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• Commonwealth Games venues way behind schedule (Reuters)
• Author Vikram Seth writing "A Suitable Boy" sequel (Reuters)
• INTERVIEW: Website plays matchmaker for disaster aid (Reuters)
• Medvedev raps Russia shipmaker over late India deal (Reuters)
• Rains revive, 29pct below normal in July 1 wk (Reuters)
• Artist Tyeb Mehta dies after long illness (Reuters)
• Delhi High Court overturns ban on gay sex (Reuters)
• Reforms needed to return India to high growth - govt (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Ailing national carrier Air India may test India's reform zeal (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Bangladesh struggles to tame violent militants (Reuters)
• India seen extending IT tax break as business slows (Reuters)
• India 3G auction will take time, rules awaited (Reuters)
• WPI down 1.3 pct yr/yr on June 20 - govt (Reuters)
• Changing test format will damage game, says Miandad (Reuters)
• Organisers catch the drift for world badminton championships (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Row over nuclear fuel bank awaits new IAEA chief (Reuters)
• Econ survey suggest removal of tax, ban on futures (Reuters)
• HIGHLIGHTS - India economic survey ahead of budget (Reuters)
• ANALYST VIEW - India on track for 7 pct growth; reforms urged (Reuters)
• India should end control on fuel prices - survey (Reuters)

Commonwealth Games venues way behind schedule (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 07:59 AM PDT Reuters - The government painted a stark picture on Thursday of construction delays for the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games, saying more than half the work needed to be completed in 12 of the 17 projects.

Author Vikram Seth writing "A Suitable Boy" sequel (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 08:50 AM PDT Reuters - Indian poet and novelist Vikram Seth is writing a sequel to his acclaimed, monumental story "A Suitable Boy" to be titled "A Suitable Girl".

INTERVIEW: Website plays matchmaker for disaster aid (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - In India, the challenge of getting aid to disaster survivors often boils down to supply and demand.

Medvedev raps Russia shipmaker over late India deal (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday lashed out at Russian shipbuilder Sevmash for delays on a landmark contract with India, traditionally a close trading partner.

Rains revive, 29pct below normal in July 1 wk (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 06:28 AM PDT Reuters - India's monsoon rains for the week ended July 1 were 29 percent below normal, improving from a 68 percent shortfall in the previous seven days, the weather office said on Thursday.

Artist Tyeb Mehta dies after long illness (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 07:16 AM PDT Reuters - Artist Tyeb Mehta, who held the record for the highest price for an Indian painting in a public auction, died after a heart attack on Wednesday, his family said.

Delhi High Court overturns ban on gay sex (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:23 AM PDT Reuters - The Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled gay sex was not a crime, a verdict that will bolster demands by gay and health groups that the government scrap a British colonial law which bans homosexual sex.

Reforms needed to return India to high growth - govt (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 03:36 AM PDT Reuters - India could see growth of around 7 percent this year and more in coming years if it makes sweeping reforms including removal of fuel subsidies, and speeds infrastructure development, a government report said on Thursday.

ANALYSIS - Ailing national carrier Air India may test India's reform zeal (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 10:31 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been confronted by a high-profile challenge less than two months into his second term -- how to fix the ailing national airline carrier, which has asked the government for a bailout.

ANALYSIS - Bangladesh struggles to tame violent militants (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:21 AM PDT Reuters - Violent militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan get more attention, but militant groups also challenge South Asia's other Muslim nation, Bangladesh, worrying neighbours and countries with Bangladeshi workers or immigrants.

India seen extending IT tax break as business slows (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:38 AM PDT Reuters - India is expected to extend in next week's budget a tax holiday scheme for outsourcing firms that is due to end in March 2010, giving a breather to a sector that is facing shrinking orders and a sharp earnings slowdown.

India 3G auction will take time, rules awaited (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:27 AM PDT Reuters - India will auction 3G wireless spectrum within three months after the government finalises the number of slots and the floor price for each, the telecoms minister said, indicating the process would take time.

WPI down 1.3 pct yr/yr on June 20 - govt (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 11:40 PM PDT Reuters - India's wholesale price index fell 1.3 percent in the 12 months to June 20, compared with the previous week's annual decline of 1.14 percent, government data showed on Thursday.

Changing test format will damage game, says Miandad (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 12:30 AM PDT Reuters - Former Pakistan test captain Javed Miandad has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to resist calls for a shake-up of the traditional test match format.

Organisers catch the drift for world badminton championships (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 01:21 AM PDT Reuters - Organisers of next month's world badminton championships in India are scrambling to cool concerns that the air-conditioning system at the venue was causing shuttles to drift excessively.

ANALYSIS - Row over nuclear fuel bank awaits new IAEA chief (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 08:34 PM PDT Reuters - Whoever becomes head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog later this year will have to tackle a deep political divide over a nuclear fuel supply plan aimed at keeping the world safe from the spread of atomic weapons.

Econ survey suggest removal of tax, ban on futures (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:27 AM PDT Reuters - The 2008/09 economic survey has suggested lifting ban on some commodity future contracts, removal of the proposed commodity transaction tax and sought to bring all market regulators under Securities Exchange Board of India.

HIGHLIGHTS - India economic survey ahead of budget (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 01:09 AM PDT Reuters - India could see growth this year of roughly 7 percent and then resume the faster expansion of recent years, provided it makes sweeping reforms including removal of fuel subsidies and accelerates infrastructure development, a key government report said on Thursday.

ANALYST VIEW - India on track for 7 pct growth; reforms urged (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 12:44 AM PDT Reuters - India could see growth this year of roughly 7 percent and then resume the faster expansion of recent years, provided it makes sweeping reforms including

India should end control on fuel prices - survey (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:01 AM PDT Reuters - India needs to end controls on prices of petrol and diesel to curb fuel demand, the finance ministry said in its annual economic survey on Thursday.

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