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The Indian skipper has 803 rating points in his kitty, 27 points more than South African skipper Graeme Smith who occupies the second spot.
India and southeast Asian trading bloc Asean on Thursday concluded talks for freeing trade in goods that will create an European Union-style open market with a combined population of about 1.7 billion people.
The Indian cricket team would play two Tests and five one-day internationals on their first tour of New Zealand in six years starting in March. The tour would last from March 6 to April 7, 2009.
The Australia A team, led by left-handed batsman Simon Katich, is arriving in Bangalore on Friday to play two three-day games against their Indian counterparts, followed by a triangular one-day series.
In a sweeping change in the appointment of national selectors, the Cricket Board has decided to empower its president to have a final say in choosing the panel of selectors.
Happy with runs flowing from his blade, India's young middle order batsman Suresh Raina says that he is particularly satisfied to have managed to read enigmatic Sri Lankan spin twin of Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis.
Prachanda, who disappointed India by dispensing with tradition and visiting China as his first destination abroad after assuming office, has now a second close link with Beijing - his new bed.
The Indian Olympics contingent, including the three medal winnners Abhinav Bindra, Sushil Kumar and Vijender Singh were felicitated by the Indian Olympic Association at a grand ceremony in New Delhi on Tuesday.
According to the IMF study, as against the optimal reserves of about $175 billion towards the close of 2007, India's forex reserves totalled around $250 billion and continued to swell.
Having put the pressure on the hosts with two consecutive wins, India is likely to retain the winning combination when they go into the fourth cricket one dayer against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday.
Ghana will soon start assembling farm tractors imported from India with the brand name, FARMTRAC.
Indian and Chinese scientists are increasingly working together, but it might take a few years before it becomes significant or sets the pace for South-South scientific collaboration, a study says.
Vijender Kumar, India's first ever Olympic boxing medal winner, will be the flag bearer of the Indian contingent at Sunday's closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, an IOA official said on Saturday.
There will be understandable celebration back home when the last batch of Indian athletes returns home. An unprecedented three medals represents a quantum leap from the last four Games.
After two horrendous outings in the low and slow Dambulla pitch, Indian batsmen will take a lot of heart from the batting-friendly wicket at the Premadasa Stadium when they take on Sri Lanka in the third cricket ODI in Colombo on Sunday.- Nepal's first Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda says his government's priority would be to protect the republic's sovereignty and bring lasting peace and to foster friendly ties with neighbouring countries, including India and China.
A UN study, that examined possible consequences of global warming in the next 20 to 30 years, has identified India as one of the "hot-spots", particularly vulnerable to increase in extreme drought, floods and cyclones in the coming decades.
Having leveled the five-match series 1-1, Indian cricket team spent time on Friday in the nets trying to plug their loopholes ahead of the third one-dayer on Sunday against Sri Lanka at the Premadasa Stadium.
Indian women's quartet of 4x400m relay failed to qualify for the finals after finishing a disappointing seventh in the qualifying heats in the Olympics on Friday.
More than 100 senior chartered accountants from India are to be roped in by South Africa's auditor-general to assist in auditing the financial records of local government authorities and develop local capacity.
India and Russia plan to launch the serial production of the jointly developed aerial version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles after the completion of field trials next year, a top official in Moscow said.- As massive floods in Nepal poses the first major challenge to the Maoist-led government, newly elected Prime Minister Prachanda on Thursday blamed the Koshi agreement for the crisis terming it a "historic blunder".
Airlines in India pay the most for fuel when compared with other Asia Pacific hubs like Singapore, Hong Kong and Colombo, mainly on account of higher tax rates.
Three matches against India in Northern Ireland last year helped to reduce the CSA's losses. Its financial chief Hentie Wyk said that the final amount was 16.3 million rands, which was much lower than the 72 million rands that had been budgeted.
After dazzling the world with a spectacular Olympics, China has said that it is ready to pass on the experience it has gained from holding the event to India, which is gearing up to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
