Forty-two-year-old Renu Bose came to New Delhi from her village in West Bengal state to work as a house maid, two years ago.

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We have not reached that stage yet,". New Delhi and Beijing signed an agreement in October to jointly work on climate change and stand united at the Copenhagen conference.

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Key buildings in need of better earthquake-proofing have been identified in Delhi, and work is under way.

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"Everyone thought that having a women's cab service in Delhi was not going to work, " she recalls.

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One of the leaders of this nascent market, Pangea3, whose offices in Delhi and Mumbai take on work from clients worldwide, expects to earn twice as much revenue this month as in January 2009.

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