2008年10月21日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

India complete crushing win over Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT

Ishant Sharma (L-R), Sachin Tendulkar, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Rahul Dravid celebrate the dismissal of Australia's Simon Katich on the fourth day of their second test cricket match in Mohali October 20, 2008. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India completed a crushing victory over Australia by a record margin of 320 runs in the second test on Tuesday to seize a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.


India joins Asia space race in first moon mission (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 01:58 AM CDT

The PSLV-C11 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle), Chandrayaan-1 sits on the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, October 11, 2008, file photo. REUTERS/BabuReuters - India will launch its first unmanned moon mission on Wednesday, following in the footsteps of rivals China and Japan, as it tries to show off its scientific know-how and claim a bigger chunk of the global space business.


Raj Thackeray's arrest sparks protests in Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 01:05 AM CDT

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party head Raj Thackeray leaves after addressing a news conference in Mumbai September 11, 2008, file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Police in Maharashtra have arrested Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray after attacks on north Indian migrants, sparking protests around Mumbai.


India, Pakistan open trade across Kashmir frontier (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:25 AM CDT

Kashmiri people stand next to lorries adorned with decorations to mark the opening of a historic trade link across the divided Kashmir after they are loaded with apples bound for Pakistan-administered Kashmir, at a fruit market in Srinagar October 20, 2008. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - India and Pakistan opened a trade link across divided Kashmir for the first time in six decades on Tuesday, a step aimed at reducing tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours.


Fashion clashing as India puts on the glitz (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:38 AM CDT

Bollywood actresses Kangana Ranaut (L), Priyanka Chopra and Mugdha Godse (R) display outfits by designer Narendra Kumar during the first day of Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai October 20, 2008. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - There may be a global financial crisis going on, but in India, one of the engine rooms of the world's pre-crash production boom, there is a clash of the flash fashion.


FACTBOX - India's first unmanned mission to the moon (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:53 AM CDT

The PSLV-C11 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle), Chandrayaan-1 sits on the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, October 11, 2008. REUTERS/BabuReuters - India will launch its first unmanned moon mission on Wednesday, following in the footsteps of rivals China and Japan, as it tries to show off its scientific know-how and claim a bigger chunk of global space business.


Japanese climbers say find footprints of abominable snowman (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:26 AM CDT

Reuters - Japanese climbers returning from a mountain in western Nepal said on Tuesday they had found footprints they think belonged to the abominable snowman or Yeti.

PM ready to help IMF crisis loans - paper (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 09:03 PM CDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seen at the presidential palace in New Delhi in this July 16, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his country was ready to cooperate in an International Monetary Fund loan scheme to rescue countries struck down by the global credit crisis, Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday.


U.N. agency says crisis to cost 20 million jobs (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 12:46 PM CDT

A worker rides his bicycle at Pudong, Shanghai's new financial centre, October 20, 2008. Twenty million jobs will disappear by the end of next year as a result of the impact of the financial crisis on the global economy, a United Nations agency said on Monday. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - Twenty million jobs will disappear by the end of next year as a result of the impact of the financial crisis on the global economy, a United Nations agency said on Monday.


India says growth may slow due to global turmoil (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 10:24 AM CDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh listens to Mexico's President Felipe Calderon during a briefing in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, in this July 8, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday India must brace for slower economic growth because of the global market turmoil, but the country's banks were safe and there was no need to fear any collapse.


RBI slashes repo rate to shield economy (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 09:42 AM CDT

Indian police guard the Reserve Bank of India building in Mumbai in this file photo. REUTERS/Roy Madhur/FilesReuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unexpectedly slashed its key lending rate for the first time in more than four years on Monday in a fresh attempt to shield the economy from the global financial crisis.


PM to visit Japan and China to boost ties (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 09:04 AM CDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks to the media after arriving for the opening day of the second-leg of the monsoon session of the Indian Parliament in New Delhi October 17, 2008. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Armed with a potentially lucrative civil nuclear technology deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Japan to push energy and trade partnerships and China for a summit of Asian and European nations this week.


Writers give voice to India's AIDS sufferers (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 10:52 AM CDT

A volunteer makes AIDS symbols with red ribbons during a vaccination programme on the outskirts of Siliguri August 5, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - What better way to give a voice to the 2.7 million people in India living with HIV/AIDS than to enlist the country's top authors to tell their stories?


Tribals protest against Arcelor Mittal plant in Jharkhand (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 05:59 AM CDT

Reuters - Thousands of villagers marched in Jharkhand on Monday to protest against a proposed Arcelor Mittal steel plant, police said, the latest in a series of confrontations over industry on farmlands.

Suspected Maoists kill 12 policemen in Bastar (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 06:57 AM CDT

Reuters - Suspected Maoist insurgents killed at least 12 policemen and wounded several others when they opened fire on a patrol in Chhattisgarh on Monday, police said.

The circus comes calling at India fashion week (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 05:38 AM CDT

A model presents a creation from Indian designer Manish Arora's Spring/Summer 2009 collection at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi October 19, 2008. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - Clowns came visiting in New Delhi as the psychedelic circus-inspired outfits of one of Indias best known designers brought one of its biggest fashion events to a dramatic close on Sunday.


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