INDIA

Scientists have confirmed that a piece of rock which fell into Tissint, Morocco on July 18, 2011 was a pure Martian meteorite. The fireball was spotted in the North Africa sky last summer but discovered six month later.

Experts in India are raising red flags after discovering what they are calling totally drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Divers searching the capsized Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia suspended work on Wednesday after the vast wreck shifted slightly, but officials said they are hoping to resume as soon as possible.

The very honest Saha contacted the local State Bank of India office to notify them of their apparent error.

Italian authorities released a list of 28 passengers still missing after the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Italy Friday, including a Minnesota couple named including a Minnesota couple named Barbara and Gerald Heil. .

Observers of India's economy may wonder why inflation has persistently remained high over recent years - much higher than that in many other Asian economies.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will not cut interest rates at its review on Tuesday, although it is nearly unanimously expected to do so by the end of June, a Reuters poll of 22 economists showed.

India's bullion traders stayed away from placing fresh orders after a nearly 90 percent hike in gold import duty was announced earlier this week, while China's gold purchases slowed down ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

Kumquat, Nypon and Pepper are just a few devices that are set to hit the markets in April.

Tensions between Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the military have risen over the Supreme Court investigation into a purported government memo seeking help to prevent a possible military coup.

Gold prices could rise to $2,000 an ounce in 2012, according to the predictions of the latest Thomson Reuters GFMS survey and GFMS Ltd's CEO Philip Klapwijk.

The start of the 2012 brought the highest January gas prices in history, and analysts warn that prices could keep climbing as the warm-weather driving seasons approaches.

LONDON, Jan 17 - The downgrade of much of Europe's credit ratings demonstrates in perhaps the bluntest terms so far the collapse of any lingering -- if lazy -- assumptions that developed states are somehow safer than emerging counterparts.

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, the country's top carmaker, raised prices of all its models on Tuesday, sending its shares up as much as 11 percent as investors rallied behind the company after months of falling sales appeared to have levelled in December.

India, the world's biggest consumer of bullion, has changed the import duty on gold to two percent of value from the earlier flat 300 rupees per 10 grams and that of silver to six percent of value from 1,500 rupees per kilogram, the government said.

American talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, who arrived in India to film an episode of her talk show, was given a warm welcome and an exclusive party, which was attended by prominent stars of the Indian film industry.

The IBT 1000 List of the fastest-growing public companies in the world -- which debuts today for what its editors hope will be yearly issuance -- is a reflection of the engines driving the world's economic growth.

Hosting the majority of the planet's population, it is not a surprise to see Asian countries playing an increasingly prominent role in today's business world.

The top six fastest growing real estate companies mirrored the state of development around the world. As the U.S. and Europe languish, recovering from a glut of pre-recession overdevelopment, Asia, India and the Middle East have seen a construction boom

Kale believes physicians in Canada and the U.S. should adopt policies that limit the information released about the sex of unborn fetuses to after 30 weeks. Kale indicates that because families can discover the sex of their child early in pregnancies, selective abortions occur that target female fetuses.

ConocoPhillips is said to be in talks with the sub-continent oil company, and could sell some of its land leases in South Texas.