• Kenyan Crisis Boosts Indian Tea Prospects
  A major drought in Kenya that is decimating its population has also created a shortfall of 30 million kilograms (mkgs) of tea in the world market that will soon be filled by Indian tea exporters from domestic production of 928 mkgs.<More>

• India Top Retail Destination
  A T Kearney's Global Retail Development Index 2006 ranked India as the most attractive destination for mass merchant and food retailing when compared to 30 peer emerging markets.<More>

• ISRO & NASA in Moon Tie-up
  The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) & US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) so NASA can send 2 instruments on the Chandraayan-1 mission to the Moon. <More>

• Key Varanasi Blast Suspect Killed
  Acting on a tip from the Uttar Pradesh police, a joint team of the Army and the Jammu & Kashmir police raided a safe house on the border town Handwara and killed the key suspect in the Varanasi serial bombing.<More>

• Growing Importance of Navy  
  Reviewing the Naval exercises of the Western Fleet, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, "All great powers have also been great trading nations, and we cannot be a great trading nation without a strong maritime capability."<More>

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• Indo-Bangla Meet on Customs & Water
  India and Bangladesh officials met to iron out differences in inter-state customs levies, issues, and protocol to boost bilateral trade and the implementation of the Ganga Water Accord of 1996.<More>