The president of Board for Control of Cricket in India N Srinivasan told reporters that he was "shocked" by the developments which he described as "a bolt from the blue".
The Asian Wall Street Journal's Jonathan Karp said the second biggest winner in India was "unusual grassroots politician" N.
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Media in India are criticising the cricket board chief N Srinivasan for merely "stepping aside" and not resigning from the post over spot-fixing allegations in the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament.
The five U.N. peacekeepers were from India and were part of a convoy of 32 Indian peacekeepers that came under attack in an ambush in Jonglei, South Sudan, according to Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs.
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The continent's urban population is also projected to exceed that of China and India by 2050, according to U.N. figures.
He said it was "madness" that Africa, South America and India did not hold a permanent seat on the U.N.
There are probably other demographic surprises lurking in mid-century (as there will be for India and the United States), just as the U.N. surprised everyone worldwide with its latest projections on May 3rd, 2011.
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India-born dentist Savpreet S. Dhami and his family moved to Cortland, N.
This 49-year-old son of a steelman from Rajasthan, India buys troubled mills all over the world and tucks them into his Ispat International N.
While the EU and the U.S.A are in weak recovery, and potentially sliding back into another recession, India, Brazil, and especially China, as well as the up-and-coming N-11 markets, are growing rapidly.
The announcement of the winners, which was made by children in a series of press conferences in India, Sweden and South Africa, was timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of U.N.
New Delhi has asked India's Supreme Court to decide whether the case should be arbitrated at the Paris body, a U.N. panel or an Indian panel.
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