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4 January, 2013

Kingfisher – Not The King Of Good Times Any More

"The King of Good Times' was hit by one crisis after another in 2012. A series of events that led…

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4 January, 2013

Cap On Lpg Subsidy

With a view to check burgeoning subsidy, the government decided to cap supply of subsidized LPG cylinders to six cylinders…

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4 January, 2013

Introduction Of Gaar (General Anti Avoidance Rules)

Erstwhile finance minster Pranab Mukherjee introduced the highly controversial law against tax avoidance through foreign investments in his Union Budget…

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4 January, 2013

MARKET/BULLION ROUND UP

The Sensex has surged 24.90% in calendar 2012 so far (till 17 December 2012). From a 52-week low of 15,135.86…

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4 January, 2013

Pak Strategy: Deny India Nuclear Victory

Pakistan's relations with two of its neighbors-India and Afghanistan - are strained, and a third border, with Iran, marks the…

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4 January, 2013

Movie Review : Dabangg 2

Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Vinod Khanna, Arbaaz Khan, Prakash Raj, Deepak Dobriyal Direction: Arbaaz Khan Genre: Action Duration: 2…

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21 December, 2012

RAPE – OUTRAGE – RAPE: This Vicious Cycle Must End

The outrage that the Delhi gangrape has triggered across the country seems to be unprecedented.We haven't seen such a display…

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21 December, 2012

Delhi gangrape: NYPD and London might offer some solutions

Indian laws against rape are amongst some of the toughest in the world. Owing to regular interpretation of Section 376…

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21 December, 2012

India-Asean Trade to Reach $100 Billion Mark by 2015, Says Anand Sharma

NEW DELHI (TIP): Inaugurating the 2nd India- ASEAN Business Fair- 2012 in New Delhi today, the Union Minister for Commerce,…

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21 December, 2012

Banking Bill paves way for new banks, foreign investment

NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Tuesday cleared the decks for the Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) to initiate…

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21 December, 2012

Real estate & housing finance cos allowed to raise $1bn from abroad

MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India has allowed real estate developers and housing finance companies to raise funds overseas…

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21 December, 2012

Mahindra to buy US partner’s stakes in truck JVs

MUMBAI (TIP): Utility and tractor manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has decided to buy the stake held by its US-based…

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14 December, 2012

Three countries, one center of gravity

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Australia's Defense Minister Stephen Smith, India's National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Foreign…

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14 December, 2012

An Indian grammar for International Studies

A little over three years ago I wrote in The Hindu that at a time when interest in India and…

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14 December, 2012

Movie Review: Khiladi 786

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Asin, Himesh Reshammiya, Mithun Chakraborty, Raj Babbar Direction: Ashish R Mohan Genre: Action Duration: 2 hours 20…

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14 December, 2012

Visa on Arrival Scheme Registers A Growth of 25 Percent

NEW DELHI (TIP): The “Visa on Arrival” (VoA) Scheme of the government has become popular with the tourists. The scheme…

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14 December, 2012

October IIP beats expectations at 8.2%, highest since June 2011

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of October expanded at a robust 8.2% versus…

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14 December, 2012

Apollo enters Myanmar with telemedicine service

AHMEDABAD (TIP): Healthcare provider, Apollo Group of Hospitals has launched its telemedicine service in Yangoon. This facility will allow Myanmar…

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14 December, 2012

India and Republic of Korea Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Education

NEW DELHI (TIP): A delegation led by Dr. Lee Juho, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea met…

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14 December, 2012

E-learning, the way forward for Gen-next

MUMBAI (TIP): According to industry experts, customised learning path and personalised content are to be the way forward for Gen-next…

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7 December, 2012

Inder Kumar Gujral A Gentle Statesman Prime Minister

Born on the 4th of December in 1919, in the district headquarter town of Jhelum in the then Rawalpindi division…

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7 December, 2012

Bad Judgment:The US is waiting for India to mess things up with the Maldives

Salman Khurshid has discovered within a month in his new job that some things have not changed in India's external…

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7 December, 2012

India: the warped history and geography of Non Alignment 2.0

In the aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Narasimha Rao government reworked India's dysfunctional economic and foreign…

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7 December, 2012

Movie Review:Talaash

Cast: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui Direction: Reema Kagti Genre: Thriller Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes STORY:…

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7 December, 2012

IIM-A among top three in Asia- Pacific for B-school graduate employability: REPORT

Mumbai: A report by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) on the value of MBA programmes around the world in terms of graduate…

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7 December, 2012

Fruit, vegetable exports up 24% in 2011-12

NEW DELHI (TIP): The export of fruit and vegetables, including processed food items, have risen 24 per cent in value…

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7 December, 2012

Shriram EPC bags $230-million contract in Basra

CHENNAI (TIP): Shriram EPC Ltd has bagged a $230 million contract for setting up a storm water and sewer system…

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7 December, 2012

Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM) to open a representative office in Myanmar

GUWAHATI (TIP): In order to increase the bilateral trade between the Northeast India and Myanmar, Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM)…

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28 November, 2012

‘U.S. Can’t Squeeze China Out Of Myanmar’

U.S. can't Squeeze China Out Of Myanmar'. That was the message that China sought to convey to President Barack Obama…

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16 November, 2012

Hedging Bets: Washington’s Pivot to India

In November 2010, President Obama visited India for three days. In addition to meeting with top Indian business leaders and…

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