Coming as it does at the beginning of the 12th Plan, and given the downbeat mood, there is genuine expectation from Budget 2012-13 that there will be far more action-orientation and policy-setting

Japan and China on Sunday agreed that they would jointly respond to any funding request from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is looking to more than double the size of its war chest to

Republican lawmakers in a handful of states are opening another front in the war against President Obama's health care overhaul, seizing on the hot-button issue of birth control with bills that