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More than 40 writers and artists have returned top national awards in a protest against what they call a “climate of intolerance” in India.
Markets have also been buoyed by strong stock performance in China's benchmark indices.
A four-day India-Africa Summit begins in New Delhi on October 26.
The US geological Survey in 2008 said the Arctic Circle has an estimated 90 billion barrels of recoverable oil.
Boko Haram, has come under repeated attacks from the Nigerian, Chadian and Cameroonian armies in recent weeks.
Three quarters of the funding will come from China Development Bank.
Nobel winner Angus Deaton warns against the terrible dangers of inequality and the threat it poses to democracy in India.
China is stepping up engagement with ASEAN even as the US repeatedly asserts its seriousness about the Asia Pivot policy.
Russian jets started air strikes against terrorist targets in Syria two weeks ago.
The US and China are among the largest markets for illegal wildlife trade.