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• Google changes name? Don't be fooled (Reuters)
• Reviews praise Apple iPad battery life, ease of use (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters)
• PM: targeting 10 pct growth over 2011/12 to 2016/17 (Reuters)
• Price rises weigh on industry, rate hike looms (Reuters)
• Govt launches what it calls world's biggest census (Reuters)
• Krishna's China visit to boost Sino-India ties (Reuters)
• Fourteen killed in Kashmir clashes (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Land, liability bill keep India nuclear power in dark (Reuters)
• Prime Minister launches free primary education plan (Reuters)
• Sri Lanka's president urges Tamil voters to trust him (Reuters)
• INTERVIEW - TFS eyes Indian sandalwood growth in Australia (Reuters)
• Government willing to discuss nuclear bill (Reuters)
• CAS dismisses Fiji's Commonwealth Games exclusion appeal (Reuters)
• Nepali sherpa to scatter Hillary ashes on Everest (Reuters)
• Feb exports up 34.8 pct at $16.09 bln - govt (Reuters)
• Chandhok content to cut his F1 teeth in public (Reuters)
• Govt may defer subsidised food price hike - source (Reuters)
• Artist Kapoor wins Olympic tower competition (Reuters)
• Fuel, food prices up; RBI action seen (Reuters)

Google changes name? Don't be fooled (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - Naming rights on sale for New York's Central Park, Google changing its name, Starbucks launching giant-sized coffee cups, the Boston Marathon changing its qualifying standards. It must be April Fools' Day.

Reviews praise Apple iPad battery life, ease of use (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:43 PM PDT Reuters - Apple Inc's iPad scored well on battery life and ease of use in its first reviews, but it will not obliterate the laptop computer market yet, according to The New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 07:41 AM PDT Reuters - Investors who had bet on swift economic reforms in India following the strong mandate won by the Congress-led government in elections last year have been disappointed -- the government has been wary of pushing through controversial measures, and is now struggling with rising inflation and a weaker position in parliament.

PM: targeting 10 pct growth over 2011/12 to 2016/17 (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 07:34 AM PDT Reuters - India is targeting 10 percent gross domestic product growth over the fiscal years between 2011/12 to 2016/17, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday.

Price rises weigh on industry, rate hike looms (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:18 AM PDT Reuters - Food price inflation snapped a three-week easing trend in late March and cost pressures dragged down the pace of manufacturing growth, reinforcing expectations for a second interest rate increase in as many months later in April.

Govt launches what it calls world's biggest census (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:08 AM PDT Reuters - India on Thursday kicked off what it says will be the world's biggest census that it hopes will help plug wastage in government welfare schemes, boost tax revenue and define consumers more clearly.

Krishna's China visit to boost Sino-India ties (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:24 AM PDT Reuters - Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna travels to China next week to consolidate ties, recently improved by a trade boom and cooperation over climate change that shifted the focus away from a border dispute.

Fourteen killed in Kashmir clashes (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 08:05 AM PDT Reuters - Four soldiers and 10 separatist guerrillas were killed in clashes in Kashmir, the highest number of people killed in firefights in 24 hours in recent months, the army said on Thursday.

ANALYSIS - Land, liability bill keep India nuclear power in dark (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:07 AM PDT Reuters - A stalled nuclear liability bill, delays in land acquisition and political squabbling are hobbling foreign investors keen for a share of India's newly opened civilian nuclear energy market worth about $150 billion.

Prime Minister launches free primary education plan (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 11:31 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised on Thursday to launch a guarantee of free elementary education, in a fresh sign the government was focusing on big-ticket programmes to consolidate its rural and poor voters.

Sri Lanka's president urges Tamil voters to trust him (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 08:52 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday promised voters in the minority Tamil city of Jaffna a role in solving their own problems in his second visit since the end of a three-decade civil war in May.

INTERVIEW - TFS eyes Indian sandalwood growth in Australia (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:06 AM PDT Reuters - Australia's TFS Corp, the largest grower of Indian sandalwood outside of India, plans to acquire a second planting site in Western Australia to expand by four times its capacity for growing the valuable aromatic tree.

Government willing to discuss nuclear bill (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:59 AM PDT Reuters - The government is willing to discuss and rework a crucial nuclear liability bill, party leaders said on Thursday, a move that will further delay entry of U.S. firms into the country's $150 billion nuclear market.

CAS dismisses Fiji's Commonwealth Games exclusion appeal (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:03 AM PDT Reuters - Fiji will not be able to compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi after the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed an appeal against their exclusion, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) said on Thursday.

Nepali sherpa to scatter Hillary ashes on Everest (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 02:54 AM PDT Reuters - A Nepali sherpa will scatter the ashes of Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest, on the top of the world, more than two years after the death of the climbing hero.

Feb exports up 34.8 pct at $16.09 bln - govt (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 03:36 AM PDT Reuters - Exports rose an annual 34.8 percent in February to $16.09 billion, the fourth consecutive rise after 13 straight months of decline, the government said on Thursday.

Chandhok content to cut his F1 teeth in public (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 02:17 AM PDT Reuters - Karun Chandhok is well aware of the monumental task ahead in his rookie Formula One season after he was thrown in at the deep end in a Hispania car devoid of pre-season testing.

Govt may defer subsidised food price hike - source (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 02:31 AM PDT Reuters - The government may keep on hold plans to raise prices of subsidised food grains for welfare schemes to cut its subsidy bill, unwilling to take an unpopular step when inflation remains high, a government source said on Thursday.

Artist Kapoor wins Olympic tower competition (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:29 AM PDT Reuters - A spiralling red tower, designed by Turner prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor and taller than New York's Statue of Liberty, will soar over London's Olympic Park as a beacon of hope, London's mayor said.

Fuel, food prices up; RBI action seen (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 12:06 AM PDT Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The fuel inflation quickened in late-March and food prices climbed, making a double-digit headline inflation a near certainty, which could prompt the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase rates for the second time in as many months in April.

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