INDIA

Vodafone (VOD.L:Quote) lifted its full-year profit outlook on Tuesday as strong growth in emerging markets and robust trading in northern Europe more than offset weakness on the southern fringes of the euro zone.

India's October exports rose an annual 10.8 percent to $19.9 billion, while imports for the month rose 21.7 percent to $39.5 billion.

Greece, India, China and Thailand are home to the weakest national pension systems in the world.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will stick to its exchange rate policy and the guidance provided on monetary policy would hold until further notice.

Vodafone edged its full-year outlook higher on Tuesday. The results were boosted by strong growth in India.

Vodafone edged its full-year outlook higher on Tuesday as growth in emerging markets and robust trading in northern Europe helped the world's largest mobile operator to post first-half results ahead of forecasts.

India's No. 2 carrier Kingfisher Airlines, controlled by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, plans to cancel 31 flights daily till Nov 19, including four international flights to Bangkok, the Mint newspaper reported, citing an unnamed airline official.

Putin and Gilani also reportedly discussed other important topics, including battling against terrorism and extremism.

Pigeonpea - a minor agricultural crop more common in rural backyards than plowed fields, reached a milestone Sunday when Indian and Chinese researchers announced the decoding of the plant's genome.

The moves are the latest sign Best Buy is scaling back its overseas ambitions to focus on its main U.S. business, which faces stiff competition from discounters and online retailers. Earlier this year, the U.S. group dropped plans for Best Buy-branded stores in China and Turkey.

Google's social networking site Google+ may see 20 million new signups this quarter and it would add +You button to YouTube this year, according to an analyst from Global Equities Research.

Since Reliance Entertainment stormed Hollywood with hundreds of millions of dollars in cash three years ago, the Indian media conglomerate has seen precious little for its investments, with no movies released as a result of development deals and DreamWorks thus far struggling at the box office.

Asian shares struggled and credit markets weakened Monday, with investors still nervous despite the agreement on formation of a new Greek unity government intent on avoiding imminent debt default.

Gold prices gained nearly 1 percent on Monday after Greece's politicians sealed a deal to form a coalition government, while continued uncertainty about resolving the zone's debt crisis supported safe-haven demand in bullion.

Financial aid to rescue Europe's debt-stricken countries is set to dominate talks between Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, and Russia's president, government and monetary officials during her visit to Moscow.

Europe has a new informal leadership directorate intent on finding a solution to the euro zone's debt crisis, but it has yet to prove its ability to come up with a lasting formula.

Pakistan's troubled foreign relationships scenarios have improved in recent months, said a top diplomat on Saturday, pointing to forthcoming trade talks with New Delhi and a broad agreement on regional security goals with Washington as evidence.

Opener Kraigg Brathwaite and veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit unbeaten half-centuries to guide the West Indies to 159 for the loss of three wickets, at tea on the opening day of the first test against India.

Sales of luxury products in India are expected to rise almost 20 percent every year until 2015, according to a new report by the Confederation of Indian Industry and A.T. Kearney Ltd.

Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century is the expected highlight of the three-test series against West Indies but Mahendra Singh Dhoni does not to talk about it.