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Delhi has the dubious title of India’s “rape capital.”

Bolstering his prime ministerial ambitions in the parliamentary elections to be held in India in 2014, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi won a record third successive term in the state elections Thursday.

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Some lawmakers have even called for the death penalty for convicted rapists.

Asian stock markets advanced Wednesday on hopes that the U.S. lawmakers will soon arrive at a consensus to avoid the "fiscal cliff” and the Japanese Central Bank will add to economic stimulus buoyed sentiment.

Police have detained four suspects, including the bus driver, and looking for two more possible culprits.

Nielsen Holdings, the TV ratings giant, announced Tuesday that it will acquire its radio counterpart, Arbitron, for $1.26 billion. The deal faces antitrust hurdles.

The Reserve Bank of India in an unexpected move decided to keep the key interest rates and cash reserve ratio unchanged in a monetary policy review, citing the fragile global economic situation but said the policy focus was shifting towards growth, indicating monetary easing in the next quarter review.

Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday as sentiment turned positive overnight following indications that negotiations over the U.S. fiscal cliff are progressing.

This week, the economic data releases will take a back seat as the fiscal cliff negotiations dominate the agenda.

Hhigh rates of infertility and stress among women have been discovered in Kashmir.

Pakistani girls' education advocate Malala Yousafzai is currently recovering from extensive surgery in a hospital in Birmingham, England

Delhi is the rape capital of India.

India’s government lowered the country’s economic growth forecast for the fiscal year 2012 indicating that it is in need of stimulus measures to boost the weakening economy.

Asian markets were mixed Monday as investors remained cautious, as an agreement between the U.S. Congressional leaders and President Barack Obama in adopting measures to overcome the looming fiscal cliff remains elusive.

Most of the Asian markets rose in the week as investor sentiment was lifted on hopes that the policymakers in Japan would soon announce stimulus measures to boost the growth of the world’s third-largest economy.

A new survey predicts by 2020 Chinese and Indians will together buy more of the precious rock than Americans.

India’s headline inflation declined moderately to 7.24 percent in November from 7.45 percent in October.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Friday after a private survey showed a pickup in Chinese manufacturing activity in December.

There are conflicting reports as to whether North Korea has full control of its satellite; the object could stay in orbit for months.

Globally, aviation supports some 57 million jobs and $2.2 trillion in economic activity.