| South Africa chosen to host IPL next month (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:31 AM PDT  Reuters - South Africa will host the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) next month after the Twenty20 competition was moved out of India due to security reasons, the IPL said on Tuesday.
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| Congress manifesto pushes rural help, jobs (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 07:25 AM PDT  Reuters - The ruling Congress party said on Tuesday in its election manifesto that it would include a hugely subsidised food scheme in new measures to protect farmers and the poor from the impact of the global slowdown.
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| Inflation seen near zero for 3 months - Arvind Virmani (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:22 AM PDT  Reuters - India's wholesale price inflation looks set to remain near zero for the next three months, while monetary policy remains key to reviving the economy, the finance ministry's chief economic adviser said on Tuesday.
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| Nano bookings to soothe Tata Motors funding woes (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 06:08 AM PDT  Reuters - Tata Motors looks set to harness massive demand for its Nano, the world cheapest car, helping it raise funds to cover bridge loans for last year's purchase of the luxury Jaguar and Land Rover brands.
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| Brains or beauty? Women still conflicted, poll shows (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 11:26 AM PDT  Reuters - Smart or thin? Rich or ugly?
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| India axes $1 bln helicopter tender, fresh bids later (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 07:15 AM PDT  Reuters - India has cancelled a tender for 22 attack helicopters, bidders EADS and Finmeccanica said, while the government said the companies did not meet its requirement and a fresh tender would be issued in due course.
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| Reuters poll sees Congress coalition losing ground (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:11 AM PDT  Reuters - An alliance led by the ruling Congress Party has lost ground over the last week amid coalition squabbles, but is still likely to win India's next general election, a Reuters poll of 14 leading analysts has predicted.
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| Satyam says plans to finalise buyer by April 30 (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:28 AM PDT  Reuters - Satyam Computer Services Ltd hopes to finalise the buyer of a 51 percent stake by April 30, the fraud-hit Indian outsourcing company said in a filing to the market regulator on Tuesday.
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| Traffickers prey on disaster-hit children in India - agencies (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:01 AM PDT  Reuters - Hundreds of children left vulnerable after devastating floods in eastern India are being trafficked to work as bricklayers, domestic servants and even sold as brides, aid agencies say.
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| Let sunshine in to fight tuberculosis, WHO says (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:48 AM PDT  Reuters - Ventilation and some sunshine could go a long way to reduce tuberculosis risks in hospitals and prisons, two strongholds of the contagious lung disease, the World Health Organisation said.
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| UK reality star Jade Goody to be buried on April 4 (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 06:54 AM PDT  Reuters - The funeral of reality TV star Jade Goody will take place on April 4 at a church near her home in Essex.
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| Cheers, rose petals as Pakistan's top judge returns (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:48 AM PDT  Reuters - Black-suited Pakistani lawyers cheered and threw rose petals as Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry returned to work on Tuesday more than a year after he was sacked by a military ruler.
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| South Africa peace event put off after Dalai Lama ban (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:28 AM PDT  Reuters - A South African peace conference of Nobel laureates has been postponed after the government denied a visa to Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, organisers said on Tuesday.
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| South Africa to host IPL from April 17 - TV (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 07:06 AM PDT  Reuters - South Africa will host the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting on April 17 after the Twenty20 cricket league was moved out of India due to security reasons, Indian television reported on Tuesday.
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| FACTBOX - Poll manifesto of Congress party (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:04 AM PDT  Reuters - The Congress party said on Tuesday in its election manifesto that it would include a hugely subsidised food scheme in new measures to protect farmers and the poor from the impact of the global slowdown.
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| ELECTION EYE - Sonia Gandhi does not rule out Left alliance (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:55 AM PDT  Reuters - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. (Items are from own sources unless stated.)
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| India has room to ease monetary policy - Ahluwalia (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 01:41 AM PDT  Reuters - India's growth is seen slowing to 6.5 percent in the fiscal year that ends on March 31, below official forecast of around 7 percent, and there is room for more monetary easing, a senior government official said.
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| PM: economy to revive in big way in 6-7 mths (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 01:11 AM PDT  Reuters - India's economy will revive in a big way in six to seven months as stimulus packages start to take effect, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
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| Slowdown brings bounty to ship breaking town (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2009 07:31 PM PDT  Reuters - A global economic slowdown has hit industries ranging from automakers to investment banks, but in one small town on India's western coast, business is at record levels and workers can hardly keep up with demand.
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