Miles Palmer, Head of Business Development at the BBC World Service, regards India as an important market for the BBC.

BBC: news via text reaches India

Although G8 summits are renowned for fine communiques, the group increasingly suffers from a credibility problem - some of the world's largest economies like China, India and Brazil are not members, says BBC world affairs correspondent Emily Buchanan.

BBC: UK assumes presidency of G8 group

Novy Kapadia, one of India's leading sports commentators, told BBC World Service's Sports International programme that Mirza's "phenomenal achievement" had made her a role model in the country.

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