India

Seven smaller bombs exploded in Bangalore on July 25, killing at least one person and wounding more than a dozen. India has suffered a series of bombings over the past year, with... 2008-07-29

BMI View: The Indian economy expanded by 8.8% y-o-y in Q108 (calendar year), on the back of strong momentum in the services sector, bringing full-year growth in FY2007/08 to 9.0%.... 2008-07-24

BMI View: We see a clear risk that the central fiscal deficit of INR1.33trn for FY2008/09 targeted by the government will be overshot as it cuts import tariffs and ups spending, bringing... 2008-07-17

The Indian Embassy in Kabul was the target of a suicide bomb killing at least 40 people on July 7. Two senior diplomats and three other Indians are believed to be among the casualties.... 2008-07-07

BMI View: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government continues to look unstable ahead of national elections in the coming year in spite of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's avoidance... 2008-07-07

BMI View: For faster expansion, the economy needs a much more benign monetary policy environment than it currently has, and in the end this boils down to resolving the core problem... 2008-07-07

The pressure on the government is now mounting as the Karnataka state elections in May extended the Congress Party's losing trend ahead of the upcoming national elections, due in... 2008-06-09

BMI View: For faster expansion, the economy needs a much more benign monetary policy environment than it currently has, and in the end this boils down to resolving the core problem... 2008-05-30

The first stage of the Karnataka state elections began on May 10 in what has become a key gauge for the next national elections, due before May 2009. The election campaign was hard-fought,... 2008-05-12

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh kicked off the first ever Indo-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi on April 8 by announcing a Duty Free Tariff Preference Scheme for Least Developed Countries,... 2008-04-11