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PTI, The Economic Times, October 15, 2018 India has been ranked at the 103rd position among 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index, says a report.  According to the report, prepared by Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide, India is among the 45 countries that have "serious levels of hunger".  In 2017, India was ranked at the 100th position but ranking for this year is not comparable, it said.  The GHI, now in its 13th year, ranks countries based on four key indicators -- undernourishment, child mortality, child wasting and child stunting.  Child wasting refers to share of children under the age of five who have low weight for their height, reflecting acute undernutrition.  India is ranked below many neighbouring countries, including China (25th spot), Nepal (72), Myanmar (68), Sri Lanka (67) and Bangladesh (86). Pakistan is placed at the 106th position.  While noting that hunger varies enormously by region, the report said this year's GHI

PTI, The Economic Times, October 16, 2018 NEW DELHI: Saudi Arabia on Monday committed to meeting India's rising oil demand and said it is keen to invest in fuel retailing and petrochemical business in the world's fastest-growing energy consumer.  Speaking at India Energy Forum, its oil minister Khalid al-Falih heaped lavish praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government for making it easier to do business in the country and ushering in "acche din".  "My frequent visits to India are indicative of the importance Saudi Arabia attaches to this great nation as a critical energy and a strategic global player," he said calling the county an "emerging superpower".  Saudi Arabia is the India's second-biggest oil supplier behind Iraq and is committed to meet any shortfall that may arise due to sanctions on Iran, he said.  "I had the privilege of meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradha

Maroof Raza , Timesnownews, October 15, 2018 Despite being in the same room, twice over the past month, the foreign minister of India has refused to shake hands or exchange courtesies with her counterpart from Pakistan. Most recently in Dushanbe during the SCO meet and earlier during a meeting of SAARC ministers on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York. While the romantics in India were hoping that Imran Khan’s rise as Pakistan's prime minister could open the door once again for Indo-Pak talks, the realists knew better. It was an option that Pakistan was eager for India to exercise also, though not for romantic reasons, but for hard-nosed geopolitical ones. Engagement would not only ease Pakistan’s sense of isolation but help it convey to the world that even India was willing to overlook its charges that Pakistan wasn’t doing enough to confront the menace of terror on its soil. India first said yes and then a ‘no’, realizing the faux-pas it had created. However, it wasn’t j