2010年8月3日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Top govt allies call for expanding food schemes (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:06 AM PDT

A vendor sells cereals at a grocery shop in Hyderabad in this August 6, 2009 file photo. Two prominent allies of ruling Congress party on Tuesday called for an expansion of food welfare schemes to protect people from high prices, adding impetus to plans that could widen the fiscal deficit. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Two prominent allies of ruling Congress party on Tuesday called for an expansion of food welfare schemes to protect people from high prices, adding impetus to plans that could widen the fiscal deficit.

RIM unveils new BlackBerry to counter Apple iPhone (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:10 PM PDT

The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is introduced at a news conference in New York August 3, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Research In Motion unveiled a new BlackBerry aimed at wooing consumers away from Apple's iPhone and other rivals, but analysts said the handset won't blow away the competition.

BP begins "static kill" operation on blown-out well (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Smoke billows from a controlled burn of spilled oil off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico coast line June 13, 2010. REUTERS/Sean Gardner/FilesReuters - BP pumped heavy drilling mud into its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well on Tuesday in a "static kill" operation it hopes will help permanently plug the world's worst accidental marine oil spill.

Graft allegations add to Delhi's woes two months out (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:05 AM PDT

Labourers work outside Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Complex, one of the venues for New Delhi Commonwealth Games, July 28, 2010. The government has urged Commonwealth Games organisers to sack two officials at the centre of corruption allegations in another blow to the troubled event two months before the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseReuters - The government has urged Commonwealth Games organisers to sack two officials at the centre of corruption allegations in another blow to the troubled event two months before the opening ceremony.

Separatists call for calm but Kashmir deaths rise (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 AM PDT

Kashmiri protesters defying a curfew demonstrate in front a fire during an anti-India protest in Srinagar August 3, 2010. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - Kashmiri separatist leaders have appealed for calm in the biggest anti-India protests in two years that have killed dozens of people and raised fears that anger at New Delhi was spinning out of control.

Indian pilot freed after Congo hostage ordeal (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:07 AM PDT

Reuters - An Indian pilot who was taken hostage by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been released unharmed after being forced to walk through the bush for five days, the Indian embassy said on Tuesday.

BlackBerry may make concessions in govt talks - papers (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:22 PM PDT

A person poses while using a Blackberry Bold 2 smartphone made by Research in Motion (RIM), July 13, 2010. REUTERS/Mark BlinchReuters - BlackBerry maker Research In Motionmay make concessions to India and Kuwait after their governments voiced concerns about the smartphone as a security threat, newspapers said on Tuesday.

Monsoon remains vigorous, grain stocks soar (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:18 AM PDT

A man holds his umbrella as he crosses a road during rains in New Delhi July 6, 2010. Monsoon rains remained vigorous on Tuesday, and grain and sugar stocks rose further, cheering the government that has faced high inflation and protests since last year's severe drought triggered a rise in food prices. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - Monsoon rains remained vigorous on Tuesday, and grain and sugar stocks rose further, cheering the government that has faced high inflation and protests since last year's severe drought triggered a rise in food prices.

Cities in India grow fast, develop slowly (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:40 AM PDT

Labourers work on a billboard in Mumbai, April 22, 2009. Cities in India over the next two decades will also house 40 percent of the country's population and generate some 70 percent of new job opportunities, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the research arm of consultancy McKinsey, estimates in a report. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - It happens every year. When monsoon rains lash Mumbai, the city turns into a cesspool, which along with its potholed roads and gridlocked traffic, mocks its ambition of becoming a global financial centre.

Sri Lanka make solid start in final test (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:37 AM PDT

India's Pragyan Ojha (2nd R) celebrates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara with teammate Rahul Dravid (R) as Vangipurappu Laxman (L) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2nd L) watch during the first day of their third and final test cricket match in Colombo August 3, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Sri Lanka countered a pitch assisting seam and spin to reach a solid 293 for four on the first day of the third and final test against India on Tuesday.

BP says started pre-static kill test on Gulf well (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:15 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the BP oil spill site, as natural gas is burned off, while the drilling of two relief wells continue in the Gulf of Mexico, July 4, 2010. REUTERS/Lyle W. Ratliff/FilesReuters - BP Plcsaid it began a critical test at its blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well on Tuesday afternoon in advance of a "static kill" intended to help permanently kill the leak.

FACTBOX - Blackberry under fire from states seeking access (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:49 AM PDT

A man speaks on his mobile phone as he stands next to a display of a BlackBerry at a shopping mall in Dubai August 1, 2010. REUTERS/Mosab OmarReuters - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is facing demands for access to its encrypted data in some of its fastest-growing markets.

BP readies killer punch for world's worst oil spill (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:07 AM PDT

A logo on a British Petroleum petrol station is seen in London April 30, 2010. REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesReuters - BP fine-tuned its equipment on Tuesday to deliver the first of two planned killer punches to permanently plug its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well that caused the world's worst accidental oil spill.

Govt seeks $14.78 bln extra spend in 2010/11 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:32 AM PDT

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a business meeting in New Delhi July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - The government on Tuesday sought parliamentary approval to spend a gross additional $14.78 billion in the fiscal year to end-March 2011, on top of the budget target of around $240 billion.

ANALYSIS - Govt clamps down on Maoists to woo mining investors (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:54 AM PDT

A general view of the Gevra coalmines in Chhattisgarh, Asia's largest opencast coalmine, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India's growing Maoist violence is worrying investors, forcing authorities to fight back aggressively in hopes of luring up to $7 billion in funds needed to boost coal and iron ore output vital for growth.

Plane demand in India seen $130 bln over 20 yrs - Boeing (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:20 AM PDT

Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president for sales, commercial airplanes Boeing Co, speaks during a news conference in Mumbai July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India's expanding aviation sector will require 1,150 commercial jets valued at $130 billion over the next 20 years, a Boeing executive said on Tuesday.

Air India eligible for Dreamliner compensation: Boeing (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:39 AM PDT

Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president for sales, commercial airplanes Boeing Co, speaks during a news conference in Mumbai July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - State-run carrier Air India[AI.UL] is entitled to compensation by Boeing Co for delays in the delivery of Dreamliner planes, the U.S. aircraft maker's India head Dinesh Keskar said on Tuesday.

FACTBOX - India becoming nation of cities (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:01 AM PDT

A statue of animated movie figure Shrek is placed outside a recycling shop in the Dharavi slum area in Mumbai July 29, 2010, which is one of the largest slums in Asia. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - India is home to a quarter of the world's 20 most densely populated cities. But the slow pace of urban development is harming its cities, which by 2030 will be home to about 590 million people -- nearly twice the population of the United States today.

Three million affected by Pakistan floods - UNICEF (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:56 PM PDT

A man carries belonging on his shoulder while wading through receding flood waters in Nowshera, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 2, 2010. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - The worst floods in memory in Pakistan have affected more than 3 million people so far and the death toll has climbed over 1,400, a spokesman for the U.N. Children's Fund said on Tuesday.

Linc inks $2.7 bln coal deal with India's Adani (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:01 AM PDT

A coal pile sits before being loaded onto ships for export in Newcastle February 20, 2008. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas/FilesReuters - Australia's Linc Energy has agreed to sell its Galilee coal tenement to India's Adani Enterprises in a cash and royalty deal worth $2.7 billion, marking the largest single mine investment by an Indian firm into Australia.

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