India Prepares to Launch Mars Orbiter in Space Race With China

India is preparing to launch a spacecraft to Mars tomorrow, striving to put a probe into orbit around the red planet before China and Japan.

India PM says economic growth issue of national security

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Politicians should treat India's economic growth as a national security issue, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday, warning a lack of consensus is holding back Asia's third-largest economy as it tries to drag millions from poverty.