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Italy pays damages over India fishermen shooting
The Italian government has paid compensation of $190,000 each to the families of two Indian fishermen allegedly shot dead by Italian marines in February, lawyers said on Tuesday.
India cuts rates in effort to boost growth
India’s central bank cut key lending rates for the first time in three years on Tuesday in an aggressive effort to stimulate growth and boost investment at a time when the gloss is rapidly coming off Asia’s third-largest economy.
Google Launches Art Project in India
Google has partnered with two institution under the Ministry of Culture – National Museum and National Gallery of Modern Art, to bring its Art Project to India. Google’s Art Project is an online platform for museums from across the...
‘Strengthen research culture in India’
Excerpts from an online interview with Carlson school’s dean after her appointment was announced. Your thoughts on your appointment?
The research that Carlson School faculty and graduate students are doing in areas such as sustainability,...
RBS halts India tanker payment due to Iran sanctions
The Royal Bank of Scotland has halted payments to a Greek ship owner which transported Iranian oil for an Indian shipping company, in line with Western sanctions aimed at hindering Iranian crude exports, shipping sources told Reuters.
The European...
India court rejects govt plea against Vodafone verdict
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a government plea for a review of its judgement dismissing a $2.2-billion tax bill imposed on British mobile phone giant Vodafone.
India export-ban confusion sinks cotton
On March 5, India announced that it was banning all cotton exports on concerns that lower domestic stocks would raise local prices.
“The limit-up rally last Monday was a knee-jerk reaction by speculators who were short cotton futures on the...
India’s Ruling Congress Party Suffers Election Blow
India’s ruling Congress Party has suffered a political blow, faring poorly in a round of regional elections. The party won only one out of five states. The elections also dealt a severe blow to Congress Party’s Rahul Gandhi, the latest...
India, Italy stick to their stand on jurisdiction
India and Italy today failed to resolve their differences over who should probe the killings of two Indian fishermen by Italian marines off the Kerala coast earlier this month.
The two countries, however, pledged not to allow the incident to...
India sticks to its law; Italy send Minister
As the diplomatic row between India and Italy escalated over the fishermen firing incident, New Delhi maintained that since it was a legal matter now, the law of the land will have to take its own course.
