Read more India stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/766/india.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:21:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74592/first-state-dinner-to-reveal-obama-a-listers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashington notables are still scrambling for an invitation to the White House state dinner Tuesday in honor of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. The event, to be held in a heated tent on the South Lawn, will display who’s truly on Obama’s A-list, and the lobbying for a seat has...http://www.newser.com/story/74592/first-state-dinner-to-reveal-obama-a-listers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 1:42:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74536/india-miffed-by-obamas-bond-with-beijing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama might find Indian PM Manmohan Singh a bit prickly when he arrives in Washington this weekend, after Obama gave India short shrift during his recent Asia trip. Obama didn’t mention India at all in his speech on US relations with Asia, and caused further offense in a joint...http://www.newser.com/story/74536/india-miffed-by-obamas-bond-with-beijing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:30:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72193/21-killed-in-india-train-wreck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Indian passenger train plowed into another near the Taj Mahal early today, killing 21 people and injuring more than a dozen. The rear car of the struck train, which was reserved for women and disabled passengers, took the brunt of the impact. Soldiers and villagers near the accident in...http://www.newser.com/story/72193/21-killed-in-india-train-wreck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 3:18:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72106/now-driving-innovation-in-india-the-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndian engineers once did little but cater to Western companies, while consumers at home made do with hand-me-down products from the developed world. That is changing in a big way as foreign economies crater and the 1.1 billion consumers of the subcontinent reveal a taste for, well, consuming. And...http://www.newser.com/story/72106/now-driving-innovation-in-india-the-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 13:04:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72099/west-eases-off-carbon-demands-for-china-india.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndustrialized nations backed away from long-term carbon cut demands on developing nations yesterday, in the hopes of reaching a deal at December's Copenhagen summit. The US and EU have pushed for a 50% reduction in global carbon emissions by 2050, but China and India refused to sign up, wary of...http://www.newser.com/story/72099/west-eases-off-carbon-demands-for-china-india.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 10:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71659/india-wont-hand-over-mother-teresas-remains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMother Teresa isn’t going anywhere, say Indian authorities. Teresa’s parents were from Albania, and the country had requested her remains. Macedonia, where Teresa grew up, may also want the body ahead of the 100th anniversary of her birth next year. “Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen and she is resting...http://www.newser.com/story/71659/india-wont-hand-over-mother-teresas-remains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 11:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71502/columbus-the-crusaders-legacy-endures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis Columbus Day, James Carroll invites us to reconsider the man and his motivations. Pop culture has secularized Columbus, concentrating on his mission in search of gold, spices, and trade routes. That ignores his central motivation: expanding the dominion of Christianity. An “old Crusader” ambition motivated Columbus, Carroll writes for...http://www.newser.com/story/71502/columbus-the-crusaders-legacy-endures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 16:45:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71480/obama-team-downplays-risks-in-afghan-pullback.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS military and intelligence officials see dangerous misrepresentations in the Obama team’s flirting with a limited, anti-al-Qaeda strategy in Afghanistan. “The White House is downplaying the dangers of doing the only thing that they think Congress and the public will support,” an official tells McClatchy. But taking the focus off...http://www.newser.com/story/71480/obama-team-downplays-risks-in-afghan-pullback.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 11:57:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71434/in-rural-india-mr-right-must-have-a-toilet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndia's economy may be booming, but 665 million people in the world's second-largest nation have no access to indoor plumbing—not only an inconvenience, but a health hazard that leads to diarrhea, typhoid, and malaria. But these days, newly assertive rural women are insisting that suitors have a toilet before...http://www.newser.com/story/71434/in-rural-india-mr-right-must-have-a-toilet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 7:17:21 CDT