2011年10月25日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


England collapse hands India series sweep (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 12:21 PM PDT

India's players celebrate the dismissal of England's Ian Bell (2nd R) during their fifth and final one-day international cricket match in Kolkata October 25, 2011.  REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Ravindra Jadeja and his spin colleagues bowled India to a 95-run victory over England in the fifth and final one-day international to complete a series sweep on Tuesday.


Crowded, stretched world awaits 7 billionth baby (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:00 AM PDT

Indian children ride in a cart on the way home from school in the outskirts of New Delhi in this file picture taken, February 26, 2001.  REUTERS/Pawel Kopcznski/FilesReuters - The world's 7 billionth person will be born into a population more aware than ever of the challenges of sustaining life on a crowded planet but no closer to a consensus about what to do about it.


RBI deregulates savings rate; cost of funds to rise (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 06:51 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai July 26, 2011. The RBI on Tuesday deregulated savings deposit interest rate, the last administered bank rate in the economy, in a move which will push up cost of funds, sending bank shares sharply lower. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday deregulated savings deposit rate, its last administered bank rate, in a move that will expose such accounts to policy rates changes and push up the cost of funds for banks, sending shares in the industry lower.


Libya gives Gaddafi inglorious secret burial (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 12:22 PM PDT

The death certificate of Muammar Gaddafi is seen in Misrata October 21, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mo'tassim were buried in a secret desert location on Tuesday, five days after the deposed Libyan leader was captured, killed and put on grisly public display.


FACTBOX - Global climate change risk rating (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:32 PM PDT

Children look for recyclable materials from Managua's municipal landfill November 29, 2010. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas/FilesReuters - Countries and megacities in Africa and Asia are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change over the coming years, a global survey shows, underscoring the risks from floods, rising sea levels, droughts and storms.


India's inaugural F1 race -- speeding past the poor (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:16 AM PDT

A labourer stands behind a fence as he looks out at the Buddh International Circuit, the venue for the first ever Indian Formula One race at Greater Noida, October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - India will hold its first Grand Prix this weekend - a glitzy coming-out party for an emerging economic juggernaut that is lost on villagers like Meera, standing by a fetid pond near the brand new Formula One race track with a child covered in warts.


Yes Bank raises savings deposit rate to 6 pct (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 06:22 AM PDT

A cashier (L) counts currency notes as customers wait inside a bank in Hyderabad March 22, 2010. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Private sector lender YES Bank said on Tuesday it has raised savings deposit rate for all savings accounts by 200 basis points to 6 percent.


RBI raises repo rate by 25 bps, says may not need further hikes (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:45 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai July 26, 2011. The RBI raised interest rates on Tuesday for the 13th time since early 2010 but said it was likely to hold off on further increases as it expects high inflation to ease beginning in December. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised interest rates on Tuesday for the 13th time since early 2010 to battle stubbornly high inflation but signalled it may end the tightening cycle that has put it at odds with peers more concerned about weak global growth.


Water use rising faster than world population (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:33 AM PDT

A woman drinks water as she waits for her turn to draw water from a well near the banks of the dried-up Dharji lake at Dharji village, west of Ahmedabad, May 14, 2011.  REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Like oil in the 20th century, water could well be the essential commodity on which the 21st century will turn.


Smog dims shine of Diwali (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:33 AM PDT

Residents light fireworks on the Hindu festival of Diwali in New Delhi October 17, 2009. A study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board showed that noise and air pollution levels were higher during Diwali in 2010 than the previous year despite nationwide campaigns against firecrackers. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/FilesReuters - Bharat Prakash has stayed indoors on Diwali day for the past four years to avoid the smog that envelopes Indian cities during the festival, which celebrates the triumph of good over evil with fireworks and small oil-filled clay lamps.


FEATURE - Soaring Indian realty ambitions belie rocky foundations (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:25 PM PDT

A man cycles past the construction site of a residential apartment building by Indian property developer DLF Ltd. in Gurgaon January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - When even the man who is building the world's tallest residential tower speaks of an Indian real-estate slowdown that could last for years, it is clear the foundations of a once-soaring industry are starting to shake.


Gitanjali inaugurates gold-vending machine (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 02:14 AM PDT

A Jordanian woman poses with a handful of gold coins in a shop in Amman's gold market April 10, 2006. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji/FilesReuters - Gitanjali Export Corp. said it has launched a gold coins and medallions vending machine to cash in on robust investment demand that is rivalling the thirst for jewellery in India, the world's biggest consumer.


Chandhok's Indian Grand Prix dream dashed (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 03:12 AM PDT

Lotus F1 reserve driver Karun Chandhok of India arrives for a practice session at the Marina Bay street circuit in Singapore September 24, 2011. Chandhok's dreams of racing in his country's maiden F1 Grand Prix did not materialise as Team Lotus decided to go with their regular drivers for this weekend's Indian Grand Prix. REUTERS/Tim Chong/FilesReuters - Karun Chandhok's dreams of racing in his country's maiden Formula One Grand Prix did not materialise as Team Lotus on Tuesday decided to go with their regular drivers for this weekend's Indian Grand Prix.


Key excerpts from Steve Jobs' biography (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:52 PM PDT

Store clerk Allison Page unpacks a box of the new biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson in San Francisco, California October 24, 2011.  REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - (Note that language in paragraphs 10-11 may be offensive to some readers.)


Pietersen misses final ODI with fractured thumb (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 03:25 AM PDT

England's Kevin Pietersen is seen at the fourth one-day international cricket match in Mumbai October 23, 2011. Pietersen missed the fifth and final one-day international against India at Eden Gardens on Tuesday with a fractured thumb, the country's cricket board (ECB) said. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - England batsman Kevin Pietersen missed the fifth and final one-day international against India at Eden Gardens on Tuesday with a fractured thumb, the country's cricket board (ECB) said.


Libya's NTC says buried Gaddafi at dawn - Jazeera (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 12:48 AM PDT

People walk past a memorial board for slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at the Russian State University of Trade and Economics in Moscow October 24, 2011. Gaddafi was an honorary doctor of the university. The red letters read, Reuters - Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) buried Muammar Gaddafi at an unknown location at dawn on Tuesday, al-Jazeera television said, quoting a source in the council.


Bill Gates to urge G20 not turn backs on poor (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 05:58 PM PDT

Bill Gates speaks at a presentation of the George McGovern Leadership Award, in recognition of the leadership in addressing food security among small scale farmers, at the State Department in Washington October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said on Monday it was critical that rich donors continue to fund health and agriculture projects in developing countries despite budget cuts in the United States and Europe.


Govt clears policy to build new industrial zones (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:03 AM PDT

A worker uses an angle grinder at a small steel workshop in Mumbai December 12, 2008. The government has passed a flagship policy to build new industrial zones, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters on Tuesday. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India passed a flagship policy on Tuesday to build industrial zones and beef up manufacturing with world-class infrastructure and softer labour laws, in a move seen as key to keeping Asia's third-largest economy on a fast-growth track.


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