Underachiever tag 99% accurate: 'PM'

July 09, 2012 14:18

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday slammed a Time Asia report that dubbed him "The Underachiever,' saying that it represented another example of bias and inaccuracy in the news media. "It is not 100% accurate by any stretch,' he fumed. "It is only 98% accurate at most.' Finance Minister Manmohan Singh added: "The India underachievement story is intact.'

That's Paul Beckett's tongue-in-cheek piece on the WSJ. Read

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