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...Long-standing differences could also erupt over the relationship of Pakistan's shadowy Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency with militant groups. Malik emphasized on Thursday that the suspects were "non-state actors" - a perspective shared by Washington and London. But Shiv Shankar Menon, India's Foreign Secretary, bluntly accused the military-led ISI of involvement. "The perpetrators planned, trained and launched their attacks from Pakistan, and the organizers were and remain clients and creations of the ISI," he told a conference last week in Paris, provoking fury among the Pakistani establishment...
...along the border in Kashmir. Starting July 28, soldiers on both sides of the border exchanged gunfire for 16 hours in what was termed the most serious violation of the fragile cease-fire in place since 2003. Following routine security talks on July 21, Indian foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon said the peace process between the two countries was "under stress...
...after World War II,” Paul said. “And when you remember the long bull run of the postwar era, you realize that current Indian growth is only in its early innings, despite how much the economy has already grown.” Prasad R. Menon, a managing director at Tata Power who participated in a panel on expanding India’s energy production, described the current situation in India: Energy is in constant shortage as demand continues to expand. Menon blamed the government for not providing entrepreneurs in the energy sector with clear policy...
...exchange rates starts hitting the shelves. Also cheaper are the cost of some overseas flights and hotel rooms, especially in the U.S. "We've definitely seen growth in outbound traffic since the rupee started strengthening, both at the individual level and at the corporate level," says Madhavan Menon, the managing director of travel company Thomas Cook India...
...Euromonitor International, a market research company, estimates that the number of Indians traveling overseas will more than double to 16.3 million by 2011. But a stronger rupee could accelerate that growth. "The inducement to go this year or next year for some people is down to the rupee," says Menon. "It's making the decision to book a trip easier...