted in a private hospital here a few weeks ago. He was suffering from lung infection. Pataudi was transferred to the intensive care unit last night after doctors perceived his condition to be worsening. A [...]
Terror revisited the heart of New Delhi on Wednesday morning when a powerful bomb ripped through a crowded reception area at one of the entrances to the Delhi High Court, killing at least 11 and injuring 76, 2 among whom are serious. The terror attack, from a sophisticated explosive device, had a precursor less than [...]
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday ruled out playing any role in stopping the death sentence of the three assassins of Rajiv Gandhi. Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, three LTTE cadres convicted in Rajiv’s murder, are scheduled to be hanged on September 9. Rajiv was killed by an LTTE suicide squad at Sriperumbudur, [...]
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the crucial ministerial level climate talks in South Africa, India has convinced the other three BASIC countries – Brazil, South Africa and China — to endorse its stand on equity, intellectual property rights and green trade barriers. The BASIC countries approved the Indian proposals, which had taken some strong negotiations to [...]
