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• India sacks Games chief Kalmadi as graft rows rumble on (Reuters)
• U.S. eases some high-tech export curbs on India (Reuters)
• INTERVIEW - Gates: Polio can be all but stopped in 3 years (Reuters)
• Trouble brews over BJP plan to hoist flag in Kashmir (Reuters)
• Suicide bomber kills 35 at Russia's biggest airport (Reuters)
• Di Resta lined up to race for Force India (Reuters)
• RBI warns on inflation risk; rate rise seen (Reuters)
• India not optimistic of progress at next Doha talks (Reuters)
• Panditji and me: Shankar Mahadevan (Reuters)
• Kiran Rao gives Mumbai fresh face in 'Dhobi Ghat' (Reuters)
• Brutal Nadal, mean Murray march on in Melbourne (Reuters)
• Pakistan, Russia in talks on militancy, nuclear proliferation (Reuters)
• Scientists close to new definition of the kilogram (Reuters)
• Suicide bomber kills 31 at Russia's biggest airport (Reuters)
• No sweat as Rafa roars into last eight (Reuters)
• Aniston, Kutcher vie for Hollywood's worst awards (Reuters)
• Painter Husain's work finally displayed at Indias biggest art fair (Reuters)
• Decision on POSCO steel mill in Orissa on Jan 31 - minister (Reuters)
• Singer Bhimsen Joshi dead at 88 (Reuters)
• ICICI Bank Q3 net beats forecasts on credit, fee income growth (Reuters)

India sacks Games chief Kalmadi as graft rows rumble on (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 05:54 AM PST Reuters - India's new sports minister on Monday sacked the chief organiser of last year's scandal-ridden Delhi Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, as the coalition government caught in a web of corruption cases seeks to repair its public image.

U.S. eases some high-tech export curbs on India (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:47 PM PST Reuters - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it was easing restrictions of exports of high-technology goods to India in recognition of the two countries' stronger economic and national security ties.

INTERVIEW - Gates: Polio can be all but stopped in 3 years (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:13 PM PST Reuters - Polio can be stopped in all but one place within three years, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said on Monday, adding that he would step up his investment in a global plan to eradicate the crippling disease.

Trouble brews over BJP plan to hoist flag in Kashmir (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:14 AM PST Reuters - The leaders of the main opposition Hindu nationalist party were stopped on Monday from travelling to disputed Kashmir to hoist the national flag, the party said, for fear of provoking violence in the sensitive region.

Suicide bomber kills 35 at Russia's biggest airport (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:00 PM PST Reuters - A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people at Russia's busiest airport on Monday, state TV said, in an attack on the capital that bore the hallmarks of militants fighting for an Islamist state in the North Caucasus region.

Di Resta lined up to race for Force India (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 11:05 AM PST Reuters - Paul Di Resta can look forward to racing against Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button as Britain's third driver in Formula One this season when a formal announcement is made on Wednesday.

RBI warns on inflation risk; rate rise seen (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:32 AM PST Reuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said inflation may stay high for longer than earlier anticipated due to a rise in global commodities prices and domestic supply pressures that have pushed up food prices.

India not optimistic of progress at next Doha talks (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:50 AM PST Reuters - India is not holding its breath for progress at this week's meeting of top negotiators pushing for a global trade accord because of scant engagement by the United States, Trade Secretary Rahul Khullar said on Monday.

Panditji and me: Shankar Mahadevan (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:53 AM PST Reuters - My career started with a project in which Panditji (Bhimsen Joshi) and Lata Mangeshkar were singing together in an album called "Ram Shyam Gungaan", in which I was playing the veena. I was just eleven at the time, so come to think of it, my career started with a blessing by Panditji.

Kiran Rao gives Mumbai fresh face in 'Dhobi Ghat' (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 06:04 AM PST Reuters - Western film fans who thought they knew Mumbai after seeing "Slumdog Millionaire" can forget that, and Indian moviegoers expecting a Bollywood spectacle should be prepared. "Dhobi Ghat" is no musical.

Brutal Nadal, mean Murray march on in Melbourne (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:45 AM PST Reuters - Rafa Nadal shook off the sweats to savage Croatian Marin Cilic and reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on a Melbourne Monday evening as cool as the top seed was hot.

Pakistan, Russia in talks on militancy, nuclear proliferation (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:03 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan and Russia were looking for ways to tackle Islamist militancy and nuclear proliferation at talks on Monday aimed at overcoming decades of distrust between the two countries on opposite sides of the Cold War.

Scientists close to new definition of the kilogram (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 06:33 PM PST Reuters - Scientists say they are close to achieving a 200-year-old goal of creating a universal system of measurements based on stable quantities, as they progress towards changing how the kilogram is defined.

Suicide bomber kills 31 at Russia's biggest airport (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:45 AM PST Reuters - At least 31 people were killed and more than 130 injured on Monday in a suicide bombing at Russia's biggest airport, state-run TV reported.

No sweat as Rafa roars into last eight (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 05:54 AM PST Reuters - Rafa Nadal pummelled Croatia's Marin Cilic into submission with a brutish 6-2 6-4 6-3 victory to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals on Monday.

Aniston, Kutcher vie for Hollywood's worst awards (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:00 AM PST Reuters - If films starring Jennifer Aniston, Ashton Kutcher and the lovelorn cast of "Twilight" left you dumbfounded, you're officially in good company.

Painter Husain's work finally displayed at Indias biggest art fair (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 05:54 AM PST Reuters - The works of India's best-known painter can be seen for the first time at the country's biggest art fair after organisers decided to showcase them amid threats from hardline Hindu groups who oppose his paintings of Hindu gods in the nude.

Decision on POSCO steel mill in Orissa on Jan 31 - minister (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:31 AM PST Reuters - India will on Jan. 31 take a decision on granting green clearances for South Korean POSCO's $12 billion steel mill, the environment minister said, a case seen as a test of the country's business climate.

Singer Bhimsen Joshi dead at 88 (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 10:37 PM PST Reuters - Legendary classical singer Bhimsen Joshi passed away in Pune on Monday morning after prolonged illness, a doctor who attended to him said.

ICICI Bank Q3 net beats forecasts on credit, fee income growth (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:00 AM PST Reuters - ICICI Bank Ltd, India's second-largest lender, beat quarterly profit estimates on growing demand for credit in the country and rising fee income, but climbing interest rates are a worry for the sector's growth.

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