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India's industrial production rises to 11.7 pct in October

STORY: India's industrial production rises to 11.7 pct in October SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people making electronic parts 2. various of street views in India STORYLINE: India's factory activity growth, determined by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) increased to a 16-month high of 11.7 percent in October, government data showed Tuesday. The growth was attributed mainly to the good performance shown by the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors. "For the month of October 2023, the quick estimates of IIP with base 2011-12 stand at 144.7. The indices of industrial production for the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors for the month of October 2023 stand at 127.4, 141.8 and 203.8 respectively," said the federal ministry of statistics and program implementation (MoSPI). As per use-based classification, the indices stand at 146.1 for primary goods, 106.9 for capital good

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Woodford drops comeback bid as Olympus president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011, shows former Olympus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Woodford. He said on Jan. 6, 2012, that he will give up his bid to regain the presidency of the scandal-mired optical and medical equipment maker.

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JFA braces as Aguirre named in Spanish match-fixing complaint

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre attends a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 15, 2014, to announce his 23-man squad for the Asian Cup to be held in Australia in January. Aguirre was named by Spain's anticorruption prosecutor the same day for alleged match fixing in a 2011 game in the country's top-flight soccer league.

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JFA braces as Aguirre named in Spanish match-fixing complaint

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre poses for photos on Dec. 15, 2014, in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward with team uniforms for the Asian Cup to be held in Australia in January. Aguirre was named by Spain's anticorruption prosecutor the same day for alleged match fixing in a 2011 game in the country's top-flight soccer league.

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S. Korea sends team to Japan to review import ban

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyoshi Honkawa (R), director general of Japan's Fisheries Agency, speaks at the outset of a meeting with a South Korean expert team at the agency in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2014. South Korea is expected to discuss easing of import restrictions imposed on fishery products from eight Japanese prefectures, including Fukushima, following the 2011 nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan.

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Kids enjoy citrus picking in ex-evacuation zone

HIRONO, Japan - Kindergartners take part in picking "mikan" at an orange grove in the Fukushima prefectural town of Hirono on Dec. 15, 2014. The town near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was once designated as an evacuation zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster in the northeastern Japanese prefecture.

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Kids enjoy citrus picking in ex-evacuation zone

HIRONO, Japan - Kindergartners take part in picking "mikan" at an orange grove in the Fukushima prefectural town of Hirono on Dec. 15, 2014. The town was once designated as an evacuation zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster in the northeastern Japanese prefecture. The orange grove resumed fruit picking in 2013 due to progress in decontamination work.

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Work underway to demolish lodging facility hit by tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Work is seen underway on Dec. 15, 2014, to demolish Enoshima Kyosai Kaikan, a lodging facility in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, overturned by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Demolition of tsunami-hit facility begins in Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - A four-story accommodation facility, "Enoshima Kyosai Kaikan," in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, overturned by the March 2011 tsunami, is seen on Dec. 11, 2014. Demolition work began on Dec. 15, although some people had asked to keep it as a relic of the disaster in northeastern Japan.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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IAEA, Fukushima to cooperate on decontamination

KORIYAMA, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (L) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato shake hands in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2012, after signing an agreement to work closely on decontamination and radiation monitoring work in the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear power plant crisis in Fukushima.

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IAEA, Fukushima to cooperate on decontamination

KORIYAMA, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (2nd from L) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (2nd from R) attend a ceremony in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2012, to sign an agreement to work closely on decontamination and radiation monitoring work in the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear power plant crisis in Fukushima.

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Japanese ski jumper Takanashi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 3, 2011, shows Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi. Takanashi, 15, placed second in a World Cup event on Jan. 8, 2012, in Hinterzarten, Germany, becoming the first Japanese female jumper to stand on the podium in the three events held so far on the inaugural World Cup ski jumping circuit.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from back to front) the No. 6, No. 5, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 reactors of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from L) the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 reactors of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Police officer in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A police officer holds Iraq's national flag in Baghdad on Dec. 8, 2011. U.S. forces in Iraq held a ceremony in Baghdad on Dec. 15, 2011, to officially end their military mission in Iraq.

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Japan declares 'cold shutdown' of Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 15, 2011, shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Dec. 16 the plant has achieved a stable state of cold shutdown, nine months after the outbreak of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents.

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Baseball: Wada signs 2-year contract with Orioles

BALTIMORE, United States - Japanese left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada puts on his Baltimore Orioles uniform during a press conference in Baltimore, Mariland, on Dec. 15, 2011, after the Orioles signed him to a two-year contract with a club option for 2014.

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F-15s resume flights

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo shows F-15 fighters at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2011. The air force resumed drills using the F-15s the same day, following their suspension after an external fuel tank fell off a fighter on Oct. 7.

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Street in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria - A large portrait of President Bashar al-Assad is displayed along a street in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Davies in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, holds a press conference at a Beijing hotel on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Villa breaks leg

YOKOHAMA, Japan - FC Barcelona's David Villa reacts after being injured during the first half of a Club World Cup semifinal with Qatar's Al-Sadd in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Villa was later found to have broken his left leg. Barcelona won 4-0 and advanced to meet Brazil's Santos in the final.

