The path to prosperity in India is not as straight and smooth as many would like to believe.
The recent powercuts that hit about 620-million people in India were a sign of a democracy that takes power from its people, writes Randeep Ramesh.
A massive power failure has hit India for the second day running as three regional power grids collapsed, blacking out more than half the country.
In the race for the mainly ceremonial post of Indian president, former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee easily beat his closest rival candidate.
SA healthcare has withstood court assaults by Big Pharma, but it will be dealt a tragic blow if a faraway battle over drug patents goes the wrong way.
India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh has says that he is "confident" of strengthening ties between the two neighbours.
The US is escalating the risks of a currency war, Brics nations say. <b>Matt Quigley</b> explores the consequences if the US doesn’t "knock it off".
An overcrowded river ferry has split in two and sunk during a severe storm in northeast India, leaving at least 40 people dead and 160 missing.
The FirstRand group has moved into India’s retail banking space and its 700-million unbanked residents.
At least 100 Pakistani soldiers were buried alive in a remote area in the Himalayas when an avalanche crushed their camp.
South Africa’s inclusion into Brics has been a political triumph, but the real challenges are about to start.
India have arrived in South Africa for their one-off Twenty20 international at the Wanderers with their coach insisting the trip will be worthwhile.
Leaders of the emerging world will discuss the creation of a new development bank at a summit shadowed by protests against the Chinese president.
President Jacob Zuma has landed in India for the fourth Brics summit and has held talks urging Russia and Brazil to invest more in the country.
President Jacob Zuma intends to position SA as a global force representing emerging African economies in international platforms at the Brics summit.
A leading investment banker says South Africa’s gate-crashing of the political bloc defies logic because of the country’s lack of economic clout.
Official responsiveness, a sense of energy and innovation has turned things around in the once backwater Indian province of Bilhar.
A ruling this week that allowed an Indian drugmaker to make and sell a cancer drug at a fraction of the price has been hailed as a breakthrough.
Sachin Tendulkar has added one more milestone to his record breaking career by being the first-ever cricketer to score 100 international centuries.
International sanctions have a patchy history, and Iran’s oil elite have been dodging them for decades, writes <b>Peg Mackey</b>.
Sri Lanka beat Australia by nine runs despite Dan Christian’s hat-trick in a dramatic ODI to book their place in the final against the hosts.
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/ 28 February 2012
Virat Kohli came to India’s rescue in the last ODI of the tri one-day series against India, giving them a seven-wicket bonus point victory.
India’s cricket greats have begun talking about Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement from the sport — a topic considered unthinkable a year ago.
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/ 21 February 2012
An outstanding display of seam bowling from Sri Lanka has helped beat India by 51 runs in their ODI tri-series match.
Survey by Save the Children highlights the devastating effects of malnutrition and predicts a disaster if the situation isn’t remedied.
Recently diagnosed with cancer, cricketer Yuvraj Singh gets support from famous cancer survivor, cyclist Lance Armstrong.
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/ 14 February 2012
India does not intend to censor online social networks such as Facebook but demands that they obey the same rules governing the press and other media.
Israeli diplomats have been targeted by bomb attacks in Delhi and Tbilisi with two people injured in the Indian capital when an embassy car exploded.
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/ 9 February 2012
Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar says India should not rest record-chasing Sachin Tendulkar as part of a rotation policy in the ongoing tri-series.
Thousands of well-wishers have sent messages of support to India’s World Cup-winning all-rounder Yuvraj Singh who has been diagnosed with cancer.
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/ 31 January 2012
The Oscar-nominated thriller was withdrawn from release in India after director David Fincher refused to cut ‘unsuitable’ sex scenes.
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/ 31 January 2012
The artist said he had been beaten up at his gallery by five men over nude paintings that the attackers claimed were an insult to the country.