2010年4月1日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Google changes name? Don't be fooled (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 02:54 PM PDT

AC Milan's soccer player David Beckham arrives at the airport in Milan March 15, 2010. REUTERS/Paolo Bona/FilesReuters - 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

The Apple 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

Farmers sort potatoes at a field in Badi Gohari village near Allahabad April 1, 2010. REUTERS/Jitendra PrakashReuters - 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

File photo of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Riyadh February 28, 2010. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed/FilesReuters - 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

A vendor arranges vegetables at a wholesale market in Siliguri February 28, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - 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

Commuters travel in a suburban train in Mumbai in this February 24, 2010 file photo. 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. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - 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

Chinese paramilitary policemen walk past an Indian flag in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing January 13, 2008. 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. REUTERS/Grace Liang/FilesReuters - 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

A nearly 200 ton nuclear reactor safety vessel is erected at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam, about 80 km (48 miles) from Chennai in this June 24, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Babu/FilesReuters - 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

Schoolgirls study in a classroom of a government-run school in Hyderabad March 26, 2010. 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. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - 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

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa gestures during a political rally ahead of the parliamentary elections, in Jaffna about 303 km (188 miles) north of Colombo April 1, 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka LiyanawatteReuters - 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

A nearly 200 ton nuclear reactor safety vessel is erected at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam, about 80 km from Chennai in this June 24, 2008 file photo. The government is willing to discuss and rework a crucial nuclear liability bill. REUTERS/Babu/FilesReuters - 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

An inside view of an apartment is seen at the games village that is being built for the Commonwealth Games 2010, in New Delhi March 10, 2010. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - 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

Peter Hillary, the climber son of Sir Edmund Hillary, holds a National Geographic magazine with his fathers photo in Kathmandu, May 12, 2003. 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. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar/FilesReuters - 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

An employee works inside a cotton factory at Mauayama town, about 40 km from Allahabad March 20, 2010. 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. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash/FilesReuters - 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

HRT Formula One driver Karun Chandhok of India speaks during a news conference at the Sepang F1 circuit outside Kuala Lumpur April 1, 2010. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - 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

A woman sifts wheat crop in a field on the outskirts of Hyderabad March 23, 2010. The government may keep on hold plans to raise prices of subsidised food grains for welfare schemes to cut its subsidy bill. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - 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

British artist Anish Kapoor unveils a scale model of his design, the 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

An onion vendor talks on a mobile phone as he waits for customers at a vegetable market in the old quarters of Delhi April 1, 2010. The food price index rose 16.35 percent in the 12 months to March 20, while the fuel index was up 12.75 percent, government data showed on Thursday. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - 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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