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India buy adds to bullion surge (05 November 12:27) |
| Gold prices extended their record breaking run, pushing towards the $1,100 an ounce level, following the purchase by India of 200 tonnes of bullion from the IMF |
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India flexes its foreign reserve muscles (04 November 12:56) |
| India's purchase of 200 tonnes of gold from the International Monetary Fund displayed the economic strength of the world's two fastest growing large economies, New Delhi said |
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India gold purchase adds to dollar concerns (03 November 05:38) |
| India has almost doubled its gold reserves buying $6.7bn worth of the metal from the International Monetary Fund in a move that reflects long term concerns about the health of the US dol... |
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IMF sells 200 tonnes of gold to India central bank (03 November 06:43) |
| The International Monetary Fund has sold 200 metric tones of gold to India's central bank, making $6.7bn which it will use to shore up its long-term finances and subsidise loans to poor coun... |
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Karzai elected as Afghan poll called off (03 November 04:47) |
| Afghanistan's president has been declared the winner of the country's presidential elections following the decision of his main rival to withdraw from a planned run-off |
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Capgemini in India milestone (02 November 01:14) |
| Capgemini will soon have more staff in India than it does in its home market of France – in an indication of the growing power of the subcontinent in the global outsourcing industry |
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Indian stocks remain under pressure (30 October 09:55) |
| Indian stocks came under severe selling pressure this week as corporate earnings disappointed and the Reserve Bank of India told the market to expect interest rates to rise soon |
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India warned on potential threat from China (30 October 09:26) |
| Chinese claims to the north-eastern India state of Arunachal Pradesh could add a new territorial threat to the one India already faces from Pakistan, said New Delhi's former national securit... |
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Ban to seek extra UN security in Afghanistan (30 October 06:03) |
| Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, has called an emergency meeting of senior department heads to discuss overall security for the UN in Afghanistan just two days after five of it... |
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StanChart eyes small listings (30 October 03:23) |
| The Asia-focused bank is keenly pursuing stock market listings in Mumbai and Shanghai as it seeks to strengthen and reinforce the profile and positioning of its brand in key local markets |
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Afghanistan widens poll operation for run-off (30 October 12:14) |
| Officials with the Afghan Independent Election Commission told reporters they were confident that Afghan security forces could protect the larger number of centres – 6,300 – it intends t... |
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Sri Lanka gets time on garment export threat (29 October 11:08) |
| A suspension would mark the first time the EU has taken such action against one of the 16 poor countries using GSP Plus, leading to heated debate about the merits of linking trade with human... |
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Clinton says al-Qaeda sheltered in Pakistan (29 October 10:48) |
| The visiting US secretary of state says she found it 'hard to believe'members of the Islamabad government did not know the hiding places of al-Qaeda leaders |
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India keen to restart talks with Pakistan (29 October 10:00) |
| Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, in a visit to Srinagar urged Pakistan to move forward a dialogue towards a "permanent peace" between the two countries, who have fought three wars sin... |
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IMF more than doubles 2009 Asia forecast (29 October 04:09) |
| The region's economies will expand by 2.8 per cent this year and 5.8 per cent in 2010, the International Monetary Fund said as it updated its May predictions of 1.2 per cent and 4.3 per cent... |
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IMF sharply improves Asia forecast (29 October 04:09) |
| The region's economies will expand by 2.8 per cent this year and 5.8 per cent in 2010, the fund says as it updates its May forecasts of 1.2 per cent and 4.3 per cent growth, respectively |
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India China and Australia recovering rapidly (29 October 01:29) |
| The IMF says the three economies are recovering especially quickly, suggesting that it notices growing pressures for authorities to tighten monetary policy ahead of others in the region |
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Taliban targets Kabul as poll run-off nears (29 October 06:17) |
| Taliban militants declare their intention to put Kabul at the forefront of their efforts to disrupt next week's presidential run-off election by launching a deadly assault on a United Nation... |
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Pakistan vows to resist Taliban (29 October 04:25) |
| Pakistan vowed not to buckle in the face of almost daily terror attacks by Taliban militants even as the worst attack in two years greeted the arrival of Hillary Clinton, US secretary of sta... |
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India scraps rice import tax (28 October 04:20) |
| India scraps its rice import duty as the government takes emergency measures to increase food stocks after the worst drought in more than 30 years |
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India starts to tighten monetary policy (28 October 12:19) |
| India's central bank takes the first steps to unwind its ultra-loose monetary policy adopted to ward off the ravages of the global financial crisis |
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Sri Lanka feels mixed emotions over Rajaratnam (27 October 04:10) |
| While Raj Rajaratnam is loathed by hawkish elements of the government, who accuse him of supporting the Tigers, Galleon's chief is held in awe in Colombo financial circles |
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Pakistani army captures Taliban town (25 October 06:45) |
| The Pakistani army's capture of the hometown of a key Taliban leader in the country's unruly South Waziristan region has thrown the militants in disarray and given an edge to military forces... |
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Hopes fade of quick victory over Taliban (24 October 12:18) |
| Senior Pakistani officials and commentators have moved to temper expectations that the army's offensive against militants in South Waziristan will be a lightning campaign. Imminent snow coul... |
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Spate of attacks rock Pakistan (23 October 04:23) |
| At least 32 people were killed in three separate attacks in Pakistan, the latest outbreak of violence in this week's surge of militant activity |
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Singh calls for sharing of clean power (23 October 04:14) |
