In the race for the mainly ceremonial post of Indian president, former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee easily beat his closest rival candidate.
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/ 30 November 2011
India’s economic growth has slumped to a two-year low of 6.9% as it was hit by a string of rate hikes and the stumbling global economy.
The Brics are considering offering support to the euro area, possibly by buying bonds, but there are doubts that a significant plan will materialise.
India’s industrial output grew 8.8% in June from a year earlier, displaying unexpected resilience in the face of a string of interest rate hikes.
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/ 28 September 2009
Bharti Airtel and MTN are not looking at a dual-listed structure immediately if their merger goes ahead, India’s finance minister said in an interview
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/ 29 January 2009
International rights groups pressed for urgent action to save up to 250 000 civilians trapped in northern Sri Lanka.
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/ 28 January 2009
A Sri Lankan health official says recent heavy fighting in the north has killed more than 300 civilians and wounded at least 1Â 000 others.
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/ 21 January 2009
India expects to triple trade with Africa over the next five years to reach -billion, officials said on Wednesday.
Top Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials met on Tuesday to review their four-year-old peace process that has stalled since domestic political turmoil erupted in Pakistan last year. It is the first contact India has had with leaders of a new Pakistani civilian government.
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/ 19 November 2007
Four days after Cyclone Sidr killed more than 2 500 people in Bangladesh, rescuers were struggling to reach isolated areas along the country’s devastated coast and give aid to millions of survivors. ”The tragedy unfolds as we walk through one after another devastated village,” said relief worker Mohammad Selim in Bagerhat, one of the worst-hit areas.