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Indian data shows shock fall in industrial output
Aug 9th, 2012
India's industrial production contracted by a shock 1.8 percent from a year earlier in June, as manufacturing output shrank in Asia's third-largest economy, official figures showed on Thursday. (Source: AFP) -
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