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GENEVA (Reuters) - Australia must tighten rules governing the behaviour of its companies, especially mining firms, towards indigenous people at home and abroad, a United Nations human rights body said on Friday.
BANGALORE (Reuters) - India's growth is getting more broad-based and inflationary pressures are easing and the central will calibrate policy action to the evolving growth-inflation dynamics, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor said on Friday.
THATTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Thousands of people fled on Friday from the southern Pakistani town of Thatta after the swollen Indus river burst its banks and authorities ordered an evacuation.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Research in Motion faces an Aug. 31 deadline to give India access to its secure email and instant messaging services or the Indian government has said it will ban those services, hurting much of corporate India.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India summoned China's ambassador on Friday to protest against the refusal of a visa to an Indian general from the disputed Kashmir region, the latest spat between two Asian giants jostling for global influence and resources.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The cabinet approved a new direct tax code on Thursday that will replace archaic income and wealth tax laws in the country, a key reform initiative that is aimed at widening the tax net and increasing federal revenues.
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - British Airways apologised to passengers after an emergency message warning they were about to crash into the sea was played by mistake.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government is hopeful Research In Motion, makers of BlackBerry smartphones, will come up with a solution to enable security agencies access its encrypted data, junior telecoms minister Sachin Pilot said on Friday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Any solution provided by Research in Motion , makers of BlackBerry smartphones, must pass through field trials to satisfy India's security concerns, a senior government source said on Friday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Indian government said on Friday that China must be sensitive to its concerns after reports that Beijing refused a visa to an Indian army general from the disputed Kashmir region.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Google Inc launched a website on Thursday for users who want to sift through news, comments and other information on the Internet in real time, letting them follow conversations on social network hubs such as Facebook and Twitter in one place.
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) - Karun Chandhok has been pencilled in to be the first driver to lap South Korea's new grand prix circuit in a Formula One car next month.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Research in Motion offered on Thursday to lead an industry forum to look at India's need to have "lawful access" to BlackBerry's encrypted mail and messenger in the latest effort to stave off the blocking of the popular service in the world's fastest growing telecoms market.
DARMSTADT, Germany (Reuters Life!) - A German pop singer who confessed to knowingly exposing two men to the risk of HIV after finding out she had the virus herself was convicted by a court on Thursday of grievous bodily harm.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Global automakers in India are planning to launch new models and boost investment in the country, executives said at a conference, signalling brisk demand in one of the fastest growing car markets in the world.
PARIS (Reuters) - World number one and tournament favourite Wang Yihan of China made a shock exit in the third round of the women's singles at the badminton world championships on Thursday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's weightlifters will be able to take part in the Delhi Commonwealth Games after their federation borrowed money from Games organisers to cover an unpaid fine, allowing them to avoid an international ban.
