Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) presents a 'Coin of Bhabha', the founder of the country's nuclear programme, to Director General, International Atomic Enery Mohamed Elbaradei (R) as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) looks on at the International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy 2009 in New Delhi on September 29, 2009. India's prime minister vowed that a massive increase in nuclear power generation over the next four decades would allow the booming country to reduce its impact on global warming. Manmohan Singh told an international atomic conference in New Delhi that the civilian nuclear supply agreement he signed with the United States last year had opened an era for safer, cleaner energy production. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) presents a 'Coin of Bhabha', the founder of the country's nuclear programme, to Director General, International Atomic Enery Mohamed Elbaradei (R) as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) looks on at the International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy 2009 in New Delhi on September 29, 2009. India's prime minister vowed that a massive increase in nuclear power generation over the next four decades would allow the booming country to reduce its impact on global warming. Manmohan Singh told an international atomic conference in New Delhi that the civilian nuclear supply agreement he signed with the United States last year had opened an era for safer, cleaner energy production.

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  11. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives for a press conference in Mumbai on October 11, 2009. India hinted that a suicide attack on its embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul last week was staged by Pakistani militants who oppose its support of President Hamid Karzai's government. Singh, campaigning in Mumbai ahead of local elections, told reporters October 11 that 'Pakistan should realise the great harm that patronisation of terrorist groups has done to South Asia.'
  12. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets the members of the media at the end of his news conference in Srinagar October 29, 2009. Singh reached out to Kashmiri separatists on Wednesday, offering to resume peace talks to end a decades-old insurgency in the Himalayan region. Singh addressed a news conference on Thursday at the end of his two-day official visit to the troubled Kashmir region.
  13. A vendor arranges packets of pulses at a wholesale market in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 11, 2009. The rise in food prices in India is mainly due to a supply shortfall, India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday.
  14. World Bank President Robert B Zoellick arrives for a meeting with Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Mukherjee conveyed his appreciation to the World Bank for their increased lending in the wake of financial crisis, according to a press release.
  15. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, gestures as World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick looks on before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Mukherjee conveyed his appreciation to the World Bank for their increased lending in the wake of financial crisis, according to a press release.
  16. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, shakes hands with World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Mukherjee conveyed his appreciation to the World Bank for their increased lending in the wake of financial crisis, according to a press release.

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