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India awaits vote count with fingers crossed

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Millions of votes polled in five states in India’s biggest popularity test since the 2009 Lok Sabha battle will be counted on Tuesday with political players keeping their fingers crossed. The mammoth counting exercise is set to begin at IST 8 am in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur and Goa where the staggered elections ended [...]

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Business

India’s growth slips, weakest since 2008

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India’s economy grew by 6.1 percent in the final three months of 2011 the slowest pace in three years, data showed Wednesday, hit by aggressive interest rises and a stumbling global economy. The figure for the financial third quarter was below market expectations of 6.3-percent expansion and comes on the back of 13 interest rate [...]

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Mauritius showcasing tourism in India

No Comments 15 February 2012

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To encourage Indians to visit Mauritius and to showcase the exclusive range of products available here, the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority became a partner at the 19th celebration of the South Asian Travel & Tourism Exhibition, considered India‘s biggest B2B (business to business) exhibition in travel and tourism. SATTE, the most anticipated tourism event in [...]

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India auto sales climb

No Comments 09 February 2012

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New car sales in India climbed by 7.2 per cent year-on-year in January as the sector showed further signs of recovery from its slump in 2011, an industry body said on Wednesday. The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said domestic passenger car sales increased to 196,013 last month from 182,852 in the same month [...]

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India to provide $250 million line of credit, $20 m grant

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India on Tuesday agreed to provide a new package comprising a $250 million line of credit and a $20 million grant to Mauritius during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. A part of this grant will be used to establish a hybrid planetarium at the [...]

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Ramgoolam heads to India

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On Sunday, the Prime Minister, Dr Navin Ramgoolam headed for his official mission to India. During the six-day visit, the PM will have the opportunity to strengthen the country’s economic and diplomatic ties with India. A high-level ministerial delegation including the ministers Cader Sayed Hossen, Arvin Boolell, twenty private sector delegations including the former finance [...]

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Business

‘Trade accord with India by mid-year’

No Comments 27 January 2012

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India and Thailand hope to conclude a far-reaching duty-free agreement by the middle of this year that will help double bilateral trade to $14 billion by 2014, Thai industry minister M R Pongsvas Svasti said. “Previously, we had tariff exemption for only 80 items or so. This year, we will add many more,” the minister [...]

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Sports

India under pressure

No Comments 26 January 2012

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Double centuries by Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting and another shaky start by India’s stuttering batsman left the visitors under pressure in the fourth Test in Adelaide today. Skipper Clarke declared for the second time in the one-sided series this time at 604-7 and then saw his bowlers claim two early scalps as the dazed [...]

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Sports

India desperately in need of something special

No Comments 12 January 2012

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India’s underperforming top order will need to produce something special when they face Australia in the third Test at the WACA Ground starting Friday. Down 2-0 in the four-Test series and without a century so far with the bat, India could scarcely have picked a tougher venue to try to rediscover their form and resolve [...]

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