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The bill on the rescue deal passed just in time for Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos to head to Brussels to meet his counterparts from the 19-country currency union in the hope of getting their seal of approval as well.

India celebrated its 69th Independence Day Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation from the iconic Red Fort in the capital New Delhi. “It can be done”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his visit to United Arab Emirates, UAE will boost ties and will enhance economic as well as trade relations.

Acrimony between the BJP and Congress marked the monsoon session of parliament which concluded on Thursday and had significant legislation on its agenda, including the GST bill. “This session has educated public opinion that India’s economic interests are being held...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s Syriza party looked set to split after the leader of its far-left faction called for a new movement to fight a bailout deal that lawmakers will vote on later on Thursday.

Berlin is the main creditor of Greece and its approval is needed in order for the new bailout package to be given to Athens so that it can repay Euro 3.4 billion (USD 3.7 billion) to the European Central Bank by an August 20 deadline. The Greek parliament will vote on over 50...

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Wednesday the latest Greek bailout deal “is not going to work”.

Is the worldwide Monetary Fund on board? The first tranche of bailout funds will flow to Greece once its fellow eurozone nations agree. At this stage it is unclear. We still need to talk with each other on a few issues. Greece will only avoid the threat of “Grexit” if...

With four days left to go for the monsoon session, the Congress continued to paralyse both houses of parliament, forcing finance minister Arun Jaitley on 10 August to go hammer and tongs against the situation prevailing in the Rajya Sabha.

A man buys cherries in Monastiraki in downtown Athens on July 14, 2015.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he expects the bill to pass.

Greece has more or less concluded its bailout discussions with global creditors, officials have said, raising hopes the country could be ready to finalise a deal within the day.

Greece and its worldwide lenders reached a multibillion-euro bailout agreement yesterday, potentially saving the country from financial ruin.

When Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was introducing the GST Bill yesterday, he was rebuked by Congress parliamentarians who shouted “nahi chalegi”, meaning “this won’t do” in Hindi.

A Greek government official said the hope is that a deal that “covers everything” will be concluded as soon as possible and indicated that one could be imminent by the time of a meeting of the eurozone’s 19 finance ministers on Friday.