Indian President Pratibha Patil (L) administers the oath of office to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) at the presidential palace in New Delhi May 22, 2009. Singh was sworn-in on Friday for a second five-year term with a host of old-guard ministers at a time of economic downturn and fraught ties with Pakistan. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Indian President Pratibha Patil (L) administers the oath of office to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) at the presidential palace in New Delhi May 22, 2009. Singh was sworn-in on Friday for a second five-year term with a host of old-guard ministers at a time of economic downturn and fraught ties with Pakistan.

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  3. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, right, listen as Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed, unseen, speaks at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  4. U.N. Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Sha Zukang, back to camera, talks to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, second from left, look on at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  5. 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.'
  6. 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.
  7. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (seated) addresses a 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.
  8. 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 Wednesday at the end of his two-day official visit to the troubled Kashmir region.
  9. Indian Commerce and Industr Minister Anand Sharma speaks with President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at the 29th India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi on November 14, 2009. Fourtyfour countries and 27 Indian states participate in the 14-day multi-product show focusing on the themes of tourism, industry and promoting exports of small and medium sized companies.
  10. Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurate the 29th India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi on November 14, 2009. Fourtyfour countries and 27 Indian states participate in the 14-day multi-product show focusing on the themes of tourism, industry and promoting exports of small and medium sized companies.
  11. LONDON - OCTOBER 29: Queen Elizabeth II, left, and India's President Prathibha Devi Singh Patil, second from left, arrive to launch launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games outside Buckingham Palace October 29, 2009 in London. The Indian President, Prathibha Devi Singh Patil, and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, are concluding their three-day state visit to the UK during which they have stayed in Windsor Castle.
  12. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Queen Elizabeth II (R) and the President of the Republic of India, Prathibha Devi Singh Patil, enter Buckingham Palace prior to the Indian President's departure on October 29, 2009 in London, England. The Indian President and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, are concluding their three-day state visit to the UK during which they have stayed in Windsor Castle.
  13. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Queen Elizabeth II (L) bids farewell to the President of the Republic of India, Prathibha Devi Singh Patil (C) and Indian dignitaries, in the grounds of Buckingham Palace on October 29, 2009 in London, England. The Indian President and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, are concluding their three-day state visit to the UK during which they have stayed in Windsor Castle.
  14. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Queen Elizabeth II (R) bids farewell to the President of the Republic of India, Prathibha Devi Singh Patil, in the grounds of Buckingham Palace on October 29, 2009 in London, England. The Indian President and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, are concluding their three-day state visit to the UK during which they have stayed in Windsor Castle.
  15. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Queen Elizabeth II (R) bids farewell to the President of the Republic of India, Prathibha Devi Singh Patil (L) and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat (C), in the grounds of Buckingham Palace on October 29, 2009 in London, England. The Indian President and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, are concluding their three-day state visit to the UK during which they have stayed in Windsor Castle.
  16. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Queen Elizabeth II (R) bids farewell to the President of the Republic of India, Prathibha Devi Singh Patil (not pictured), in the grounds of Buckingham Palace on October 29, 2009 in London, England. The Indian President and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, are concluding their three-day state visit to the UK during which they have stayed in Windsor Castle.

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