2009年9月24日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Pokhran nuclear tests "fully successful", say top govt scientists (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:10 AM PDT

R. Chidambaram, the principal scientific advisor to Government of India, speaks during a news conference to brief about 1998 Pokhran-II nuclear tests, in Mumbai September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Leading Indian scientists said on Thursday the country's landmark Pokhran nuclear tests in 1998 were "fully successful", dispelling doubts the programme had been a dud that left India without a proper nuclear deterrent.


Wrestler Ramesh Kumar gives India first world medal in 42 years (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 08:44 AM PDT

India's Ramesh Kumar (R) celebrates after defeating Moldova's Alexandr Burca in their men's 74 kg free style bronze medal match at the World Wrestling Championships 2009 in Herning September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - Ramesh Kumar has won India's first world championship men's wrestling medal in 42 years.


AIDS vaccine protects people, shocks researchers (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:35 AM PDT

Supachai Rerks-Ngarm, Principal Investigator, Phase III Trial, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Disease Control in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Chaiwat SubprasomReuters - An experimental AIDS vaccine made from two failed products has protected people for the first time, reducing the rate of infection by about 30 percent, researchers said on Thursday.


INTERVIEW - U.S. proposal on IMF reform a good step - Ahluwalia (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 09:55 AM PDT

India's Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia speaks during a national conference with ministers of environment and forests in New Delhi in this August 18, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - A U.S. proposal to give major developing countries increased voting rights at the International Monetary Fund would be a "substantial step in the right direction," a senior Indian official told Reuters on Thursday.


U.S. Senate approves compromise bill on Pakistan aid (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:49 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved compromise legislation to triple non-military aid to Pakistan to about $1.5 billion a year for each of the next five years as part of a plan to fight extremism with economic development.

GM India partnering India's Reva for electric car (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 06:54 AM PDT

A man gets into a zero polluting car manufactured by Indian vehicle maker Reva Electric Car in Santiago in this July 29, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/FilesReuters - General Motors Co's Indian unit is partnering local firm Reva Electric Car Co to develop electric vehicles for the Indian market, and hopes to start selling a battery-operated small car within a year.


U.N. calls for nuclear disarmament, Obama presides (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:21 AM PDT

World leaders and delegates listen as U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 64th United Nations General Assembly, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The U.N. Security Council, at a summit chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama, unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday that envisaged a world without nuclear weapons.


India has enough wheat, rice stocks - trade min (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:30 AM PDT

A farmer displays his paddy crop at a wholesale grain market at Bavla town, 25 km (16 miles) west of Ahmedabad in this August 21, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - India has enough stocks of wheat and rice to meet domestic demand, trade minister Anand Sharma said on Thursday.


ANALYSIS - India, Pakistan edge towards repairing relations (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:08 AM PDT

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel (obscured) lower the flags of the two countries during a daily flag lowering ceremony at the India-Pakistan joint border at Wagah in this December 14, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FilesReuters - In all the feverish debate about Afghanistan, one of the most explosive issues is off-stage: the relationship between India and Pakistan.


Chandrayaan-1 finds water on moon - report (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 07:29 PM PDT

Handout picture provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation  shows the surface of the moon taken by Moon Impact Probe, after separating from India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, November 14, 2008. India's first lunar mission has found evidence of large quantities of water on its surface. REUTERS/Indian Space Research Organisation/Handout/FilesReuters - Chandrayaan-1, India's first lunar mission, has found evidence of large quantities of water on its surface, The Times newspaper reported on Thursday.


Security will be foolproof at Commonwealth Games - India (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 08:05 AM PDT

Labourers work at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, one of the venues for the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, September 16, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India has promised foolproof security for next year's Commonwealth Games.


New Michael Jackson single to hit airwaves Oct. 12 (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:17 AM PDT

Mexican fans of the late pop star Michael Jackson gather at the Angel of Independence Monument in Mexico City in this July 4, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte/FilesReuters - A new Michael Jackson single called "This Is It" will hit the airwaves on Oct. 12, two weeks before it is available as part of a two-disc album released by the late pop star's record label.


India's headline inflation exceeds forecasts (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:05 AM PDT

A customer inspects different kinds of rice at a shop in Mumbai Sepetember 17, 2009. India's wholesale price index  rose 0.37 percent in the 12 months to Sept. 12, government data showed on Thursday. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - Indian inflation was higher than expected in mid-September and is set to rise further as drought drives up food costs and demand recovers, adding to the challenge for policy makers as they try to nurture growth.


Govt extends tax-free sugar imports, stocks dip (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 07:43 AM PDT

A labourer lifts a bundle of sugarcanes at a wholesale fruit market in the eastern Indian city of Siliguri September 16, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - India will extend permission to import duty-free white sugar until the middle of next year to fill the supply gap after a drought devastated the cane crop in several regions.


Rains 38 pct below normal in past week - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:53 AM PDT

People walk on a road during a heavy monsoon shower in New Delhi September 2, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India's monsoon rains were 38 percent below average in the week to Sept. 23, two government sources told Reuters on Thursday.


Skydivers claim highest landing ever near Everest (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 12:32 AM PDT

Mount Everest is seen in this aerial view taken from a passenger aircraft flying over Nepal at a height of 9,144 meters in this November 9, 2008 file photo. Three skydivers, including one Indian, made the highest parachute landing ever at a drop zone near Mount Everest. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/FilesReuters - Three skydivers, including one Indian, made the highest parachute landing ever at a drop zone near Mount Everest, Nepal officials said on Thursday.


Indian reservoirs at 59 pct of capacity - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:58 AM PDT

Reuters - The water level in India's main reservoirs rose to 59 percent of capacity on Thursday from 57 percent a week ago after below-normal rains in the past seven days, government data showed on Thursday.

Pakistan's Younis fit to face India (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 02:43 AM PDT

Pakistan's captain Younis Khan in Colombo in this August 9, 2009 file photo. Younis Khan will be available for their Champions Trophy match against India despite a finger injury, the Pakistani board said on Thursday. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - Pakistan captain Younis Khan will be available for their Champions Trophy match against India despite a finger injury, the Pakistani board said on Thursday.


Air India cuts employee incentive pay by up to 50 pct (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 11:08 PM PDT

Air India's newly acquired Airbus A321 and Boeing 777-200 LR aircrafts at Mumbai airport in this July 30, 2007 file photo. State-run Air India will cut productivity linked incentives (PLI) payable to its employees by up to 50 percent, in a cost cutting measure affecting over 7,000 of its employees.REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - State-run Air India will cut productivity linked incentives (PLI) payable to its employees by up to 50 percent, in a cost cutting measure affecting over 7,000 of its employees.


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