INDIA

As flight JL6 from Tokyo approaches New York, our world news editor is on schedule: around the world in under six days.

Wal-Mart Stores has hit some roadblocks along its road to expandion in India, but the superstore got some good news this week.

Forrtune's relatively new annual list profiles 10 women entrepreneurs who've created innovative brands.

The Indian Space Research Organization will launch a Mars Orbiter Mission probe named Mangalyaan in the next few weeks.

More than 50,000 of those being treated as property are in the United States.

The Global Slavery Index 2013 ranked India, China (2.9 million) and Pakistan (2.1 million) as having the largest number of people living in modern slavery.

Local laws, which require publication of key financial information, were the reason for the relative transparency at Indian companies.

The market's enthusiasm for a short-term solution to the policy crisis seems to be waning quickly.

The industrial conglomerate’s pace may be slowing, compared to more-specialized competitors.

The new Antarctic marine reserve plan would double the amount of protected area in the world's oceans.

Twenty-one of India’s 28 states have registered a decline in the use of condoms freely distributed by the government.

India topped the list as home to half of the world's slave population while Mauritania ranked first in percentage terms.

Even in this liberal bastion of the Northwest, Sawant’s political views stand out.

Each has registered uninspiring sales and profit figures in 2013, as they slowly expand in emerging markets.

Globally, LFC has at least 240 million fans (or about four times the whole population of the United Kingdom).

Wall Street's jaded attitude toward Washington's latest crisis could turn into a frenzied one if the U.S. defaults.

Vedanta Resources sweetens offer price by 36 percent to buy stakes in India’s government-run entities, Hindustan Zinc and Balco.

Investors seem cautiously optimistic that Congress will ink a deal to end the US government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling.

The upcoming challenges for the authorities include rehabilitating the thousands of evacuees and rebuilding the severely damaged region.

Such tragedies occur frequently in India, particularly at religious festivals.

The markets are becoming increasingly concerned that Congress will not raise the debt ceiling in time to avert a catastrophic default.