2009年8月14日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Water conservation key to combat shortage (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 08:34 AM PDT

Residents of Sanjay Colony, a residential neighbourhood, crowd around a water tanker provided by the state-run Delhi Jal (water) Board to fill their containers in New Delhi June 30, 2009, file photo. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - The world can only feed an extra 2.3 billion people through 2050 by conserving water and lifting food yields, the head of the Sri Lanka-based International Water Management Institute said on Friday.


Met office rules out early monsoon withdrawal (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:18 AM PDT

Heavy monsoon clouds drift over New Delhi July 29, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - The weather office has ruled out an early withdrawal for this year's monsoon which has still one and half months to complete its full journey.


Travel hurdles mask tension between India, U.S. envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:32 AM PDT

U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke uses his phone during an interview with Reuters at the G8 foreign ministers meeting in the Italian northern Adriatic port of Trieste June 27, 2009. REUTERS/Nikola Solic/FilesReuters - U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke's visit to India has been put off for a second time in a month amid concern in New Delhi that his frequent trips were part of efforts to extend his regional mission beyond Pakistan and Afghanistan.


India says no nuclear cargo on North Korean ship (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 12:41 AM PDT

A North Korean ship, MV Musan, is seen anchored near Port Blair, capital of Andaman and Nicobar islands, August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Sanjib Kumar RoyReuters - Indian authorities have found no nuclear cargo aboard a North Korean ship held in the Bay of Bengal, but will proceed with investigations to ensure crew statements contain no discrepancies, officials said on Friday.


Top seeds Lee, Zhou tumble out of badminton worlds (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 07:11 AM PDT

Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei returns a shot against Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro during their men's singles match in the quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championship in Hyderabad August 14, 2009. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - Malaysian world number one Lee Chong Wei and women's top seed Zhou Mi of Hong Kong were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the badminton world championships on Friday.


Christie's to sell producer Merchant's collection (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:09 AM PDT

New York-based Indian filmmaker Ismail Merchant during an interview with Reuters in Bombay February 20, 2004. REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto/FilesReuters - Christie's will offer art and furniture belonging to the late Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant at a London sale on Oct. 7, the auctioneer said on Friday.


INTERVIEW - Climate means new business, not trade war - US envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:58 AM PDT

Sun rises near Abalakovo village about 280 kilometres north of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk July 26, 2009. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin/FilesReuters - Trade wars after a planned U.N. climate deal are implausible, partly because of a surge of new business opportunities creating jobs in clean energy, the head of the U.S. delegation at U.N. climate talks said.


Pakistani suspects refused UK bail due coded to email (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Five Pakistani men arrested in a British anti-terrorism operation but never charged have been refused bail because they had exchanged a series of coded emails, officials said.

Too early to act on inflation - RBI chief (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:38 AM PDT

A farmer works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of Tripura, July 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - The outlook for farm output in India is a concern and price pressures could build up at some stage but it is too early to take action on inflation, the central bank chief said on Friday.


Growth seen at 6-6.5 pct in FY10 - econ adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:24 AM PDT

A vehicle drives on the newly built Bandra Worli Sea Link in Mumbai June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India's economic growth is expected to be between 6.0 to 6.5 percent in the 2009/10 fiscal year, the chairman of the prime minister's economic advisory panel said on Friday.


India aims for robust GDP growth despite drought (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 09:37 PM PDT

Labourers work at a riverfront construction site near the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad July 2, 2009.  REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - India's economy can achieve in the year to March 2010 the same level of growth seen a year earlier despite worsening dry conditions that threaten to dent its nascent recovery, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said on Thursday.


Govt sets up panel for gas dispute stand - report (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 11:00 PM PDT

India's Reliance Industries KG-D6's control and raiser platform is seen off the Bay of Bengal in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Reliance Industries/Handout/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up a panel of four cabinet ministers to continuously monitor the government's stand on the Ambani brothers' gas dispute in Supreme Court, The Economic Times reported on Friday.


Govt borrowing hits policy transmission - RBI (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 12:06 AM PDT

Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) governor Duvvuri Subbarao speaks at the head office in Mumbai July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - A rapid expansion in the Indian government's borrowing impedes the central bank's monetary policy transmission, the Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao said on Friday. He was speaking at a central bank event in Hyderabad.


India, ASEAN embrace free trade, but not in IT (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 11:16 PM PDT

A security officer walks past the flags of member countries attending the 14th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Pattaya April 9, 2009. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV/FilesReuters - India and the 10-country Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN signed a free trade agreement on Thursday after more than six years of negotiations, but the deal did not embrace software and information technology.


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