HONG KONG/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Standard Chartered has filed a draft prospectus to raise up to $750 million through an issue of Indian Depositary Receipts, the first such offering in Asia‘s third-largest economy.

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian authorities are investigating reports that several boats, with more than 100 sailors aboard, have been taken over by Somali pirates off the African coast, officials said on Tuesday.

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The Indian Consulate here has sought consular access to 17 Indians who have been sentenced to death by Sharjah‘s Shariah court for killing a Pakistani man and injuring three others in a vicious attack last year.

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As his patient lay unconscious in an emergency room from an overdose of sedatives, psychiatrist Damir Huremovic was faced with a moral dilemma: A friend of the patient had forwarded to Huremovic a suicidal e-mail from the patient that included a link to a Web site and blog he wrote. Should Huremo...

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Fitch has a BBB-minus rating on India‘s local and foreign currency ratings, with a negative outlook on the local currency rating.

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TOYOTA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, reeling from a recall crisis, launched a task force on Tuesday aimed at regaining consumer trust and pledged to give more clout to its regional operations to speed up decisions on quality issues.

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Vice President Hamid Ansari‘s wife Salma says she has a "problem" with the Women‘s Reservation Bill and feels that it will not be of much help unless awareness is created among women at the grassroot level.

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A sharp rise in rupee value against dollar has added to the woes of exporters, who want the government to step in and peg the fixed exchange rate, taking a cue from China

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Health workers in Sierra Leone say they will end their 10-day strike, after the president agreed to increase their pay six-fold.

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As if the rollercoaster ride of the past year was not dizzying enough, the pundits of the food bazaar predict that the retail prices of essential commodities are not likely to reduce for another six months.

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The apex court’s decision would further delay the supply of limestone to Lafarge’s cement plant in Bangladesh and could cause a diplomatic embarrassment to India

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DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai swept out the board of indebted property firm Nakheel and replaced its high profile chairman on Tuesday, in the wake of parent company Dubai World‘s $9.5 billion rescue plan.

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"I‘ve decided to live a life of spiritual seclusion for some indefinite time," said the tainted godman, who faces criminal cases, including that of rape, after being seen with a Tamil actress in sleazy video footage.

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Participants underwent MRI brain scans such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a technique that measures water molecule movements in the brain.

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Iraqi children born in the most violent areas are shorter than those born in other parts of the country, a study says.

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India has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to confine itself to its public health mandate and not associate with the attempts to redefine counterfeit medicines.

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HCL will provide computer sets with initial payment of over Rs2000 with the broadband connections. The customers have to pay the rest amount in monthly instalments.

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