International Business News - India http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif From Bollywood to the Big Apple. New York City has opened its latest international tourism and marketing office in India, hoping to entice more Indians to visit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/new-york-city-opens-tourism-office-in-india.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:11:18 EDT A Silicon Valley company is claiming a major victory in its efforts to sell computers to schools that might otherwise be enticed by low-cost laptops such as the green-and-white XO from One Laptop Per Child or Intel Corp.'s Classmate PC. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/ncomputing-gets-large-low-cost-pc-deal-in-india.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:19:40 EDT Indian stocks surged Monday as efforts by European and U.S. authorities to shore up the world's troubled financial system over the weekend rallied global investors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/indian-stock-index-surges-7-64-pct-in-global-rally.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:54:24 EDT The Dalai Lama was recovering Monday from surgery to remove gallstones and was likely to leave a New Delhi hospital early this week, a senior aide said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/151267-india-dalai-lama-health.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/dalai-lama-to-leave-indian-hospital-after-surgery.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/dalai-lama-to-leave-indian-hospital-after-surgery.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:17:34 EDT The Indian prime minister warned Monday that a recent wave of bloodshed that has left scores dead across India threatens the "fundamental underpinnings" of the world's largest democracy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/indias-pm-blames-wave-of-violence-on-extremists.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:03:24 EDT The Dalai Lama is likely to be discharged from the hospital in the next few days, a senior aide said Saturday, a day after surgeons removed gallstones from the Tibetan spiritual leader. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149870-india-dalai-lama-health.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/aide-dalai-lama-to-be-released-from-hospital-soon.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/aide-dalai-lama-to-be-released-from-hospital-soon.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:04:50 EDT Soldiers worked Saturday to rescue a 2-year-old boy trapped for more than 36 hours in a 150-foot-deep abandoned well in northern India. Rescuers said the boy, Sonu Kumar, had stopped responding to his parents' voices and feared he may have lost consciousness. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149808-india-trapped-child.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/indian-army-works-to-rescue-boy-trapped-in-well.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/indian-army-works-to-rescue-boy-trapped-in-well.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:52:29 EDT The United States and India signed an accord Friday that allows American businesses to sell nuclear fuel, technology and reactors to India, reversing a three-decade ban on atomic trade with the fast-growing nuclear-armed Asian power. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/us-india-sign-nuclear-deal.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:10:41 EDT India is expected to get its first female Roman Catholic saint on Sunday at a time when Christians have increasingly come under attack in the predominantly Hindu country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/india-to-get-first-female-roman-catholic-saint.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:11:34 EDT Indian shares dropped sharply Friday over growing concerns about a global recession coupled with worrying domestic growth numbers. In noon trading, the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-stock Sensex plunged further 909 points lower, or 8 percent, to 10,419 points. The noon fall came in reaction to news that India's industrial production had sunk to 1.3 percent in August from 10.9 percent a year ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/indias-key-index-drops-8-percent.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:30:13 EDT India's central bank decided Friday to cut the cash reserve ratio by 1.5 percentage points instead of 0.5 percentage points, as had been previously announced, in a bid to boost liquidity. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/indias-central-bank-further-boosts-liquidity.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:44:35 EDT Surgeons successfully removed gallstones from the Dalai Lama on Friday, an operation that will not prevent the Tibetan spiritual leader from traveling again by the end of the month, a top aide said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148753-india-dalai-lama-health.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/aide-says-dalai-lama-to-undergo-gallstone-surgery.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/aide-says-dalai-lama-to-undergo-gallstone-surgery.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:22:56 EDT Information technology provider Infosys Technologies Ltd. on Friday said earnings in the July-September quarter rose 17 percent, but lowered its annual growth forecast on slowing demand amid the global financial crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/indias-infosys-cuts-growth-forecast.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:45:15 EDT A spokesman for the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan leader will undergo surgery to remove a gall stone. Chhime R. Chhoekyapa, the spokesman, says "a gall stone will be removed." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/dalai-lama-hospitalized-following-checkup.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:37:18 EDT President Bush on Wednesday signed legislation that reverses three decades of U.S. policy and allows American businesses to enter India's multibillion-dollar nuclear market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/bush-signs-landmark-us-india-nuclear-legislation.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:32:30 EDT President Bush plans to sign into law on Wednesday a bill allowing civilian U.S. nuclear trade with India. The signing culminates three years of work by the Bush administration to allow U.S. businesses to begin selling nuclear fuel, technology and reactors to India in exchange for safeguards and U.N. inspections at India's civilian, but not military, nuclear plants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/bush-to-sign-landmark-us-india-nuclear-legislation.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:44:54 EDT Indian markets tumbled Wednesday as investors across Asia dumped stocks on fears that a global recession is brewing. The benchmark Sensex sank 366.88 points, or 3.14 percent, to 11,328.36, with consumer goods and information technology companies leading the decline. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/indian-stock-index-down-5-3-pct-on-crisis-worries.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:38:14 EDT India's largest outsourcing firm, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., is buying Citigroup's back office operations in India for $505 million in cash, the companies said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/indias-tata-consultancy-buys-citi-back-office.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:16:35 EDT The Dalai Lama underwent a second medical checkup in as many months Tuesday and doctors cleared him to resume foreign travel, said a spokesman for the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/doctors-clear-dalai-lama-to-resume-foreign-travel.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:12:08 EDT The Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, has found a new home in the Western state of Gujarat, after weeks of violent farmer protests forced Tata Motors to shutter its $350 million Nano factory in West Bengal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/tata-motors-to-build-nano-in-gujarat.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:25:04 EDT