08 from $1 billion in 2001-02.
WILL IT LEAD TO A DIPLOMATIC ROW?
Unlikely, despite an influential faction within the Indian government which is hawkish toward China.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
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Earlier this year, Singh appointed Shiv Shankar Menon as national security adviser, replacing a former intelligence chief seen as having a more hawkish approach to regional security. This was seen as a signal that Singh wanted to reach out to Beijing.
The row will probably be resolved through dialogue, in the same manner other twitchy issues have been dealt with.
Given the huge amount of business at stake
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(Additional reporting by Krittivas Mukherjee; Editing by Rina Chandran and Paul de Bendern)
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A five-year political crisis in Thailand has descended into violence in the past two months and at least 66 people have been killed as protesters, some of them armed, have battled troops on the streets of the capital.
A climax to the most recent bout of violence appeared close on Monday but a deadline for protesters to leave their sprawling camp in the heart of Bangkok passed without incident. Troops have tried to block roads to starve them out, but fighting has erupted in new areas.
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