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14 February, 2014

Community is saddened at the untimely demise of a Philanthropist: DR. SHAKIR MUKHI

Dr.Shakir Mukhi President (AFMI) and Founding Member of Nargis Dutt Foundation who was popular among Indian Americans died after a…

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7 February, 2014

DSK HYOSUNG BETS ON MID-SIZE SUPER BIKE SEGMENT

NEW DELHI (TIP): Premium bike brand DSK Hyosung. on February 6, indicated that it would stick to the mid-size category…

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7 February, 2014

DESI CARAVANS FROM PCP MOTORS TO HIT ROAD SOON

NEW DELHI (TIP): PCP Motors, a division of Kolkata-based Paracoat Products, is gearing up for a plunge into the fledgling…

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7 February, 2014

HCL CORP MAKES FORAY INTO HEALTHCARE

NEW DELHI (TIP): HCL Corporation, on February 6, announced its foray into the healthcare sector with the launch of HCL…

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7 February, 2014

Spectrum auction takes off from Rs 52,689 crore

NEW DELHI (TIP): The third round of spectrum auction commenced for the fifth day on February 7 with Delhi witnessing…

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7 February, 2014

America’s Prejudiced Media

"Hysteria and groupthink prevail over professionalism in covering non-western countries", says the author. The observation that wealth, power and influence…

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7 February, 2014

Teri McLuhan

MEN LIKE BADSHAH KHAN COME ONLY EVERY 100 YEARS Author of 5 books and director of countless documentaries and films,…

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31 January, 2014

GOOGLE SELLING MOTOROLA PHONE BUSINESS TO LENOVO FOR $2.9 BILLION

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Google is selling Motorola's smartphone business to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, a price that makes Google's biggest…

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31 January, 2014

BANKS CAUTIOUS AFTER RBI FOREX DIRECTIVE

CHENNAI (TIP): With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently banning the use of remittance funds in any form towards…

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31 January, 2014

AIRTEL 3G SUBSCRIBER BASE UP 18%

NEW DELHI (TIP): India's leading GSM service provider Bharti Airtel has posted an increase in its data ARPU (Average Revenue…

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31 January, 2014

Tata leads race to sell mini UAVs to Army

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Tata Group is set to ink an agreement with the government to sell 1,200 trucks to…

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31 January, 2014

Challenges in Indo-Pacific Region

INDIA MUST PLAY A PROACTIVE ROLE FOR LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY It would be in India's interest to readily join…

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24 January, 2014

AGREEMENT BETWEEN ENNORE PORT AND FORD INDIA TO BOOST AUTO EXPORTS

NEW DELHI (TIP): Ennore Port Limited (EPL), Chennai and Ford India Private Limited have signed an agreement for export of…

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24 January, 2014

AFTER FACEBOOK, GOOGLE BUYS STARTUP WITH INDIAN LINK

BENGALURU (TIP): After Facebook's acquisition of Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs earlier this month, it's Google that has now bought a…

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24 January, 2014

Rs 5-lakh-crore investments: PM wants solar energy target advanced

NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has instructed advancing the planned commissioning of 100,00 Megawatt (Mw) of solar power…

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24 January, 2014

A Panegyric for Arnab Goswami?

B.V. Rao, editor of Governance Now, explains the name and the phenomenon - Time's Now's Arnab Goswami - to a…

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17 January, 2014

The 24/7 diplomatic prodigy!

The word "prodigy" in the title of this column is used as a notable happening and an act so extraordinary…

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17 January, 2014

RBI ALLOWS NRIs TO OPERATE RESIDENT BANK A/C ON ‘EITHER OR SURVIVOR’ BASIS

MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed nonresident Indians (NRIs) to operate resident bank accounts on “either…

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17 January, 2014

FY14 marine product exports set to rise 23% to Rs 26,750 crore

CHENNAI (TIP): Export of marine products is expected to touch $4.3 billion (Rs 26,750 crore) in 2013-14, an increase of…

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17 January, 2014

Capgemini signs major contract with Statoil Norway

PUNE (TIP): Consulting, technology and outsourcing services provider Capgemini today announced that Capgemini Norge AS, has signed a major agreement…

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17 January, 2014

RANBAXY INKS PACT WITH EPIRUS SWITZERLAND

NEW DELHI (TIP): Drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories has entered into a licensing agreement with Epirus Switzerland GmbH, the Swiss arm…

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17 January, 2014

HCL Tech, CSC join hands to tap application modernisation market

NEW DELHI (TIP): IT services rivals HCL Technologies and CSC have formed a strategic alliance to tap the market created…

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11 January, 2014

ECONOMY ENDS 2013 ON SLUGGISH NOTE

NEW DELHI (TIP): There was no respite from sluggish data in 2013. Two sets of data released on December 31,…

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11 January, 2014

$20BN INFLOWS HELP VOLATILE MARKETS

MUMBAI (TIP): Boosted by a $20-billion foreign fund inflow and strong gains in exporters like software and pharma sectors, which…

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11 January, 2014

BOMBARDIER SAID TO WIN ORDER FOR $2.2BN IN JETS

NEW YORK (TIP): Bombardier Inc said it has received a firm order for 38 business jets with a combined list…

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11 January, 2014

INDIA BIGGER MARKET THAN CHINA FOR LE CIRQUE

MUMBAI (TIP): For New York's legendary restaurant chain, Le Cirque, India, and not China, is the largest Asian market. With…

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10 January, 2014

Cultural Organizations or Trojan Horses?

The author finds fault with cultural organizations who dabble in politics. In fact, US administration will do well to screen…

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27 December, 2013

PATENT WAR SPILLS OVER TO NON-CANCER DRUGS

MUMBAI (TIP) : The turf war between Big Pharma and generic companies, which was largely restricted to exorbitantly priced drugs…

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27 December, 2013

DESPITE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN, INDIA’S EXPORTS TO US, EUROPE RISE

NEW DELHI (TIP): Despite global economic slowdown , India's exports to the US and Europe have grown in the first…

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27 December, 2013

GOVT GETS SOME TIME TO ACT ON SUPPLIES

NEW DELHI: RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has taken a bold gamble betting on a possible softening of food inflation to…

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