INDIA

India’s wholesale price index rose at a slower rate in October than that in the previous month, showing signs of a gradual decline in price pressure to make room for monetary easing.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton encouraged Australia to strengthen its ties with India during her regional security visit to Perth.

The vulture population in India has dropped by almost 99 percent over the past two decades.

An Indian couple defrauded thousands of investors out of millions through a phony investment scheme.

Diwali, the spectacular Hindu festival of lights celebrated all over the world, began Tuesday.

Aung San Suu Kyi begins a weeklong trip to India, where she studied in the 1960s.

Diwali, the festival of lights, is being celebrated in India with joy and fervor Tuesday. The five-day festival is celebrated all over the country by lighting lamps, bursting crackers, offering prayers to Goddess Lakhsmi -- the goddess of wealth -- and by performing the traditional rituals.

The sharp slump in output will bolster calls for an interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of India to perk up the economy.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Monday but investors are expected to be guarded amid the concerns about the looming “fiscal cliff,” which consists of tax increases and spending cuts, at the beginning of next year.

India’s industrial output fell in September compared to that in the same month last year, indicating that the weak global demand is continuing to have its impact on the country’s economy.

Most of the Asian markets fell Monday as investor sentiment was weighed down by the concern that the downturn in the global economic condition continued to weaken Japan’s economy.

New economic data from Asia will be the focus as the fiscal cliff and the next tranche of Greek aid continue to weigh.

The United Kingdom would phase out giving financial aid to India by 2015, signaling a significant shift in the bilateral ties between both the countries, the British government announced Friday.

Asian markets fell in the week with the investor sentiment turning negative following the concerns about the U.S. facing a “fiscal cliff” consisting of tax increases and spending cuts at the beginning of next year.

Citing India's emergence as an economic power, the U.K. will cease direct financial aid to the country by 2015.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open Friday ahead of the Labor Department's import price index and the University of Michigan’s index of consumer sentiment.

United Kingdom's Diageo Plc is likely to announce a deal Friday to buy a 51 percent stake in India’s liquor major United Spirits for $1.8 billion.

Asian stock markets declined Friday as concern over the U.S. fiscal cliff and euro zone debt crisis continued to weigh on the sentiment.

Many have hailed the re-election of Barack Obama as a boon to the nation’s rebounding travel and tourism industry.

India Arie is unhappy that Zoe Saldana was cast as Nina Simone in a movie about her life.

A report to US Congress warned China is only two years away from deploying nuclear subs.