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Indian officials from the Food Corporation of India and from the Agriculture Produce Market Committee and farmers look on as a prospective seller sifts through grains of wheat during an auction

India: A Political Move Against Inflation

May 8, 2008 1837 GMT

India is banning futures trading on several commodities, including an assortment of food, in an attempt to slow down inflation and thus prevent riots during a politically sensitive time for the ruling party. [more]

Situation Reports

India: Will Not Ban Additional Farm Goods From Futures

May 12, 2008 1356 GMT

India: To Test Intermediate Range Missile

May 12, 2008 1348 GMT

India: Formal Protest Over Kashmir Gunshots

May 9, 2008 1727 GMT

India: May Ease Rice Export Ban

May 9, 2008 1701 GMT

France, India: Nuclear Cooperation Plan To Be Finalized

May 9, 2008 1654 GMT

More Situation Reports

India: Energy Woes and Congress' Future

May 6, 2008 2030 GMT

Private gasoline retailers in India have begun shutting off their gas pumps. [more]

Indian Farmers at a Grain Auction in Gujarat State on April 25

India: Elections and Agricultural Insecurity

May 1, 2008 1723 GMT

Despite efforts to halt the rise of commodity prices, the global food crisis spells trouble for India's ruling party. [more]

Iran: Pipeline Diplomacy in South Asia

April 29, 2008 1235 GMT

India’s government hosts Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for talks on a $7 billion gas pipeline project, deepening the difficulties Washington faces in its attempts to keep Iran isolated. Marla Dial reports. [more]

Syed Salahuddin, commander of militant group Hizbul Mujahideen

Pakistan: A New Phase in the Militant Proxy Saga

April 28, 2008 2258 GMT

Several banned Kashmiri militant groups are resurfacing in major Pakistani cities, Pakistan's Dawn News reported April 25. (With Stratfor map) [more]