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• Sonia Gandhi to undergo surgery abroad (Reuters)
• India OKs $270 mln equity infusion into Air India (Reuters)
• Sheila Dikshit under fire over graft allegations (Reuters)
• Monsoon patchy for second week, pick up hoped for (Reuters)
• JSW Steel denies wrongdoing; cuts production (Reuters)
• India expects great things from Sehwag's return (Reuters)
• FEATURE - Child marriage a scourge for millions of girls (Reuters)
• FEATURE - Schoolgirl defies tradition to reject child marriage (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Child marriage threatens girls' health and rights (Reuters)
• Ojha heads to England buoyed by shock recall (Reuters)
• Food inflation at 8.04 pct y/y as at July 23 - govt (Reuters)
• 'State actor' behind slew of cyber attacks (Reuters)

Sonia Gandhi to undergo surgery abroad (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 06:19 AM PDT Reuters - Sonia Gandhi, ruling Congress party chief and the country's most powerful politician, will undergo surgery abroad, possibly in the United States, for an undisclosed medical condition and could be out for two to three weeks.

India OKs $270 mln equity infusion into Air India (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 09:05 AM PDT Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) The cabinet approved on Thursday an equity infusion of 12 billion rupees ($270 million) into ailing state-run carrier Air India, a government statement said, giving a new lease of life to an airline that has not posted a profit since 2007.

Sheila Dikshit under fire over graft allegations (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:18 AM PDT Reuters - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded the resignation of Delhi's chief minister in connection with graft allegations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in another attack on the government struggling to push reforms in parliament.

Monsoon patchy for second week, pick up hoped for (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:21 AM PDT Reuters - India's monsoon rains need to pick up in August after two straight weeks of below normal showers to help make up for the loss in soil moisture and aid vegetative growth of crops such as rice, cane, corn, cotton, and soybean.

JSW Steel denies wrongdoing; cuts production (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 06:19 AM PDT Reuters - Steelmaker JSW Steel on Thursday denied allegations of wrongdoing levelled by the Karnataka Lokayukta and also said the firm has cut production at its steel plant owing to a court ban on mining in the state.

India expects great things from Sehwag's return (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:48 AM PDT Reuters - Former India players are united in their belief that Virender Sehwag's return from injury will stabilise the team's fragile batting order and lift morale in the remaining two tests against a dominant England.

FEATURE - Child marriage a scourge for millions of girls (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:40 AM PDT Reuters - Child marriage, which steals the innocence of millions of girls worldwide and often condemns them to lives of poverty, ignorance and poor health, is one of the biggest obstacles to development, rights groups say.

FEATURE - Schoolgirl defies tradition to reject child marriage (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:34 AM PDT Reuters - Her fate looked sealed when her family began organising the nuptial celebrations. But the bride-to-be, a shy schoolgirl from a remote village in western India, wasn't ready to say "I do".

FACTBOX - Child marriage threatens girls' health and rights (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:26 AM PDT Reuters - Every day, more than 25,000 girls under the age of 18 are married worldwide, rights groups estimate. For many child brides, a future of poverty, exploitation and poor health awaits.

Ojha heads to England buoyed by shock recall (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:03 AM PDT Reuters - Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha is keen to capitalise on a second bite of the cherry after landing a surprise call-up to an India squad he was originally omitted from for the ongoing tour of England.

Food inflation at 8.04 pct y/y as at July 23 - govt (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:03 AM PDT Reuters - Food price index rose 8.04 percent and the fuel price index climbed 12.12 percent in the year to July 23, government data on Thursday showed.

'State actor' behind slew of cyber attacks (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 01:53 AM PDT Reuters - Security experts have discovered an unprecedented series of cyber attacks on the networks of 72 organizations globally, including the United Nations, governments and corporations, over a five-year period.

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