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• India says Myanmar must expedite political reform (Reuters)
• New figures show India emissions a fourth of China (Reuters)
• Swine flu scare at Badminton world championships (Reuters)
• Drought fears rise, soybean crop on brink (Reuters)
• Pandemic flu spreading with Asian monsoon season - WHO (Reuters)
• Myanmar's Suu Kyi ordered back into house detention (Reuters)
• Michael Schumacher's return stalls through injury (Reuters)
• Rangarajan reappointed PM econ adviser (Reuters)
• Manager defends Steyn over drugs test result (Reuters)
• H1N1 toll in India rises, hits Bollywood, badminton (Reuters)
• Musharraf faces arrest if he returns to Pakistan (Reuters)
• FICCI asks PM to take steps to reduce interest rates (Reuters)
• India says developing world not split in climate talks (Reuters)
• Big quake hits off Andamans, no tsunami (Reuters)
• Bharti adds 2.8 mln mobile users in July - industry (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Is Myanmar joining nuclear club with N.Korea aid? (Reuters)
• Strong quake rattles Tokyo, disrupts transport (Reuters)
• FEATURE - Talent building key challenge for India firms (Reuters)
• Strides says ready to meet H1N1 drug demand (Reuters)
• U.N. chief warns of dire future without climate deal (Reuters)

India says Myanmar must expedite political reform (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 07:48 AM PDT Reuters - India called for political reforms in army-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday after a court sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months in detention, a verdict that has drawn widespread condemnation.

New figures show India emissions a fourth of China (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:51 AM PDT Reuters - India contributes around five percent to global carbon dioxide emissions, a new government report showed on Tuesday, but is still only about a quarter of the emissions of China and the United States.

Swine flu scare at Badminton world championships (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 06:53 AM PDT Reuters - A Malaysian coach was quarantined with swine flu symptoms at the world badminton championships on Tuesday, while a doubles pair from Thailand pulled out of a match after one of them complained of fever.

Drought fears rise, soybean crop on brink (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 08:30 AM PDT Reuters - Fears of slower economic growth and lower yields of key crops rose in India on Tuesday as the weather office cut its monsoon forecast and the government said more than a quarter of districts were prone to drought.

Pandemic flu spreading with Asian monsoon season - WHO (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:37 AM PDT Reuters - H1N1 pandemic flu is spreading in India, Thailand and Vietnam with the onset of Asia's monsoon season, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi ordered back into house detention (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 10:19 AM PDT Reuters - A court in army-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months in detention, a verdict that drew condemnation abroad and will keep her off the political stage ahead of next year's elections.

Michael Schumacher's return stalls through injury (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 07:38 AM PDT Reuters - Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher has cancelled plans for a temporary return to Formula One with Ferrari because of fitness concerns.

Rangarajan reappointed PM econ adviser (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 06:28 AM PDT Reuters - The prime minister's economic advisory panel has been reconstituted and former central bank governor C. Rangarajan has been reappointed as its chairman, a government statement said on Tuesday.

Manager defends Steyn over drugs test result (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 06:24 AM PDT Reuters - South Africa's team manager defended fast bowler Dale Steyn on Tuesday, saying the player had shown elevated levels of morphine in a random drugs test in April because of medication he was taking for migraines.

H1N1 toll in India rises, hits Bollywood, badminton (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 01:07 AM PDT Reuters - Schools, malls and cinema halls in some cities in western India have shut and Bollywood shoots cancelled as the toll from the H1N1 pandemic rose to eight.

Musharraf faces arrest if he returns to Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 03:59 AM PDT Reuters - Former president Pervez Musharraf would face arrest if he returned to Pakistan after police registered a case against him on Tuesday over his detention of judges during a political crisis in 2007.

FICCI asks PM to take steps to reduce interest rates (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:07 AM PDT Reuters - A delegation of industry representatives met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday and asked the government to take steps to bring down interest rates to revive economy, particularly the manufacturing sector.

India says developing world not split in climate talks (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:10 AM PDT Reuters - Bilateral climate agreements are no solution to fighting global warming and could trigger unwelcome competitive pressures, India's top climate change negotiator said on Tuesday.

Big quake hits off Andamans, no tsunami (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 10:53 PM PDT Reuters - A major earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands early on Tuesday, but a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh was later cancelled.

Bharti adds 2.8 mln mobile users in July - industry (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 03:33 AM PDT Reuters - Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile operator, added 2.81 million mobile users in July, taking its total number of subscribers to 105.2 million, data from industry body Cellular Operators' Association of India showed on Tuesday.

ANALYSIS - Is Myanmar joining nuclear club with N.Korea aid? (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:48 AM PDT Reuters - A spate of reports that North Korea may be helping fellow pariah state Myanmar join the nuclear club has underlined concerns over Pyongyang's proliferation activities since it renounced disarmament talks and tested a bomb.

Strong quake rattles Tokyo, disrupts transport (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 11:06 PM PDT Reuters - A strong earthquake jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas early Tuesday morning, throwing food and bottles from store shelves, disrupting transport and closing a nuclear power plant for safety checks.

FEATURE - Talent building key challenge for India firms (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 09:34 PM PDT Reuters - Come June every year, and Infosys Technologies, India's second-biggest software services exporter, turns trainer for the nearly 30,000 students it recruits from top engineering colleges every year.

Strides says ready to meet H1N1 drug demand (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 12:57 AM PDT Reuters - Drugmaker Strides Arcolab Ltd said on Tuesday it is an approved and qualified supplier of Oseltamivir capsules, the generic equivalent of Tamiflu, used in the treatment for the H1N1 virus and is fully prepared to meet demand for the drug in the domestic and international markets.

U.N. chief warns of dire future without climate deal (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 12:39 AM PDT Reuters - Failure to act quickly on climate change could eventually lead to violence and mass unrest as global weather patterns drastically change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday.

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