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The transit trade came up when Zardari-Karzai met in Washington. NATO troops in Afghanistan is trying to diversify its suppliers by opening a route to India. India has not made any specific demand for transit trade. India-Pakistan trade has been an item for discussion in most bilateral...

Not any longer. It is now a bilateral issue, thanks to the joint statement.

Please make up your mind, if these groups are pro-India or pro-Pakistan. Apparently there is poor rainfall this year in India too. There have been discussions at the govt level about the dams in Eastern India. The dams are being built to serve some of the poorest people of the region, not...

India's bilateral trade with former Soviets, Afghanistan and Iran increased 30% to touch $25 billion (19 bn imports and 6 bn exports) last year, without any transit route through Pakistan. Bulk of this trade is import of gas and minerals for consumption in refineries, LNG terminals and...

Right on mate. By including the Balochistan issue in the joint statement, there is now scope for India to raise issues of human rights violations, custodial killings, rapes, economic exploitation and military action by the Pakistan Army in Balochistan province and internationalizing the Baloch...

If India had imperialistic intentions in Bangladesh, she could have easily annexed East Pakistan into the Indian Union after the decisive victory in the 1971 war. Chittagram Hills, which had more than 90% non-Muslim population in 1947 could have been claimed by India. Bangladesh receives...

Proud moment for Indian navy and the nation.:yahoo: India set to launch nuclear-powered submarine Fifty-four years after the world's first nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus took to the ocean depths, smashing all submerged speed and distance records thereafter, India's long hunt for...

The joint statement was drafted by the diplomats in such a way that it satisfies the domestic audiences of both countries and at the same time appear to the outside world that progress has been made. Dr. Singh is not hypocritical when he says that action on terror must be taken for any...

Well said qsaark. Bismil's work is that of a true patriot and anyone who appreciates the sentiments behind this song will own it. The fight for freedom in this case was against the British empire and not for Hindu-Muslim rights. Iqbal's "Sare jahan se accha hindostan hamara" is the unofficial...

Nice close-up pictures there! Learnt from recent news that Chandrayaan 1 will be wound up much before its planned 2-year life. Hope that some of the key findings of the mission make their way into the text books for students of the next generation.

India's growth rate of 8% is unlikely. Although some signs of recovery are noticeable (car sales, govt spending, new gas production), a lot will depend on the progress and distribution of the monsoon this year. The export sectors are still badly hurt. The growth rates are likely to be 6-7% in 2010.

There seems to be a gap in the interpretation of the joint statement on both sides and also within India. The Indian govt's contention is that there will be no composite dialogue for now, but actions on terror will continue, since the two are now de-linked. Pakistan cannot now say that action...