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WORLD
Feb 22, 2015
Modi bets on GM crops to feed India
On a fenced plot not far from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home, a field of mustard is in full yellow bloom, representing his government's reversal of an effective ban on field trials of genetically modified (GM) food crops.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 21, 2015
Modi's suit beats Marilyn Monroe's pink dress with $690,000 sale
Not even Marilyn Monroe's pink dress could match Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's suit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2015
The U.S.-India nuclear breakthrough that wasn't
Nuclear power faces an uncertain future, with few new reactors under construction in the West. Yet India has continued to place the nuclear deal at the hub of its relationship with America.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Feb 5, 2015
India bets on U.S. aircraft carrier technology
India wants to use state-of-the-art U.S. technology to boost the range and potency of a planned aircraft carrier, defense sources said, a move that would tie their arms programs closer together and counter China's military influence in the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2015
U.S.-India nuclear 'breakthrough' could be finalized within the year: officials
A "breakthrough understanding" to fling open India's nuclear power sector to U.S. firms reached during President Barack Obama's visit to New Delhi last month could be finalized this year, Indian officials have said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 3, 2015
Indian's Modi stokes radical Hindus' anger over economic focus
In an ashram near the Ganges River in the Himalayan foothills, Indian priest-turned-politician Sakshi Maharaj mimes rowing a boat to illustrate what will happen if Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government ignores Hindu nationalist demands.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2015
New phase in India-U.S. ties
What India's prime minister and a lame-duck U.S. president have just accomplished again underscores how well Narendra Modi understands the workings of modern-day diplomacy and how far ahead he is of his political critics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2015
Global warming deal gains steam as Modi signals shift on climate change
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is ready to expand its use of renewable energy as a way to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, a signal that his government is moving toward joining an international deal on global warming.
WORLD
Jan 26, 2015
Obama backs India's solar goals, seeks support for climate talks
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday offered to help finance India's ambitious solar energy target and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support at global climate talks in Paris later this year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2015
Modi, Obama announce nuclear breakthrough after New Delhi talks
In a glow of bonhomie, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a deal aimed at unlocking billions of dollars in nuclear trade, a step that both sides hope will help establish an enduring strategic partnership.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 24, 2015
Obama looking to leverage ties with Modi during India trip
Barack Obama will do something in India on Monday that an American president almost never does in public: He'll sit in one place, in a foreign country, for hours.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 22, 2015
As Obama prepares to visit, India pushes back against Chinese influence in region
When Sri Lanka unexpectedly turfed out President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an election this month, it was the biggest setback in decades for China's expansion into South Asia — and a remarkable diplomatic victory for India.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2015
'The Messenger of God'? India censor quits over guru's Bollywood dreams
An Indian film that features a self-styled spiritual leader in jewel-studded costume riding motorbikes and sending the bad guys flying has prompted the chief of the country's censorship panel to quit, citing government interference.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2015
The campaign to glorify Gandhi's assassin
A strident new campaign by a radical Hindu group seeks to rehabilitate the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 as an Indian hero who was inspired by 'love of country.'
WORLD
Jan 12, 2015
Solar, nuclear, climate progress possible on Obama India visit
There could be progress on U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation, solar power and climate change when U.S. President Barack Obama visits India in two weeks, U.S. officials said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2015
Modi passes 'Thatcher test' as coal union strike crumbles
Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced down the first major opposition to his economic agenda as coal unions called off a 2-day-old strike that threatened to paralyze the nation.
WORLD
Dec 29, 2014
Crude bomb kills woman in India's high-tech capital
A crude bomb exploded outside a busy restaurant in India's high-tech capital of Bangalore, killing a woman and wounding a man, police said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 22, 2014
India tables nuclear power insurance plan, hoping to attract U.S. firms
India is offering to set up an insurance pool to indemnify global nuclear suppliers against liability in the case of a nuclear accident, in a bid to unblock billions of dollars in trade held up by concerns over exposure to risk.
WORLD / Society
Dec 21, 2014
In challenge to Modi, India Hindu group to convert Muslims, Christians
The head of India's most powerful Hindu group vowed to press ahead with a campaign to convert Muslims and Christians to Hinduism, stoking a sensitive debate that has stalled parliament and threatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic reform agenda.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 21, 2014
10 years on, tsunami warning stumbles at the 'last mile'
In April 2012, Indonesia's Banda Aceh, the city worst hit by the tsunami that killed nearly 230,000 people on Dec. 26, 2004, received a terrifying reminder of how unprepared it was for the next disaster.

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