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India’s truckers strike over diesel price
India’s 4.8m truckers launched an indefinite strike against rising diesel prices and government taxes in an attempt to capitalise on public discontent over inflation
UK rises to India’s largest foreign investor
Indirect deals made by British companies through Mauritius, the British Virgin Islands and Cyprus push investments to more than £8bn, outstripping those from the US
Analysis: A passage through India
Inadequate transport infrastructure and power capacity are increasingly limiting the country’s economic potential – so much hangs on a $500bn government plan
India lifts main rate to six-year high
The central bank lifted its key lending rate to its highest level in six years as policymakers took emergency measures to rein in inflation
Challenges facing Indian broadband
For all the hype, few Indians have fast broadband internet, which is critical for using high-bandwidth services such as videos and internet telephony such as Skype
Comment: How the food crisis could solve Doha
High prices will make the need for subsidies to US farmers, which vary inversely with market prices, negligible, say Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya
India’s inflation at highest in 13 years
Soaring fuel prices pushed India’s inflation rate to a 13-year high in early June, sharply exceeding expectations and prompting the government to signal further tough action ahead on monetary policy
Analysis: Could Asia buckle under inflation?
Governments across the region will have to sacrifice growth if they are to mount an effective response to price pressures
Joe Leahy: India’s report card fails to make grade
For all the praise the government has heaped on itself, there is little evidence this is shared by the wider community, writes Joe Leahy
Primark takes action over child labour
Primark has stopped buying from three suppliers it found to be using Indian child labour to embroider clothes it had sold in its stores
