INDIA

Luxury watchmakers are hoping a stronger-than-expected recovery in the United States and global exposure will help them sail through a more challenging market in China, where the days of unstoppable growth are ticking by.

Holi 2012 doesn’t officially start until Thursday, but in Lord Krishna’s land -- Barsana, Vrindavan, and Mathura -- India's festival of colors started nearly a week in advance.

Gold prices snapped three days of losses to rise on Wednesday, helped by the euro paring losses versus the dollar, which eased negative currency effects on the precious metal, and by a tentative recovery in demand for physical gold at lower prices.

An Indian journalist was arrested on Tuesday as a suspect in last month's bombing of an Israeli diplomat's car in New Delhi.

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Gold is down more than 6 percent since late February, having dropped sharply from the year's highs after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke held off signaling a further round of U.S. monetary easing in a key speech.

The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Tuesday were: Apollo Residential Mortgage, Sterlite Industries, First American Corp, Universal American Corp, Hersha Hospitality Trust, Bank of Ireland, iSoftStone Holdings, Seaspan Corp and Tredegar Corp.

The spot price of the benchmark Memphis cotton price have jumped more than 5 percent after India, the world’s second largest producer and exporter of cotton, banned exports of the fibre Tuesday. However, the impact of this ban on prices is expected to be short-lived according to a report.

With respect to Hitler and Nazism, the links to India and Hinduism were deeper and more profound.

Prince Harry arrived in Jamaica to race Usain Bolt just hours after the Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller called for full independence and a cut of royal ties.

The rule, which still must be passed by parliament, will give employers the flexibility of paying compensation in place of an off-day.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd , the world's most valuable lender, said in a statement that its gold leasing business reached 62.8 tonnes of physical metal in 2011.

Myanmar will begin a managed float of its currency in the fiscal year starting in April and wants to develop an interbank money market to end a black-market currency system that critics say deters investment and abets kleptocracy.

It's not all doom and gloom for India's embattled airline sector. IndiGo, a low-fare carrier launched in 2006, has climbed to second place in market share at the expense of Air India and Kingfisher Airlines (KING.NS) and is the only one of India's six main carriers making a profit, for now at least.

Congress party is trailing in fourth place at the time of filing this article, as counting of votes got underway in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, a stunning blow to Rahul Gandhi who had staked his political future on reviving his party's fortunes in the state.

The Bihar Mahavir Mandir Trust held a foundation-laying ceremony on Monday for a $20 million Angkor Wat replica project in India's Bihar state.

U.S. equities sank, mirroring falls across Asia and Europe Monday after China cut its growth target. Worries over whether Greece can entice enough private investors to participate in a bond swap deal also dampened investors' sentiment.

Prince Harry began his Diamond Jubilee tour with visits to Belize, the Bahamas, and Jamaica.

India announced on Monday an immediate ban on all cotton exports until further notice, cutting off the world's second-largest exporter of cotton, in an unexplained move that could limit global supplies and drive up prices.

Katy Perry has not let divorce get her down. In fact, the songstress has clearly used the personal turmoil to unveil an edgier and more risqué side.

A whopping 2,895 Buddha statues and fragments have been excavated recently in northern China’s Hebei province.