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The Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark Sensex Thursday ended at its highest level since April 2011 after Goldman Sachs upgraded the Indian equities to an “overweight” rating and the government agreed to allow voting in the Parliament on its decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail.

India’s current account deficit is likely to narrow to 3.5 percent from the current 4.5 percent by the end of the fiscal year, Prime Minister's Economic Advisor Council Chairman Dr C Rangarajan has said.

The mother of a 3-year-old boy and her boyfriend who had been on the run for two weeks were arrested in Florida Wednesday for allegedly physically abusing the child, police said.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were Semtech Corporation, Coldwater Creek Inc, Incyte Corporation, ZAGG Inc and First Midwest Bancorp Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Wednesday were Veeco Instruments Inc, PDC Energy Inc, Aegion Corporation and Penn National Gaming Inc.

The U.S. has said that China cannot be called a currency manipulator despite the fact that the yuan remains undervalued.

China is considering easing of its strict “one-child” family planning policy as the increasingly graying population poses demographic challenges to the most populous country in the world, according to a former member of the National Family Planning Commission.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Tuesday were Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc, Groupon Inc, Tangoe Inc, Hologic Inc and Caribou Coffee Company Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Monday were PRGX Global Inc, Analog Devices Inc, Frontier Communications Corporation and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Satellite images has shown that activities in a North Korean missile launch site have increased significantly, indicating that the country is preparing for the launch of a long-range ballistic missile in the next three weeks.

A team of experts investigating late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s death excavated his tomb Tuesday and exhumed his remains to determine whether he had been poisoned to death, Voice of Palestine reported.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Monday were ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc, China BAK Battery Inc, OSI Systems Inc, Bazaarvoice Inc and James River Coal Company. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Monday were Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc, Polycom Inc, Oclaro Inc and Illumina Inc.

At least, 16 people were killed in Pakistan’s Lahore city after they took a toxic cough syrup, authorities said. Police have shut three pharmacies that stocked the deadly syrup and a drug company that reportedly manufactured the decoction.

At least 10 children were killed in Syria, Sunday, when the government military planes dropped cluster bombs on a play ground, the opposition groups said.

A fire broke at a multistory building, housing garment factories in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, Monday, in second such incident in two days, reports said.

Iran has written to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the U.N. Security Council, accusing the U.S. Navy of violating its territory and engaging in “illegal acts” in the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf.

The top code breakers from GCHQ, Britain’s most elite secret intelligence service, failed to crack a coded World War II message found attached to the leg of a dead carrier pigeon, and they now seek the help of retired spies and the public.

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, India’s largest drug manufacturer by sales, announced a voluntary recall of its generic version of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor from the U.S. market.

A teenager in India’s capital city of New Delhi was shot dead and her mother critically injured after they tried to stop a man from urinating in public, the police said Thursday.

Walmart and Bharti Enterprises have suspended the chief financial officer and other staff belonging to their joint venture in India pending the outcome of an investigation into a bribery charge.

Ajmal Kasab, one of the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai in India in November 2008, reportedly sought pardon in the name of God seconds before he was executed at Pune’s Yerawada Central Prison Wednesday.

Pakistan Taliban will attack Indian targets to avenge the execution of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving member of a militant squad that attacked multiple targets in Mumbai, the commercial capital of India, Nov. 26, 2008.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were ImmunoGen Inc, MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc, Star Scientific Inc and STEC Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Wednesday were China Auto Logistics, BGC Partners and PDC Energy.

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist involved in the 26/11 Mumbai attack, was hanged to death Wednesday, two weeks after his mercy plea was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist among the 10 gunmen who attacked Mumbai Nov 26, 2008, was executed after President of India Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy petition.

Police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed a security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, a police spokesman said.

Four men were arrested on charges of plotting to kill Americans overseas and bombing public buildings by engaging in jihad, FBI officials said Monday.

The police Monday arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a burglary attempt and death of a Patas monkey at Zoo Boise over the weekend.

U.S. President Barack Obama Monday lauded the courage of fellow Nobel Peace laureate and Myanmarese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has relentlessly fought for establishing democracy in the former pariah country.

In his historic visit to Myanmar Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama hailed the country’s shift to democracy and pushed for further reforms.

Eleven civilians, including nine members of a family, were killed Sunday in the deadliest single strike by the Israeli air force since the cross-border firing started Wednesday between the Palestine Hamas and Israel in the Gaza strip, news agencies reported.