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India deepens defense ties with Israel to tackle threat of terror...Minister Ehud Barak. He will visit Yad Vashem in Jerusalem during his four-day visit, as well as the IDF's Southern Command. Israel and India enjoy close defense ties and Israel last year overtook Russia as the number-one supplier of... In this article: Israel, India, Deepak Kapoor, Mumbai, Gabi Ashkenazi, Ehud Barak, Yad Vashem, South Asia, Jerusalem, and Pakistan |
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Dalai Lama visit highlights India-China tensions
China claims the region and has disavowed the so-called McMahon Line, a border drawn by India's British colonial rulers in 1914 that gave Arunachal to India. China also occupies a part of Kashmir claimed by India. Despite 13 recent rounds...
In this article: Dalai Lama, China, Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, and New Delhi
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 1 day ago
India bars foreign media from trip by Dalai Lama
...countries". The Dalai Lama fled from Chinese-occupied Tibet to India more than 50 years ago and has been allowed to live in India since. India's decision to let him visit Tawang has focused attention on China's territorial claims in...
In this article: Dalai Lama, Arunachal Pradesh, China, Beijing, New Delhi, Buddhist, People's Daily, and Chinese Communist Party
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
South Korea OK's India free trade agreement
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea on Friday ratified a free trade deal with India that promises to slash tariffs on goods and services between two of Asia's biggest economies. The agreement was passed in a vote by lawmakers in the National...
In this article: South Korea, Seoul, Asia, Goods and services, Hyundai, European Free Trade Association, and European Union
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AP Online | 2 days ago
India restricts coverage of Dalai Lama's trip
...leader's planned visit Sunday to the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh - the heart of a long-running border dispute between China and India - has inflamed already heightened tensions between the Asian powers. Foreigners traveling to...
In this article: Dalai Lama, Arunachal Pradesh, China, Tibet, Buddhist, Beijing, New Delhi, and Foreign Correspondents' Club
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BBC News | 2 days ago
India lose despite Tendulkar ton
Page last updated at 17:10 GMT, Thursday, 5 November 2009 Fifth one-day international: India v Australia, Hyderabad: Australia 350-4 (50 overs) beat India 347 (49.4 overs) by 3 runs Tendulkar is the first batsman to score 17,000 runs in...
In this article: Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Praveen Kumar, Suresh Raina, Australia, Virender Sehwag, and Ricky Ponting
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BBC News | 2 days ago
India ups budget for Delhi Games
The baton relay was launched last month at a ceremony in London India has doubled its funding for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The government approved a revised budget of GBP207m ($344m), a substantial increase on the GBP98m...
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BBC News | 2 days ago
Extreme India
...I travel in the world, I tend to keep a mental barometer in my head - an optimism index if you will. In India, certainly in urban India, it just feels like the mercury is rising. Compare that to parts of Europe, my previous posting,...
In this article: River Ganges, Delhi, Gangotri, Mercury, Europe, and Mumbai
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 3 days ago
India shows hedge-fund savvy with huge gold buy
...no one can answer yet is whether India will touch off a bidding war among central banks. Not that India cares all that much at this point. As it leapfrogs past Russia to become the ninth-biggest government holder of gold, China is now...
In this article: US, IMF, Timothy Geithner, Beijing, John Maynard Keynes, China, Washington, Inflation, and Hillary Clinton
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BBC News | 3 days ago
India tries to defuse cricket row
...in Indian-controlled Kashmir should be accepted, the home minister says. P Chidambaram said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should fix fresh dates for the matches. Officials in Kashmir protested after the last-minute...
In this article: Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir, and Board of Control for Cricket in India
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Reuters | 4 days ago
Q+A - Why is India buying IMF gold?
...since fallen significantly as total reserves swelled. Another reason behind the buying may be India's push for a larger voting share in the IMF. India, with other emerging economies, has pressed for greater influence in world economic...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, Reserve Bank of India, China, and New Delhi
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India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east, India has a coastline of 7517 km. It is bordered by Pakistan to the west; People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Indonesia in the Indian Ocean.
Home to the Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Four major religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism originated here, while Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam arrived in the first millennium CE and shaped the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by the British East India Company from the early eighteenth century and colonised by the United Kingdom from the mid-nineteenth century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by widespread non-violent resistance.
- Name:
- India
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of India
- Local Name:
- भारत गणराज्य*
- Capital:
- New Delhi
- Motto:
- सत्यमेव जयते
- Largest City:
- Mumbai
- Government type:
- Federal republic
- Legislature:
- Sansad
- Upper House:
- Rajya Sabha
- Lower House:
- Lok Sabha
- Founding Date:
- August 15, 1947
- Formations:
- Republic
- Area:
- 1,269,210
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $3.288 trillion
- GDP (nominal):
- $1.209 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $1,016
- Time Zone:
- IST
- Currency:
- Indian rupee (₨)
- Demonym:
- Indian
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- INR
- Country Calling Code:
- 91
- ccTLD:
- .in
- Anthem:
- Jana Gana Mana
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