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India hosts a third of the world’s poor
27 Dec 2010
India now is considered to have the largest proportion of poor people in the world as other countries, most notably China, have done a better job at reducing poverty than India.
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India, Russia agree on nuclear, defence and trade pacts
21 Dec 2010
India and Russia have announced 30 agreements in key areas such as civil nuclear cooperation and defence, and doubling of bilateral trade to $20 billion by 2015.
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PM offers to appear before PAC, rules out JPC on 2G scam
20 Dec 2010
He, however, assured that all aspects of 2G spectrum allocation are being thoroughly probed and that no guilty person will be spared, irrespective of his political affiliation or influence in public life
Russia in chase for fighter, nuclear deals
20 Dec 2010
Trade sees big opportunity in Russia
20 Dec 2010
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Russia may back India’s UN ambitions
20 Dec 2010
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev today becomes the fourth ‘big-power’ leader to visit India this year and will seek to firm up some major deals in the areas of nuclear energy and defence, amongst others.
WikiLeaks exposes China’s tenuous hold on Tibet
17 Dec 2010
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Delhi’s snub to Beijing over ‘One China’ just verbal pyrotechnics
17 Dec 2010
For the first time in decades policy mandarins at South Block have declined to provide China comfort over its ‘One China’ policy by not making it part of the joint statement issued at the end of the India-China summit, says Rajiv Singh.
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India, China set ambitious trade target
16 Dec 2010
India and China tried to boost bilateral relations by addressing contentious issues and setting a very ambitious trade target of $100 billion by 2015.
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Wen Jiabao ups the ante, sets bilaterals in a “strategic” context
By Rajiv Singh | 16 Dec 2010
For the first time ever in the context of bilateral relationships with Delhi, Beijing has uttered the word “strategic” - perhaps acknowledging the inevitable, with India emerging as one of the world’s eminent economic and political powers, reports Rajiv Singh.
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`Radia had alleged links with foreign intelligence agencies'
10 Dec 2010
The finance ministry is reported to have authorised the income tax department to tap Radia's conversations after it noticed that she had earned nearly Rs900 crore in just three years.
'TRAI wanted 39 UAS licences cancelled'
10 Dec 2010
The government has decided to issue show-cause notices to the errant companies after due examinations.
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Climate talks: Ramesh does volte face on India’s stand
09 Dec 2010
Ramesh said the move came in response to pressure from industrialised countries, applied through the poorest of the developing countries and those most vulnerable to climate change effects
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Confucius Peace Prize: China's wannabe Nobel Peace Prize
09 Dec 2010
The Confucius prize, says the website of the new award, is a "greater honour than the Nobel", as China has upward of a billion people while Norway is tiny and its committee ''could be inevitably biased and fallacious''.
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London police arrest WikiLeaks founder Assange
07 Dec 2010
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police on a European warrant issued by Sweden on suspicion of committing sexual crimes, a charge which he denies.
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India asks UN General Assembly to reclaim its stake
07 Dec 2010
India on Monday said the United States General Assembly should take the lead in setting the global agenda and also assume a greater role in the selection and appointment of the secretary general.
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India, France seal $9.3-bn deal for two N-power plants
06 Dec 2010
India and France on Monday signed a framework agreement for construction of two 1650 MW nuclear power reactors in Maharashtra. As many as six of these EPRs will eventually be built, at an approximate cost of $25 billion.
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