Bhubaneswar: South Korea President Lee Myung-bak on Monday sought the cooperation of the Indian government in building the USD 12 billion (about Rs 54,000 crore) steel plant in Odisha, in the face

India and the Republic of Korea signed an agreement on Monday for cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy.

Defence cooperation also comes up for discussion

India could soon join a select group of countries like the US, China and France which export nuclear reactors, a congressional report has said.

A high-powered committee of the steel ministry has suggested that the state-run mineral giant NMDC fix its iron ore prices on a quarterly basis for its domestic buyers, benchmarking the price at which it exports to Japan and South Korea.

This is likely to trigger resentment among the steel producers, who have been demanding re-alignment of NMDC

New Delhi To give a fillip to environment-friendly vehicles, a committee formed by the heavy industries ministry is considering lucrative tax breaks and incentives for automakers to produce and sell electric vehicles.

Environment minister Jairam Ramesh made it clear that private corporate sector should not look up to the government for innovations in technology to transit towards green economy.

South Korea opened a second investigation in days into a report that the U.S. military dumped toxic chemicals near the capital decades ago, a Defense Ministry official said on Wednesday, threatening to trigger an anti-American backlash.

Experts have been sent to the former U.S. base in Bucheon, west of Seoul, to check out the claims after South Korean media reported that a U.S.