2010年7月23日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Pakistan minister optimistic on India talks (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 03:08 PM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani (L) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Sharm el-Sheikh in this July 16, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Pakistan's Information Minister said on Friday he was optimistic about the prospects for talks with India despite a deadlock at a meeting of the two countries' foreign ministers earlier this month.


Seven banks fail Europe's test, need 3.5 bln euros (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:02 AM PDT

Flags flutter in front of the headquarters of Spain's largest savings bank La Caixa in Barcelona July 23, 2010. REUTERS/Albert GeaReuters - Seven European banks would not be strong enough to withstand another recession and would face a capital shortfall of 3.5 billion euros ($4.5 billion), tests run in an attempt to revive investor confidence showed on Friday.


India should permit private coal mining - panel (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:51 AM PDT

A labourer works at a wholesale coal shop in Siliguri February 27, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India should allow private firms to mine coal to plug supply shortages and boost power generation key to propelling Asia's third-largest economy to double-digit growth rates, a top government advisory body said.


India develops world's cheapest "laptop" at $35 (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 06:29 AM PDT

Kapil Sibal, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences of India attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 31, 2009. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener/FilesReuters - India has come up with the world's cheapest "laptop," a touch-screen computing device that costs $35.


Over 25 killed as bus plunges down Kashmir gorge (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:04 AM PDT

Reuters - More than 25 people were killed when an overcrowded bus veered off a mountain road in Kashmir and fell down a deep gorge into the River Chenab, police said on Friday.

RBI head: discussed inflation with finmin (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:54 AM PDT

Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao poses for photographers at the head office in Mumbai October 27, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Duvvuri Subbarao said he discussed the country's macro-economic situation and inflation with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's quarterly policy review on Tuesday.


Opposition may delay reforms in parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 06:00 AM PDT

A view of the Indian parliament building is seen in New Delhi June 1, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's ruling coalition faces an emboldened opposition raring to attack it on soaring inflation and other issues when parliament resumes on Monday, possibly distracting from debate on several key reform bills.


Apple's white iPhone 4 delayed, in latest headache (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:14 AM PDT

The logo of Apple Computer is seen in this September 20, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/FilesReuters - Customers will not be able to get their hands on Apple Inc's white iPhone 4 until later this year, the company said on Friday, conceding that making the model has proven surprisingly difficult.


Bombardier wins $55 million metro car order (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:54 AM PDT

A Delhi Metro rail carriage is lifted on to a track for the trial runs of a new line in New Delhi June 27, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - Bombardier Inc won an order for 40 metro cars worth about $55 million from India's Delhi Metro Rail Corp Ltd, the world's No. 1 train manufacturer said on Friday.


FACTBOX - Key bills to be put before parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:54 AM PDT

People crowd at the Indian parliament in New Delhi in this July 22, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's ruling coalition faces an emboldened opposition raring to attack it on soaring inflation and other issues when parliament resumes on Monday, possibly distracting from debate on several key reform bills.


Strong policy tightening needed - PM advisor (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:17 AM PDT

C. Rangarajan, who heads the Indian prime minister's economic advisory panel, listens to a speaker during a banking conference in Mumbai September 12, 2007. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council on Friday called for strong monetary policy action to combat high inflation, days before the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to raise rates for the fourth time this year.


Where's the beef? Not at the Commonwealth Games (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 10:52 PM PDT

A commuter walks past the New Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 mascot in New Delhi October 3, 2009. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - Beef will not be served at any of the catering outlets during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, organisers have confirmed.


Govt must release more foodgrains to tame inflation - adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:15 AM PDT

A woman sifts paddy in Singur village, about 50 km northwest of Kolkata, May 22, 2008. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - There is a need to release more food grains in the Indian market to tame food inflation, C. Rangarajan, the Prime Minister's economic adviser said on Friday.


Gilead AIDS drug safe for HIV prevention in study (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Reuters - Gilead'sHIV drug tenofovir is safe to be given to men at high risk of contracting the virus as a preventative measure, scientists said on Friday, but further trials are needed to test its efficacy.

PM adviser backs bias towards policy tightening (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:51 AM PDT

A vendor arranges vegetables at a wholesale market in Siliguri April 4, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Headline inflation in India will ease to 7 or 8 percent by December, a top economic adviser said on Friday, higher than earlier official forecasts, and called for a bias towards monetary policy tightening to tame inflation.


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