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Iran blames US intervention in Iraq crisis

June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Amid speculation that Iran and the United States might cooperate to fight the insurgency in Iraq, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Washington for the ongoing Iraq crisis. He …

Kerry in Baghdad: US pitches for inclusive govt. in Iraq

June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Against the backdrop of the escalating violence and the festering Shia-Sunni divide in Iraq, the US’s top diplomat has begun a series of meetings with the Iraqi leadership in Baghdad …

Black money: Swiss govt. ready for disclosures, India says no info yet

June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Switzerland has prepared a list of Indian citizens who are suspected to have untaxed money in various banks operating in the country and is willing to share the details with the Indian government. The Swiss authorities have identified the names of certain Indian nationals in an attempt to track down the real beneficiaries of funds

India’s budget on July 10

June 23, 2014 - by India Writes Network

The Narendra Modi government will present its first General Budget on July 10. The Budget session will be held from July 7 to August 14. The over-month long session of …

E-forest clearances in India on the way

June 23, 2014 - by India Writes Network

The new government’s vision of using the World Wide Web to improve governance in India is slowly coming to fruition with several bureaucratic processes going online. The latest in the …

Rise of the Eurosceptics could hurt Indian interests

June 23, 2014May 26, 2015 - by India Writes Network

The European Parliamentary elections took place last month. The EU, with its 28 members, went to polls from May 22 to May 25 to elect country representatives for the European Parliament in Brussels. A new European Commission will also be in place soon.