INDIA

The growth rates of all four BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies have surpassed expectations in the decade since the term came into existence. However, India's record in terms of productivity, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and reform has been the most disappointing, according to Jim O'Neil, the Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, on Tuesday.

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion on Tuesday named Sunil Dutt as its new managing director for India, one of its key growth markets, a month after its former top executive in the country left the company.

Chinese and Indian appetite for diamonds will fuel demand growth by more than 6 percent a year over the next decade and almost double the size of the market, far outpacing supply increases limited by a lack of new mines.

A popular afternoon Indian daily - MiD Day - has suddenly called off the production of two editions from prominent Indian cities, at very short notice.

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion on Tuesday named Sunil Dutt as its new managing director for India, one of its key growth markets, a month after its former top executive in the country left the company.

India has asked operators of social media networks, including Facebook, Google and Yahoo to screen user content from the country and prevent any disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory content from getting published.

Research In Motion (RIM), on Tuesday, named Sunil Dutt as the organization's new Managing Director (MD) for India, one of its key growth markets, a month after the former top executive left the company.

Gold prices fell Tuesday on a lack of Asian demand for bullion and investor discouragement that four consecutive daily efforts to push the price convincingly above the mid-$1,700s failed.

India gold futures fell back on Tuesday afternoon to their lowest level in a week, following overseas trends, where fears of a possible credit rating downgrade for eurozone nations by Standard & Poor's weighed.

India has asked operators of social media networks, including Facebook and Google, to screen user content and remove any offensive material, the information and telecoms minister said on Tuesday, but denied the move was censorship.

Social networking website Facebook said on Tuesday it recognizes Indian government's interest in minimizing the amount of abusive content online, and it will remove any content violating its terms.

Indian Telecom Minister after facing strong opposition on his recent idea of monitoring content on social networking Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, has come out with a defensive statement saying he does not want the censorship instead he wants solution to offensive content.

The United States, India and Japan will hold their first trilateral meeting this month as Washington pushes ahead with its pivot toward Asia, where China's growing power has raised concern.

Rohit Sharma's sparkling 95 was in vain as West Indies beat India by 16 runs in the third one-day international to stay afloat in the five-match series at Ahmedabad's Sardar Patel Stadium on Monday.

The queen of controversies, Veena Malik is suing FHM India magazine for $2 million for allegedly publishing her ‘morphed’ photo on its cover page without her consent.

The United States, India and Japan will hold their first trilateral meeting this month as Washington pushes ahead with its pivot toward Asia, where China's growing power has raised concern.

In protest of local government corruption in Uttar Pradesh, India, a snake charmer released 40 poisonous snakes inside a tax office.

The editor for the FHM India Edition has threatened to release a series of photographs from the photoshoot with model and actress Veena Malik.

India sees no impediments to importing Iranian oil despite a new wave of sanctions imposed by the West, Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said on Monday.

India gold, which traded steady Monday, is likely to near the all-time high helped by safe haven buying, and silver is likely to follow suit, analysts said.

Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010, the first time such an amount has ever been reached, according to an editorial Sunday.