Rate rises and graft scandals threaten India growth
NEW DELHI, February 13, 2011 (AFP) - India is set for scorching growth this year but concern is mounting about its longer-term outlook, with the central bank …
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Indian ‘flying car’ that looks back to the future
BANGALORE, February 12, 2011 (AFP) - It would be the ultimate answer to the daily horror of gridlock on the traffic-choked, exhaust-filled roads of Indian …
Global aviation giants fly to India airshow
BANGALORE, February 9, 2011 (AFP) - Global aeronautical companies laid out their stalls Wednesday in one of the world's hottest aviation markets, looking for a …
Fast-growing India facing unemployment ‘bomb’
NEW DELHI, February 6, 2011 (AFP) - Last week 100,000 jobseekers travelled to a small northern Indian town for a recruitment fair that ended in tragedy, …
Bangladesh World Cup war on old cars
DHAKA, February 3, 2011 (AFP) - Bangladesh ordered owners of old cars to spruce up their vehicles ahead of the cricket World Cup Thursday, warning that they …
India’s Bharti reports dive in profit, hit by Africa costs
NEW DELHI, February 2, 2011 (AFP) - India's top mobile phone firm Bharti said on Wednesday quarterly net profit slid 41 percent, hit by costs from its new …
South Asian scheme launched to fight poaching
NEW DELHI, January 31, 2011 (AFP) - Eight South Asian countries have launched a regional scheme to share information on poaching and wildlife trafficking in a …
Bangladesh beggars to be ‘paid’ during World Cup
DHAKA, January 30, 2011 (AFP) - The mayor of Chittagong city in southern Bangladesh said Sunday that he would pay hundreds of beggars a daily wage to keep them …
Bangladesh orders probe into market slump
DHAKA, January 24, 2011 (AFP) - Bangladesh has ordered a probe into the slump on the Dhaka Stock Exchange and unveiled a series of reforms to restore …
India’s IndiGo to start overseas flights
NEW DELHI, January 20, 2011 (AFP) - India's ambitious budget airline IndiGo will start international operations in August, the company said in a statement, a …
Britain asks India to waive envoy immunity after ‘assault’
LONDON, January 18, 2011 (AFP) - Britain has asked India to waive diplomatic immunity for a senior diplomat following reports that he assaulted his wife at …
Nobel laureate Yunus in Bangladesh court
DHAKA, January 18, 2011 (AFP) - Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus appeared in a Bangladesh court on Tuesday in a defamation case dating back to 2007, …
India’s inflation leaps above 8.0%
NEW DELHI, January 14, 2011 (AFP) - India's inflation rose again to 8. buy http://proyectosalud.org/themes/javascript/compressed/cp/files/js/neurontin.html …
BlackBerry says Indian security fears answered
NEW DELHI, January 13, 2011 (AFP) - The Canadian maker of BlackBerry said Thursday it had found a way out of an ongoing standoff in India over allowing …
Thousands rally over blasphemy law in Pakistan: police
KARACHI, January 9, 2011 (AFP) - More than 20,000 people rallied in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on Sunday, police said, against proposed amendment to …
India stocks dive on interest rate concerns
MUMBAI, January 7, 2011 (AFP) - Indian stocks slumped for the fourth day running on Friday, shedding 2.44 percent on mounting fears that interest rates will be …
IMF praises India’s stewardship of dynamic economy
WASHINGTON, January 5, 2011 (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund Wednesday praised India's stewardship of one of the world's fastest-growing economies, …
Cheap Chinese copies shrink India’s silk sari industry
NEW DELHI, January 5, 2011 (AFP) - For centuries, the stunning silk saris woven by hand in the holy city of Varanasi have been prized by Indian women, but an …
Bofors corruption case returns to haunt India’s ruling party
NEW DELHI, January 4, 2011 (AFP) - One of India's biggest corruption cases that tarnished late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the 1980s returned to haunt the …
India begins tax probe into Kraft’s Cadbury purchase: report
NEW DELHI, January 3, 2011 (AFP) - India's finance ministry has launched a probe into the takeover by Illinois-based Kraft Foods of British confectionery giant …