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19 July, 2013

G20 Seeks To Chart Recovery Course Amid Choppy Markets

MOSCOW (TIP): The world's economic crisis response team will grapple with the prospect of more market volatility as finance ministers…

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19 July, 2013

Ponzi Schemes: Govt Enacts Ordinance

NEW DELHI (TIP): President Pranab Mukherjee promulgated an ordinance allowing the Securities & Exchange Board of India to regulate any…

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19 July, 2013

Economy To Grow Lower Than 6.5% In FY14: PM

NEW DELHI (TIP): India's economy may grow slower than previously expected 6.5 percent for the year to March 2014, Prime…

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19 July, 2013

MOVIE REVIEW – BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG

Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Divya Dutta, Prakash Raj, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Rebecca Breeds Direction: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Genre:…

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19 July, 2013

They Thought Bullets Would Silence Us…

On Friday, July 12, the United Nations Assembly listened spellbound to 16-year-old Malala, who was shot by the Talibans in…

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12 July, 2013

ISUZU TO ASSEMBLE SUV, TRUCK AT HM PLANT

KOLKATA (TIP): Japanese automobile manufacturer Isuzu Motors' local subsidiary Isuzu Motors India entered into an agreement with Hindustan Motors (HM)…

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12 July, 2013

USAID To Bring In $100mn For India’s Clean Energy Sector

Chennai (TIP): The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and US-based institutional investor Northern Lights Capital Group will together bring…

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12 July, 2013

INDIA-ISRAEL TRADE PACT WILL BOOST VOLUME BY $2 B : ENVOY

Hyderabad (TIP): The India-Israel free trade agreement, which is close to being concluded, will have far reaching implications on both…

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12 July, 2013

Easier Entry, Faster Registration For Foreign Institutions

MUMBAI (TIP): Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) will now be able to enter Indian markets faster and register themselves more quickly…

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12 July, 2013

MOVIE REVIEW – LOOTERA

Cast: Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha, Barun Chanda, Adil Hussain Direction: Vikramaditya Motwane Genre: Romance Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes STORY:…

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12 July, 2013

Could Taliban Talks Lead To Partition Of Afghanistan?

The big question for the Afghans is: what happens in the long term? What will Kabul require to maintain the…

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6 July, 2013

GHANCHAKKAR

Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, Rajesh Sharma, Namit Das Direction: Raj Kumar Gupta Genre: Thriller Duration: 2 hours 19 minutes…

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5 July, 2013

MOVIE REVIEW -GHANCHAKKAR

Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, Rajesh Sharma, Namit Das Direction: Raj Kumar Gupta Genre: Thriller Duration: 2 hours 19 minutes…

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5 July, 2013

Egypt: The True Revolution has begun

The fast developing situation in Egypt and the rapid ouster of President Mohamed Morsi has puzzled many and belied the…

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5 July, 2013

Egypt coup: the military has not just ousted Morsi; it has ousted democracy

While millions of Mohamed Morsi's opponents continue to celebrate his ousting, they ignore the long term fallout of the army's…

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1 July, 2013

NASA to support ISRO in India’s Mars mission

MUMBAI (TIP): The US would support India in its much-awaited Rs 450-crore Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) slated for lift off…

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1 July, 2013

Google India ties up with Getit Infomedia

HYDERABAD (TIP): Google India has tied up with Getit Infomedia to help SMEs in the South to go online. Google’s…

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1 July, 2013

European Union leaders clinch deals on banks, budget

BRUSSELS (TIP): European leaders agreed on new steps to fight youth unemployment and promote lending to credit-starved small business on…

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1 July, 2013

Reliance building on real estate interests in Kenya

MUMBAI (TIP): Reliance Industries is expanding its presence in the real estate sector in Africa. In its second major foray,…

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1 July, 2013

Customers Bancorp Inc to invest in Religare Enterprises

NEW DELHI (TIP): US-based Customers Bancorp Inc (CUBI) has agreed to invest $51 million (about Rs 300 crore) in various…

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29 June, 2013

Movie Review – Shortcut Romeo

Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Ameesha Patel, Puja Gupta Direction: Susi Ganesh Genre: Thriller Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes STORY: A…

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29 June, 2013

Gold Drives Our Traditional Economy, Must Not Be Curbed

An insightful note on the potential adverse effects of current policies on gold trade in India. India is one of…

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29 June, 2013

Shine A Light On Political Dark Money

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman makes the case for shining a light on the "dark money" in state politics, proposing new…

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22 June, 2013

Essar Steel raises $1bn through ECB

MUMBAI (TIP): Ruias-ownedEssar Steel on Thursday raised $1 billion or Rs 5,970 crore through external commercial borrowings (ECBs) to repay…

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22 June, 2013

India fourth biggest market for Sony with Rs 8,000 crore sales

NEW DELHI (TIP): Despite weak demand in the industry, Sony India has managed to break into the top five markets…

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22 June, 2013

IT INDUSTRY WILL GROW 13-14%: SOM MITTAL

CHENNAI (TIP): Software industry body Nasscom expects the country's information technology (IT) services sector to grow 13-14 per cent in…

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22 June, 2013

INDIA, CHINA OPEN TO CO-PRODUCTION OF FILMS

NEW DELHI (TIP): India and China are looking to strengthen co-operation in the area of films and broadcasting, and are…

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22 June, 2013

Movie Review – Yamla Pagla Deewana 2

Cast: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Neha Sharma, Kristina Akheeva, Annu Kapoor, Johnny Lever, Anupam Kher Direction: Sangeeth Sivan Genre:…

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21 June, 2013

The Executive’s Club

Unfortunately for Mangano's opponents in the county executive race, the large amounts of money given to Mangano and the Hicksville…

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21 June, 2013

Under The Radar

While perhaps not as headlinegrabbing as the public corruption scandals that have recently ensnared New York state and city lawmakers,…

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