The International Monetary Fund projected the India`s economic growth rate to be 7.7 percent for 2010.
           

       
The group of four major emerging economics Brasil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) expressed their intention to communicate information on their voluntary mitigation actions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This decision was taken at the second ministerial level meeting of the BASIC group of countries in New Delhi.
           
       
China and Japan have been added to the 39 non-traditional export markets identified by the Union Government as part of series of new incentives to encourage Indian exporters to explore non - traditional business avenues.
           

Billionaire Sebastian Pinera was elected Chile`s president with the victory over ex-president Eduardo Frei.
           
       
India is the 88th best place to live, according to the 2010 quality of Life Index published by travel magazine International living.
           
       
A 7.0 magnitude powerful earthquake rocked Haiti, killing possibly over one lakh people.