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India, like China, has committed to reducing the carbon intensity of its economy which will allow its emissions to grow in the long-run and avoid huge costs for its industry or consumers, analysts say.
Called jugaad, India's improvisational style of invention focuses on being fast and cheap—attributes just right for these times
India's Virender Sehwag fell just short of becoming the first ever batsman to score three test triple centuries when he was dismissed for 293 on day three of the third and final test match against Sri Lanka Sehwag added nine runs to his overnight score of 284 Thursday before offering a return catch to offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- India, harvesting its smallest rice crop in seven years, plans to increase purchases from local farmers to avoid imports that are as much as 73 percent more expensive, said a government official.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- India, the biggest economy in the world not offering third-generation mobile-phone services nationwide, will soon begin its auction of 3G wireless frequencies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said.
India is the global laggard in reducing measles deaths, with three-quarters of the 164,000 deaths from measles that still occur worldwide annually, the United Nations said.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- India must loosen foreign investment rules in insurance, banking and retail to create more jobs and accelerate economic growth, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. will cede a majority stake in its China passenger-car venture to partner SAIC Motor Corp. while forming a new partnership with the Shanghai-based company to sell low-cost vehicles in India.
GM, China Partner Take Aim at Booming India Market
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- India’s 10-year bonds had their biggest weekly drop since June after policy makers signaled the need to raise interest rates to cool inflation.
General Motors Co. gave up control of its main China joint venture to its local partner Friday and said they will sell vehicles in India, uniting them in the world's two fastest-growing auto markets.
India pledged Thursday to significantly slow the growth of its carbon emissions over the next decade, becoming the last major emitting country to announce a climate change policy before a U.N. summit opens next week.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. will transfer a 1 percent stake in its China passenger-car venture to partner SAIC Motor Corp. while forming a new venture with the Shanghai-based company to sell low-cost vehicles in India.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- India’s offer to voluntarily reduce the amount of carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product after numerical pledges from the U.S. and China may move the climate-change talks ahead.
General Motors Co. and a leading Chinese automaker say they have formed a venture to make and sell vehicles in India. Friday's announcement comes as GM overhauls its global operations in an effort to return to financial health following a restructuring in U.S. bankruptcy court.
The main Chinese partner of General Motors Co. has suspended trading in its shares amid press reports that GM plans to sell the automaker about half its India operations and one percent of its China car business.
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