2010年12月22日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Opposition rally on graft, food prices pressures government (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 06:14 AM PST

An activist from the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), wearing a garland made of onions, shouts slogans during a protest in New Delhi December 22, 2010. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - Opposition-driven protests over corruption and high food prices choked parts of India's capital on Wednesday, heaping more pressure on a beleaguered government struggling to protect its credibility.


Warm Russian, Indian ties outlive Cold War (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 04:57 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) sits beside Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev during a joint news conference in New Delhi December 21, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's warm reception in India, including wrapping up a stealth jet fighters deal potentially worth $35 billion, dispels Russian fears its former Cold War ally has turned to the West.


Apple tosses WikiLeaks app, Google keeps it (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 10:34 AM PST

The home page of the Wikileaks.org website is pictured on a computer in Hoboken, New Jersey, November 28, 2010. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn/FilesReuters - Apple Inc has joined a growing number of U.S. companies that have severed ties with WikiLeaks, removing an application from its online store that gave users access to the controversial website's content.


India Gold dips sparking some demand, more falls eyed (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:07 AM PST

A woman is reflected on a mirror inside a gold jewellery shop in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 29, 2010. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - India's gold demand was moderate on Wednesday as prices softened a touch on the back of a stronger rupee, but traders said the underlying appetite remained strong and many buyers kept to the sidelines waiting for bigger dips as the year-end drew closer.


Julie Andrews, Dolly Parton win lifetime Grammys (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 11:18 AM PST

File photo of Singer Dolly Parton, arriving for a press reception in New York May 6, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesReuters - British actress Julie Andrews, country icon Dolly Parton, jazz drummer Roy Haynes, and punk pioneers the Ramones will receive Grammy Awards for lifetime achievement next year, organizers said on Wednesday.


Govt may cut taxes for oil sector in budget (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:41 AM PST

An employee fills a car with petrol at a gas station in Jammu February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - India may cut taxes on crude oil and refined products in next year's budget, the finance secretary said on Wednesday, to cushion the impact of rising global oil prices on inflation and state oil firms' profits.


Idea gives 3G network order to Nokia Siemens (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 06:25 AM PST

A visitor talks on his mobile phone at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona February 15, 2006. Idea Cellular has commissioned Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) to build and manage its 3G network in four telecom zones and supply equipment. REUTERS/Albert GeaReuters - Idea Cellular, India's No. 6 mobile phone operator, said on Wednesday it has commissioned Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) to build and manage its 3G network in four telecom zones and supply equipment.


Russia's Medvedev optimistic U.S. will ratify START (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 06:14 AM PST

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi December 21, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he was optimistic that the U.S. Senate would ratify a strategic nuclear arms reduction pact that is a linchpin of improving relations between Moscow and Washington.


DTH turns a corner as subscribers rise, costs ease (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:31 AM PST

A hawker checks a monitor while selling computers and television sets on a pavement at a commercial area in Kolkata June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Parth SanyalReuters - After years of depressed growth, the direct-to-home industry is likely to improve over the next two years as costs decline, companies aggressively increase their subscriber base and the market leader nears breakeven.


Govt allows duty-free import of onions - fin secretary (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 11:55 PM PST

A worker packs onion bags at a wholesale vegetable market in Chandigarh December 21, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - The government has permitted duty-free imports of onions, Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla said on Wednesday.


Red Cross defends disclosure of India torture findings to U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 01:06 AM PST

Indian soldiers pay respect to their fallen colleagues during a wreath laying ceremony at Riasi village, 70 km (43.5 miles) northwest of Jammu November 29, 2005. REUTERS/Amit Gupta/FilesReuters - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has defended passing sensitive information about India torturing prisoners to U.S. officials, saying it was "frustrated due to the lack of dialogue" with New Delhi.


Govt willing to bear 1/3 of FY11 fuel subsidy: official (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 12:27 AM PST

Residents wait outside a closed ration shop with their empty containers to collect kerosene in Kolkata September 16, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The government is willing to bear one-third of fuel subsidies in the fiscal year that ends in March 2011, Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla said on Wednesday.


RBI deputy: upside risk to inflation remains (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 10:36 PM PST

A woman eats a slice of watermelon as she sits on onion sacks at a wholesale market during a hot day in Hyderabad April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - India's headline inflation is not easing as fast as the central bank would like it to and upside risk remains, Subir Gokarn, a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Wednesday.


FACTBOX - Some facts about DTH providers in India (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:40 AM PST

Reuters - There are six private direct-to-home (DTH) service providers in India, with Dish TV the market leader. The government has a separate DTH platform dubbed DD Direct.

Europe travel chaos eases but pain remains (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 01:18 AM PST

An Aegean Airlines Airbus A321 passenger jet comes in to land as a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747 taxis at Heathrow airport in west London December 20, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Airline and international train services were limping back towards normal in parts of Europe on Wednesday, but the lingering effects of ice and snow that caused widespread chaos still weighed on schedules.


FACTBOX - India, Russia strike deals during Medvedev visit (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 11:55 PM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) sits beside Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev during a joint news conference in New Delhi December 21, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - India and Russia signed a series of defence, energy, trade and cultural agreements during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's two-day visit to India. The deals announced were largely already known, and no financial figures were given, but the accords will go some way to satisfy those concerned about India too quickly cutting its close ties with its Cold War ally.


South Korea army to hold huge drill, North silent (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 12:04 AM PST

Wild geese fly in the sky as visitors look around the military barbed wire fence at Imjingak pavilion near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul, December 21, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-HakReuters - South Korea announced land and sea military exercises on Wednesday including its largest-ever live-fire drill near North Korea just as tension on the peninsula was beginning to ease after Pyongyang's attack on a southern island.


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