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	Asia Daily Briefing - India's high-speed ambitions October 15, 2018

	India considers partial  opening of first high  speed rail project NEW DELHI -- India's planned  bullet train has been called a  "game changer" by economists,   but the country may have to  settle for opening only a portion  of its first high-speed railway,  as project leaders race to meet  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious target launch date of  August 2022.
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