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Sex-Selective Abortions Rise in India

For centuries, sons have been preferred over daughters in India. But now the desire for a boy coupled with medical technology has led to a rise in illegal sex-selective abortions. India's 2011 census shows that the gender ratio of children younger than 6 has declined to 914 girls for every 1,000 boys as compared to 927 in...

Top Organizer of India's Commonwealth Games Jailed for Corruption

NEW DELHI -- The spiraling investigation into India's troubled Commonwealth Games landed its chief organizer behind bars on Monday - a long-anticipated arrest after months of allegations and cries of corruption over the event. India had hoped the two-week international sporting competition in October would highlight its...

5 Asian Nuclear Reactors Face Tsunami Risk

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The skeleton of what will soon be one of the world's biggest nuclear plants is slowly taking shape along China's southeastern coast - right on the doorstep of Hong Kong's bustling metropolis. Three other facilities nearby are up and running or under construction. Like Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant...

India Debates: Was Fast an Anti-Corruption Uprising or Blackmail?

A 72-year-old social activist in India has become the people's champion after his threat to fast until he was dead forced the Indian government to act on an anti-corruption bill, which had been dead for decades. Dressed in simple white clothes, Anna Hazare, a Gandhian activist, went on a hunger strike for four days in...

Hunger Strike Shines Light On Corruption in Indian Government [VIDEO]

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THE HUFFINGTON POST

Leela Leads India's Luxury Hotel Boom

In 1986 a Mumbai-based businessman named Capt. C. P. Krishnan Nair decided to start a hotel company.

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It's Legal To Shoot And Kill Animal Poachers, Indian State Orders

A state in western India has declared war on animal poaching by allowing forest guards to shoot hunters on sight in an effort to curb rampant attacks on tigers and other wildlife.

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The Gender Paradox In India

Prune Nourry is a multi-disciplinary artist who finds pleasure in contradiction, whether in bioethics, mythology or even artistic materials.

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Report: Honda projects 30 percent of motorcycle sales to come from India by 2020

Honda recently released its financial report for the the manufacturer's motorcycle division.

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Indian police investigate $158M Reebok fraud

MUMBAI, India -Germany's Adidas Group said Wednesday that Indian police are investigating two former executives from its Reebok India unit for an alleged fraud that could cost the company tens of millions of dollars.

India News From the Web

05/28/12 Pakistan-India trade: The ight spin Source: Business Recorder - Pakistan "We will not let the rulers declare India our favourite country" declares a graffiti tag on Kashmir Road in Karachi.
05/28/12 CCI approves Reliance Industries' stake buy in TV18 Source: The Economic Times - India India's competition watchdog has approved Reliance Industries' acquisition of stake in Raghav Bahl's media companies Network 18 and TV18 Broadcast.
05/28/12 How Hollywood blockbusters make big money in Indian... Source: The Economic Times - India The big picture is changing in cinemas across India, with fast-globalising filmgoers lapping up major Hollywood releases, a few of which are beginning to match the revenues of successful domestic productions.
05/28/12 India gives Pak fresh evidence against Hafiz Saeed Source: rediff.com India [ Images ] has given to Pakistan fresh evidence against Lashkar-e-Tayiba [ Images ] founder Hafiz Saeed [ Images ] and asked Islamabad [ Images ] to act against the 26/11 mastermind.
05/28/12 Jamshid on the ball Source: The Telegraph of India Even at 53, Maidan legend Jamshid Nassiri eats, sleeps and dreams football.

Background on India

India (), officially the Republic of India ('), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world.

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