2009年11月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


In U.S., PM Singh touts nuclear deal, infrastructure (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 05:27 PM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks out into the crowd at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, November 23, 2009.   REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday completing a 2005 U.S.-India nuclear cooperation deal would boost investment opportunities in his country, a hopeful sign for U.S. companies eyeing India's potential $150 billion market in power plants.


Lyondell should consider Reliance offer - creditors (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 01:30 PM PST

India's Reliance Industries KG-D6's floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is seen off the Bay of Bengal in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Reliance Industries/Handout/FilesReuters - Reliance Industries' offer for LyondellBasell Industries is a serious one and should be closely considered by the bankrupt petrochemicals maker, a lawyer representing unsecured creditors said.


India tests nuclear-capable missile after sunset (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 07:30 AM PST

India's Agni III missile is seen during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi in this January 23, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's army tested a nuclear-capable Agni missile after sunset on Monday for the first time to demonstrate it could be fired whenever required, defence officials said.


Greenhouse gases reach record levels - U.N. agency (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:30 AM PST

Avaaz activists protest during a demonstration on the final day the Barcelona Climate Change Talks November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Gustau NacarinoReuters - Concentrations of greenhouse gases, the major cause of global warming, are at their highest levels ever recorded and are still climbing, the U.N. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday.


Mahindra arm to bid for $3.5 bln defence deals (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 05:49 AM PST

Indian soldiers clean a 105-mm artillery gun at Kanzalwan in Gurez sector, 160 km north of Srinagar in this July 4, 2002 file photo. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/FilesReuters - The defence systems unit of India's top vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra will bid for domestic defence projects worth $3.5 billion over the next seven years, its chief executive said on Monday.


INTERVIEW - Amartya Sen says happiness important for growth (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 07:57 AM PST

India's Nobel economics laureate Amartya Sen speaks during a conference in his honour for development, freedom and welfare in New Delhi in this December 19, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Levels of happiness could help shape economic policy in the industrialised world in the same way such factors have gained prominence in developing countries, said economics Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.


India ties solar plans to global climate support (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 06:37 AM PST

A labourer cleans solar cells placed on a window of a solar housing complex in Kolkata in this July 8, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - India issued solar power targets on Monday, with plans to boost ouptut from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2022, but tied chances of the plan's success to availability of international finance and technology.


Parliament disrupted over Ayodhya report (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 03:48 AM PST

A view of the Indian parliament building is seen in New Delhi in this July 21, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The Parliament was in uproar on Monday over a leaked government report blaming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for their role in the destruction of an ancient mosque that sparked widespread riots.


ArcelorMittal says plans a new steel plant in Karnataka (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:51 AM PST

A logo of ArcelorMittal steel group is seen at the Les Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyards in Saint Nazaire, western France, in this July 9, 2009 file photo.  REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/FilesReuters - ArcelorMittal's Indian unit has sought approval from the Karnataka government to set up a steel plant, the company said in a statement on Monday.


Reuters Summit - India should push reforms, cut deficit (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 05:36 AM PST

Bank of America-Merrill Lynch country head Kevan Watts speaks during Reuters India Investment Summit in Mumbai November 23, 2009.  REUTERS/StringerReuters - India, whose protected financial system helped insulate it from the worst of the global downturn, should not be complacent in its push for reforms in the sector, the top country executive at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch said.


Curtains go up on International Film Festival of India (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:32 AM PST

Reuters - Fans of serious cinema gathered at this coastal resort town as curtains go up on India's most prestigious film festival with a screening of Chinese historical drama 'Wheat'.

Rebels kill five paramilitary men in Manipur (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:32 AM PST

Reuters - Rebels killed five paramilitary men, including two officers, in an ambush in Manipur on Monday, security officials said.

Pakistani forces attack Taliban in NW, kill 22 (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 06:08 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistani security forces, backed by tanks and artillery, attacked Taliban positions in the northwest of the country, killing 22 militants, a senior police official on Monday.

Q+A - India, U.S. and Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 03:52 AM PST

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 some 20 km (12 miles) to the east of Lahore in this December 14, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FilesReuters - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said Pakistan's objectives in Afghanistan are not necessarily those of the United States, a rare, harsh criticism of Islamabad by a man seen as trying to reduce tension between the arch rivals.


Pakistan says India delaying resumption of talks (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 01:38 AM PST

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks at the World Economic Forum in New Delhi in this November 8, 2009 file photo. Questions raised by Singh about the control of the Pakistani army and Pakistan's aims in Afghanistan are an excuse for delaying the resumption of talks, Pakistan's foreign minister said on Monday. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Questions raised by India's prime minister about the control of the Pakistani army and Pakistan's aims in Afghanistan are an excuse for delaying the resumption of talks, Pakistan's foreign minister said on Monday.


Reuters Summit - Axis Bank to keep corporate focus (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 06:18 AM PST

Axis Bank Executive Director Srinivasan Varadarajan speaks during the Reuters India Investment Summit in Mumbai November 23, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Indian private-sector lender Axis Bank will stay focused on its mainstay corporate advances, and not accelerate retail lending as analysts had expected it to do given signs of improving economic activity.


Lack of Chinese engineers may hit India power units (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 03:01 AM PST

Reuters - Indian power projects of 4,000 megawatts (MW) capacity may miss their March commissioning date due to a shortage of engineers from Chinese firms that sold the equipment, junior power minister Bharatsinh Solanki said.

Reuters Summit - TCS sees slower Q3 volume growth (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 05:37 AM PST

Tata Consultancy Services Chief Financial Officer S. Mahalingam speaks during the Reuters India Investment Summit in Mumbai November 23, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Tata Consultancy Services, India's top outsourcing company, said on Monday it does not expect volume growth in the December quarter to match the September quarter as firms are still deciding on IT budgets.


Q+A - China and Indian-ruled Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 03:15 AM PST

An Indian policeman stands guard during a strike in Srinagar October 27, 2009. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/FilesReuters - Kashmir's main separatist alliance has stirred controversy before resumed talks with New Delhi by saying China has a stake in peace in the region because a part of the disputed state is under Beijing's control.


Reuters Summit - Foreigners eye Reliance Cap life unit (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:02 AM PST

People walk past a digital screen displaying benchmark share index in Mumbai in this November 3, 2009 file photo. Reliance Capital has been approached by three foreign insurance companies looking to take a stake in its life insurance business, its chief executive said on Monday. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Three foreign insurance firms have approached India's Reliance Capital about buying a stake in its life insurance business before a planned listing, the financial services firm's chief executive said on Monday.


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