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India ‘should fund environment projects’
India’s government should tap some of the $400bn it has locked up in state enterprises to invest in projects to clean up its environment and combat global warming, a top economic official said
India losing English advantage to China
Growing language skills threaten rival’s edge
India’s billionaires outstrip US counterparts
Forbes list shows subcontinent recovering faster than the west
Three arrested in Vedanta plant deaths probe
Company ‘co-operating fully’ with police
Michelin to invest $870m in India
Chennai site to generate at least 1,500 jobs
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Sri Lanka cuts rates as polls loom
The central bank cut key interest rates in spite of its economy showing signs of recovery since a 26-year civil war against separatist Tamil Tigers ended in May
Sri Lankan general quits amid election talk
The resignation of Sri Lanka’s top military figure has led to speculation that he is readying a challenge to the country’s president in upcoming polls
Kabul to launch anti-graft unit
The Afghan government has announced the launch of an anti-corruption unit after Hillary Clinton warned that continued US support was dependent on anti-graft measures
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Corporate India more realistic
James Lamont, the FT’s south Asia bureau chief, tells James Fontanella-Khan that corporate India has become more realistic about its growth potential a year on from the global financial crisis
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Pakistan-US relations
Hillary Clinton’s Pakistan trip aimed to reset the troubled bilateral relationship. How far this diplomatic mission helps to narrow the trust gap between the two countries is another matter, says Maleeha Lodhi
Candles lost in the wind
Almost a year after the Mumbai terror attaks, we are still quite befuddled. But then as in Shakespeare’s words, the fault lies not in our stars but in ourselves and that is the real point, says Suhel Seth.
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Markets reach India’s Darkness
Joe Leahy travels to Maheshkhunt in Bihar to see how the National Spot Exchange, which opened a warehouse in the state’s rural areas, is helping farmers interact with global markets.
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In India’s fast lane
Building contractors are racing against time to complete the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi by its deadline at the end of next month
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The holy city of Amritsar
The Golden Temple – the holiest Sikh shrine – is the centrepiece of this dusty, sacred citadel in north-west India, whose spiritual and martial features embody the independent Sikh character, writes James Lamont
