By Aditi Phadnis & Kashif Hussain

The commerce ministers of India and Pakistan appear to have made significant breakthroughs in easing restrictions on trade between the two countries, with New Delhi expected to withdraw its objections to European Union trade concessions to Pakistan and Islamabad expected to reduce tariffs on imports of Indian goods.

By Peter Oborne

As the conference season draws to a close, we re-publish Peter Oborne's reflections on the Labour leader's ambition to forge a new politics for post-crash Britain. It is a plea for pluralism, in a terrifying time of great challenges: for the right to listen to the left. We run it alongside Gerry Hassan's call for the left to engage with Tory ideas. 

By Raza Rumi

Despite the threats and risks, the Internet has provided a useful platform for people-to-people contacts. It has also facilitated issue-based engagement among South Asians and is likely to generate a more realistic understanding of the bitter rivals that are India and Pakistan.

By Navin Shah AM

The Delhi Metro has become the first rail system in the world to earn ‘carbon credits’ under a United Nations scheme. The credits were given by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which gives firms in developing countries an incentive to cut greenhouse gases.