| India's prime minister says a review of intellectual property rights is needed to allow the wider use of green technology in developing countries in order that they may reduce carbon emissi... |
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India steps up telecoms licence probe (23 October 01:39) |
| Government investigators raid the country's Department of Telecommunications as part of an investigation into alleged 'serious irregularities' during the sale last year of telecom licences |
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Indias state voters back PM (23 October 12:58) |
| Indian voters re-elected governments led by the Congress party back into power in three state elections in a poll seen as an early referendum on the performance of the country's new central ... |
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China-India deal to resist carbon caps (22 October 03:05) |
| New Delhi and Beijing have struck an agreement to co-ordinate efforts on climate change that focuses on demands that the developed world take the lead in cutting carbon emissions |
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Afghan poll raises ethnic tension fears (21 October 11:15) |
| With Afghanistan facing a presidential election run-off, fears are growing in Kabul that the poll will play into the hands of the Taliban by inflaming ethnic tensions |
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Indian motorbike sales roar back to life (21 October 10:02) |
| Sales of motorcycles have roared back to life in India, with Bajaj Auto more than doubling its net income in the latest quarter and Hero Honda, the market leader in the country, boosting vol... |
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Karzais main rival welcomes run-off (21 October 02:22) |
| Abdullah Abdullah, the main challenger to Hamid Karzai, said he would take part in a presidential election run-off vote next month, but called for better procedures to prevent fraud |
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Militants reply with Islamabad campus blasts (21 October 04:21) |
| At least two bombs tore through a university building in Islamabad, prompting fears that Taliban hardliners will target urban areas as revenge for an ongoing military offensive against milit... |
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Indian companies expect early recovery (21 October 03:41) |
| Companies in India expect to see economic recovery six months before their counterparts in the UK and Spain, according to a survey. A separate index of business optimism also puts India at t... |
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Karzai agrees to Afghan poll run-off (21 October 02:56) |
| Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has bowed to international pressure and agreed to a run-off presidential election against challenger Abdullah Abdullah |
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Shares fall on Colombo exchange (21 October 02:21) |
| The chief executive of the Colombo Stock Exchange said she was concerned about the impact Raj Rajaratnam's arrest for insider trading was having on the market in Sri Lanka, as shares dropped... |
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Karzai decision on run-off expected (20 October 09:10) |
| Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, was expected to announce whether he would accept a run-off election after a UN-backed electoral watchdog ordered officials to discard hundreds of thousand... |
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Kashmirs idle factories seek compensation (20 October 06:22) |
| Owners of numerous businesses that were occupied by Indian troops after 1989 are now asking New Delhi to absorb their losses as they seek ways to jumpstart the local economy |
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Sri Lanka faces EU trade loss (20 October 06:21) |
| The impending loss of trade concessions worth more than $100m comes after a Brussels probe found it in breach of the human rights commitments it had made in exchange for lower tariffs |
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Melting Himalayan ice prompts conflict fear (20 October 02:13) |
| As the availability of water declines in Himalayan-fed river systems, researchers expect the India-Bangladesh border to be the first flashpoint of an intensifying battle |
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UN watchdog tells Kabul to discard ballots (20 October 01:49) |
| Fraud investigators ordered Afghan officials to deny Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, an outright victory in the country's flawed presidential poll |
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Indian group drops British name (19 October 11:03) |
| A celebrated name from the history of British engineering disappeared when Crompton Greaves, one of India's oldest companies, named after a pioneer British electrical engineer, changed its n... |
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Møller-Maersk unit in Indian ports push (19 October 03:23) |
| APM Terminals, the ports arm of Denmark's AP Møller-Maersk Group, has taken advantage of a buoyant Indian economy to develop its container and bulk cargo business in the country over the pa... |
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Sri Lanka claims Rajaratnam involved in funding Tamil Tigers (19 October 03:09) |
| Raj Rajaratnam, the New York-based billionaire and hedge fund manager charged in an alleged insider trading scheme on Friday, was funding the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which is consi... |
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Sri Lanka claims Rajaratnam gave Tamil Tigers millions (19 October 03:09) |
| Raj Rajaratnam, the New York-based billionaire and hedge fund manager charged in an alleged insider trading scheme, was funding the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, considered a terrorist g... |
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Asias richest man takes 66 pay cut (16 October 11:16) |
| Mukesh Ambani who is spending about $1bn to build a lavish 27-storey house and buy his wife a luxury Airbus jet, this week gave himself a 66 per cent pay cut 'to set an example of moderation... |
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Vikings of frontier land refuse to yield (16 October 10:32) |
| First stop an Islamic state in Pakistan, second stop, attacks on India, is how Hakimullah Mehsud, the Mehsud clan's leader, concisely summed up his objectives this week |
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Games body resists ousting of CEO (16 October 07:56) |
| The Commonwealth Games Federation on Friday strongly resisted a move by the hosts of Delhi 2010 to ouster its chief executive as tensions rise over the city's preparedness to host a big spor... |
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India opens way for modified aubergine (16 October 07:23) |
| Regulators approve the introduction of BT Brinjal, an aubergine that has been genetically modified to make it resistant to pests and less reliant on pesticides |
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Ambani hits out at rivals as share prices dip (16 October 02:52) |
| Indian billionaire Anil Ambani claims there was an e-mail smear campaign against his group following the leak of a government-commissioned report that accused his company of under-reporting ... |
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