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Hindi lessons: the pain and the politics

Clues to the next twist in a soap or parliament make it all worthwhile, writes Victor Mallet

Nokia Lumia 920 ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES 12:54pm

Nokia hits out at Indian tax inspectors

Finnish mobile group calls authorities’ actions ‘unacceptable’

A security guard pulls a gate outside Hutchison Essar's corporate office in Mumbai, India ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES Feb 11, 2013

Essar Energy margins leap in UK and India

Improvements at refineries help boost earnings forecasts

Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India ©Getty From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 11, 2013

India urges new push for EU trade talks

Commerce minister calls for urgent meeting

A customer negotiates with a sales person at a Tata Motors Ltd. dealership in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, July 26, 2012. ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES Feb 11, 2013

India car sales continue to slide

Tough time as projections for year cut further

©AFP Feb 11, 2013

Indian pilgrims killed in stampede

Death toll rises to 36 in train station crush

A security guard pulls a gate outside Hutchison Essar's corporate office in Mumbai, India ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES Feb 10, 2013

Essar set to shift debt into dollars

Bid to cut financing costs for London-listed parent company

From MARKETS Feb 10, 2013

New bourse launched in India

Venue will trade more than 1,100 equities and develop derivatives

Kingfisher Airlines ©Reuters From COMPANIES Feb 10, 2013

Grounded Kingfisher hopes for reprieve

Doubts over when Indian airline will be airborne again

Feb 9, 2013

India hangs Kashmiri over terror attack

Scuffles and questions over execution’s timing ahead of elections

Feb 8, 2013

Closed trial for India bus rape sparks debate

Concerns that public scrutiny would hinder fair hearing of case

Feb 8, 2013

India working on advanced nuclear missile

Agni VI will be capable of carrying multiple warheads

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 7, 2013

India slashes annual growth forecast

Growth of 5% called “astonishingly low”

From US & CANADA Feb 6, 2013

US complains over India solar trade

Case raised at WTO over state restrictions

From COMPANIES Feb 6, 2013

India boosts reform with NTPC share sale

Indian government to sell stake in state-controlled power company

Feb 6, 2013

Modi woos India’s young middle class

BJP politician seeks to bury fundamentalist past

From COMPANIES Feb 5, 2013

Barclays sells Indian loan book to Kotak

UK bank sells business portfolio to private group

From COMPANIES Feb 5, 2013

Shell to challenge Indian tax demand

Local subsidiary of oil major hits back over $2.7bn bill

Feb 4, 2013

India defends tough interim law on rape

Emergency decree allows death penalty if victim dies

Feb 4, 2013

Delhi chokes as air quality plummets

Car fumes and dust reverse previous advances

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