With just 30 days to go before the official opening of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, organizers continue to struggle with basic preparations like safety certificates for structures and the wherewithal to fight a potential epidemic. A fourth missed deadline for construction work and a spurt in cases of dengue fever — a mosquito-borne virus — are the latest setbacks to threaten an event already plagued by allegations official of poor building practices and bogus building approvals.
India's quest for overseas coal continues, driven by the country's burgeoning economy and energy needs. South Africa shipped an estimated 35 percent of its thermal coal exports – 2.1 million metric tons – to India in July, almost twice June's 1.2 million tons.
India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype.
The early 1990s, when I used to write about cricket for a living, seems in hindsight to have been the last age of innocence for the sport. Young Indian cricketers on tours spent their time, and energies, hunting down a cheap Indian meal, or an obliging NRI who could do their laundry. That was because Indian cricketers, even though paid handsomely by Indian standards, lived on dollar allowances that were barely enough, and both Indian meals and laundry (for all those whites) could be expensive.
World stock markets mostly gained Wednesday after Chinese manufacturing growth picked up and Australia's economy expanded at its fastest pace in three years. The two indicators are a break from a stream of weak economic readings from the U.S. to Japan that sent stock markets into a funk the past month as investors fretted about a slowing global recovery.
India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a panel recommended Tuesday. Poaching for ivory and increased conflicts between people and elephants due to their dwindling habitat are key problems faced by India's wild elephant population.
The current floods in Pakistan are the worst ever for the country. It hasn’t seen anything like this in the past 80 years. 17.2 million people are affected, 1.2 million homes damaged and the overall loss could run into billions. To put things into perspective, the Pakistan floods are more disastrous than 2004 Asian Tsunami, and 2005 Pakistan earthquake and 2010 Haiti earthquake combined.
India should protect its elephant population by creating new reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a panel recommended Tuesday. Poaching for ivory and increased conflicts between people and elephants due to their dwindling habitat are key problems faced by India's wild elephant population, estimated at around 26,000.
Many in Dharamsala, India, the home of Tibetan Buddhism in exile, believe the 17th Karmapa Lama, whose name is Ogyen Trinley Dorje, represents the future of Tibetan politics in exile as well. He is extremely popular among young Tibetans, partly because of his 1999 escape from Chinese hands, but also because he possesses rare charisma.
India's economy grew 8.8 percent in the June quarter, its fastest pace in over two years, as good farm and manufacturing output lifted growth back to its pre-crisis trajectory. Economic doldrums this time last year helped bolster growth rates, which economists say will begin to ease as that effect wears off and central bank rate hikes begin to felt in Asia's third-largest economy.
Lawmakers approved a bill Monday that would cap the liability of foreign nuclear firms doing business in India, a crucial step toward attracting enough atomic reactors to meet the country's burgeoning energy needs.
Police opened fire with live rounds at rock-throwing Kashmiris, killing an 11-year-old boy and sparking violent street protests by thousands in India's portion of the troubled Himalayan region, a police officer said. At least 22 people were wounded in firing.
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