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Messi against Al Sadd

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Lionel Messi performs an overhead kick during the second half of a Club World Cup semifinal match against Al Sadd at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0.

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Barcelona beat Al Sadd 4-0

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Maxwell (R) scores the fourth goal during the second half of a Club World Cup semifinal match against Al Sadd at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0. At left is Abdulla Koni (21) of the Qatari club.

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Messi against Al Sadd

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Lionel Messi (10) takes a free kick during the second half of a Club World Cup semifinal match against Al Sadd at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0.

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Messi against Al Sadd

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Lionel Messi performs an overhead kick during the second half of a Club World Cup semifinal match against Al Sadd at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0. At right is Ibrahim Abdulmajed (13) of the Qatari club.

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Messi against Al Sadd

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Lionel Messi shoots during the second half of a Club World Cup semifinal match against Al Sadd at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0. At left is Kader Keita (12) of the Qatari club.

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Woodford at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Barcelona beat Al Sadd 4-0

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Seydou Keita (R) scores the third goal during the second half of a Club World Cup semifinal match against Al Sadd at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0. At left is Mohamed Saqr, goalkeeper of the Qatari club.

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Villa breaks leg

YOKOHAMA, Japan - FC Barcelona's David Villa (C) is taken off the field injured during the first half of a Club World Cup semifinal with Qatar's Al-Sadd in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Villa was later found to have broken his left leg. Barcelona won 4-0 and advanced to meet Brazil's Santos in the final.

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British envoy calls on Japan to buy both U.S., European fighters

TOKYO, Japan - British Ambassador to Japan David Warren speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011. He called on Japan to consider procuring both the U.S.-made F-35 stealth jet and the European-designed Eurofighter as its next-generation mainstay fighters amid reports the Japanese government plans to choose the F-35.

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Barcelona beat Al Sadd 4-0

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Adriano (R) scores his second goal during the first half of a Club World Cup semifinal match against Al Sadd at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0. At left is Nadir Belhadj (3) of the Qatari club.

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Messi against Al Sadd

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Lionel Messi (L) and Ibrahim Abdulmajed (13) of Al Sadd compete for the ball during the first half of a Club World Cup semifinal match at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0.

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Barcelona beat Al Sadd 4-0

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Adriano celebrates after scoring his second goal during the first half of a Club World Cup semifinal match against Al Sadd at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0.

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Astronaut Furukawa in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (L front) poses for photos with astronauts from the United States and Russia in front of a statue of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training center at Star City in suburban Moscow on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Messi against Al Sadd

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Lionel Messi (R) is tackled by Ibrahim Abdulmajed (13) of Al Sadd during the first half of a Club World Cup semifinal match at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011. Barcelona won 4-0.

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King in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights, speaks with reporters at a Beijing hotel on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Protest in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean conservative group rally in front of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul on Dec. 15, 2011, to protest over the recent fatal stabbing of a South Korean Coast Guard officer by a Chinese fisherman caught illegally fishing in the Yellow Sea.

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Astronaut Furukawa in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa holds a press conference at the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training center at Star City in suburban Moscow on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Messi against Al Sadd

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Lionel Messi plays in a Club World Cup semifinal match against Al Sadd at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011.

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McDonald's Japan's Harada

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, president of McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), introduces the company's new products at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Saito joins D-backs

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pitcher Takashi Saito speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011, after Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks said they had agreed to terms on a one-year contract for the right-handed reliever.

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Softbank's Son

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Nov. 21, 2011, in Tokyo shows Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of Softbank Corp. Son was chosen as the best company president of 2011 for the second consecutive year in an Internet survey of corporate executives in Japan, the Sanno Institute of Management said Dec. 15, 2011.

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Solar power plant in Hokkaido

OBIHIRO, Japan - Softbank Corp., which has formed a natural energy council with 35 of Japan's 47 prefectures, launches power generation at a 100-kilowatt experimental solar power plant in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Olympus executives bow in apology over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Corp. President Shuichi Takayama (far L) and other executives of the camera and medical equipment maker bow at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011, in a gesture of apology for accounting fraud involving a coverup of colossal losses.

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Sony Computer Entertainment's House

TOKYO, Japan - Andrew House, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Nuclear drill at U.S. flattop in Japan

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The governments of Japan and the United States jointly hold a nuclear drill at the U.S. aircraft-carrier George Washington in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Olympus to hold shareholders' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Corp. President Shuichi Takayama speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011. He said the company, which is mired in a financial loss coverup scandal, plans to hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting in March or April 2012.

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Informing height above sea level in 4 languages

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Authorities in the port city of Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2011 begin hanging plates in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean, showing a location's elevation above sea level, for use by citizens and tourists escaping a tsunami. The city has Chinatown and other tourist spots along its coast.

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Killer whale transported

NAGOYA, Japan - Male killer whale Bingo is lifted at Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Nagoya on Dec. 15, 2011. He was transported by ship from Kamogawa Seaworld aquarium in Chiba Prefecture.