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Protesters march for women's safety in India on New Year's Eve
Protesters in India's major cities demanded safety for women in the wake of the death Friday of a 23-year-old woman who was gang raped in Delhi.
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India tests ways to help farmers cope with climate change
Concerns about how climate change may be affecting India are bringing fresh urgency – and funding – to longstanding challenges in sustainable agriculture.
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Woman hits 'like' on Facebook, gets arrested in India
The offending post against recently deceased leader Bal Thackeray resulted in two arrests, the latest in a string of crackdowns on Internet speech in the world's largest democracy.
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Change Agent
One solution to Palestine's economic problems? Export bits and bytesThe technology sector, which simply requires an Internet connection, is free of the border restraints that most other Palestinian industries experience.
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India launches 101st space mission, and looks to Mars
The mission will be carried out without international help, highlighting the growth and ambition of India's home-grown space program, which plans to launch a mission to Mars.
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How's business in India? Watch Bangalore
Bangalore, known as a magnet for India's technology jobs, is facing competition for investment from other cities, but business conditions are tough across India.
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Opinion: Congress must reform immigration laws that send top STEM graduates to China
Because of bureaucracy and delays, America is losing its top foreign-born job creators – particularly those in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) – to competitors abroad. In the global war for talent, the US has every advantage except one: its immigration laws.
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Thousands of Indians flee Bangalore after text message warnings
Indian leaders appealed for calm on Friday as natives of northeastern India now living in the south left en masse for a third day over safety concerns.
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The New Economy
US jobs report eases global gloomThe better-than-expected US jobs report suggests the US is not following Europe into recession. But some analysts worry that head winds will keep growth anemic.
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India plans 2014 Mars mission
Four years after a successful moon mission India now plans to send an unmanned probe to Mars's orbit.
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Power restored in India after world's worst blackout, cause unclear
India was up and running Wednesday after major electrical grid collapse caused the world's two worst power blackouts.
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The Reformed Broker
Rise of the robots: The man versus machine advisor debateWhen it comes to investing, a new article written by Nick Shalek claims that software is better than 99 percent of humans when it comes to financial advising. His post has spread around the industry like wildfire, with wildly mixed reviews.
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Passenger train collides with freight train in India
At least 25 people died in a collision between two trains in India. Seventy survived. India has one of the largest railway networks in the world.
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The New Economy
Gas prices too high. Blame India?Gas prices are rising partly because demand is rising in the developing world. Unlike fluctuating tensions in the Middle East, rising world demand will keep pushing gas prices higher.
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Global News Blog
Can't get enough of books in IndiaThe Jaipur Literary Festival in northern India attracts thousands of book-lovers, and provides greater access to literature for India's 1.2 billion population.
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Global News Blog
Wikipedia’s cultural mission in IndiaAfter moving to big cities, some preserve their culture through Wikipedia entries written in regional languages.
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The Reformed Broker
Why corporate growth no longer means job growthThe digital revolution means that an incredible amount of wealth and progress can be created with virtually no positive impact on jobs and the economy
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Change Agent
In India, SELCO blazes an entrepreneurial trail to bring solar power to the peopleHarish Hande wants to make solar power available to all Indians – even the poorest street vendors.
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Would Obama's jobs plan help avoid a recession?
Economists from 28 firms offered estimates about the jobs plan to Bloomberg News. They disagreed on how effective it would be – and the cost could be high.
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Why India could feel the global financial aftershocks this time
India's huge domestic demand helped it weather the financial crisis of 2008. But since then, Indian companies have invested internationally, increasing India's vulnerability to economic downturns.
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India's anticorruption campaign tainted by scandal
India's main opposition party, which is campaigning on anticorruption values, has asked a party leader to step down over links to an illegal mining scam.
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Mumbai blasts raise terrorism concerns, but not calls for political change
Indian voters often don't see terrorism as a political issue, so despite dissatisfaction with the government's response to Wednesday's attack in Mumbai, there may not be political fallout.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/30
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In Pictures: France's first lady: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
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Change Agent
Bill Drayton sees a world where 'everyone is a changemaker'Bill Drayton founded Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, which now has put about 3,000 social entrepreneurs into the field all over the world, three decades ago. A college professor once described him as having "the determination of Job and the brains of a Nobel laureate." Says Drayton: "The life purpose of the true social entrepreneur is to change the world."
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