Portal:Current events/India/2006 October 18

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• Ratan Tata's Tata Steel bids to purchase London-based Corus Group Plc, for US $7.6 billion, to become the sixth largest steel producer in the world. Tata Steel is currently in 56th place. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aD9wWJ.igq6A&refer=home (Bloomberg)]
• 2006 ICC Champions Trophy: West Indies beats Australia by 10 runs in the fourth cricket match at Mumbai. [http://www1.cricinfo.com/iccct2006/engine/match/249748.html (CricInfo.com)]
• Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and leader of Jamaat-ud-daawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed, who was released early after 71 days in detention, proclaims India as Pakistan's "eternal enemy". [http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/19/stories/2006101903311600.htm (The Hindu)]

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