A panel of Indian ministers proposed the setting up of a coal regulator that will monitor the supply and pricing of the fuel in a bid to liberalize the vital sector long-dominated by state-run Coal India.
Shuanghui's deal for Smithfield indicates how China's shifting dietary profile increasingly puts meat, dairy and processed-food producers into play.
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Noah Seelam/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe country is failing to keep pace with smaller emerging economies with more pro-business policies, the authors of the World Competitiveness Yearbook said.
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Indian shares ended higher Thursday as better-than-expected quarterly results from auto makers led investors to shrug off negative cues from elsewhere in Asia. The rupee, however, fell to a fresh 10-month low.
The sharp stock selloff in Tokyo pushed the Japanese market rally into a correction phase, with shares now more than 10% off their recent peak.
India may consider more steps early next month to reduce gold consumption if imports of the metal remain high in May, a senior finance ministry official said.
India's central bank tightened rules for banks restructuring loans that are in danger of default, in a move that comes as banks grapple with rising bad loans amid a slowing economy.
The Indian unit of HSBC Holdings said its head of retail-banking and wealth-management operations, Gannesh Bharadhwaj, has left the bank for personal reasons.
Suzlon Energy posted its biggest quarterly loss ever as a slowdown in the global wind-energy market due to falling government incentives has hurt demand for its turbines and eroded the value of some of its assets.
For years, nearly all of the world's iPhones and iPads rolled off the assembly lines of a single company: Foxconn. Now, Apple is dividing its weight more equally with a relatively unknown supplier called Pegatron.
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Indranil Mukherjee/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe work of banking correspondents is critical to the Reserve Bank of India's aim of providing bank services to India's 600,000 villages by 2016. But some say they aren't trained or getting paid.
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Jagadeesh NV/European Pressphoto AgencyThe spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League has provided plenty for columnists to chew on as they address the future of the nation's favorite game, the legality of betting and the governance of cricket.
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Mercedes-Benz introduced the A-Class premium hatchback in India as competition intensifies from BMW, Audi and Jaguar Land Rover in this potential growth market for luxury cars.
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Laos handed over a group of North Korean refugees to Pyongyang, saying South Korea was informed of the detentions but made no attempt to help, an assertion a South Korean official disputed.
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Samsung's new Galaxy S4 Mini, powered by the latest version of Google's Android, will have a 4.3-inch screen and an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera.
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Chef and restaurateur Sarabeth Levine says careful combinations and attention to detail elevate an entrée salad from ho-hum to memorable.
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This beachside home in Byron Bay, Australia, doubles as a lucrative holiday rental and is built with local materials.
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The designer Roland Mouret, known for his draped dresses, will begin selling bags in June.
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Dar Yasin/Associated PressPeople at the Taj Mahal in Agra, a paragliding event near Srinagar, men sleep on decorated light props in New Delhi, and more.
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Hidayat/Xinhu/Zuma PressResidents immerse themselves in mud during a protest in Indonesia, a cameraman films the remains of a fire in Myanmar, a polar bear swims in his new home in Singapore, and more.
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Zuma PressAs the class of 2013 listened to commencement addresses from professors and celebrity speakers, some graduates used their mortar-board caps to deliver a message of their own.
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Mansi Thapliyal/ReutersIn today's pictures, a man swims in a New Delhi river, France sees its first same-sex marriage, gangs in Honduras call a truce, and more.
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