Seems to me that India has a really good image internationally in the way of businesses, corporations etc but at the same time India also has high number of poor people etc.

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However, each of the leading aspirants to a permanent seat has its opponents (Pakistan opposes India, Mexico opposes Brazil, etc), so years of arguing over reforms to the council's membership have got nowhere.

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But overseas, cell phones are sold at a wide range of kiosks, which is part of the reason why cell phones have a relatively low level of retail quality in many emerging countries and regions, such as India, Russia, southeast Asia, etc.

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They made no high profile India visits, have no major operations, etc.

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The central banks of China, India, Russia, Thailand, South Korea etc have increased their gold holdings, while hedge funds with leveraged golds positions have lightened up.

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He sees a global recession, pointing to the problems in the Eurozone (Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland, etc) also highlighting the slowdown in India and China as cause for concern.

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