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19 October, 2012

Indo-US Relations: Economic Respite?

Amid domestic political opposition by various states and political parties, the Indian government issued a notification clearing the way for…

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19 October, 2012

India and New Zealand Sign ‘Arrangement for Cooperation on Civil Aviation’

NEW DELHI (TIP): India and New Zealand today signed the “Arrangement for Cooperation on Civil Aviation”. The document was signed…

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19 October, 2012

Luxembourg invites Indian investments

MUMBAI (TIP): Luxembourg, the small European nation, has offered Indian companies a favourable investment climate to tap the European Union’s…

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19 October, 2012

TURKEY AIMS TO BOOST TRADE TIES WITH INDIA

HYDERABAD (TIP): Investment opportunities in Turkey were highlighted by a Turkish delegation at a seminar organised by the Federation of…

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19 October, 2012

GVK partners Samsung, Smithbridge for Oz project

HYDERABAD (TIP): Hyderabad-based GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd (GVKPIL) plans to tie up $10 billion of funds for its Australian…

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19 October, 2012

IOC ties up with Korea Gas for LNG venture

NEW DELHI (TIP): Flagship refiner IndianOil Corporation on Wednesday signed an MoU with Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) to jointly explore…

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19 October, 2012

Movie Review Bhoot Returns

STORY: A family of four move into a new bungalow, only to realise that they might have creepy company, the…

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12 October, 2012

Iraq set to become India’s strategic energy partner: IEA Chief Economist

NEW DELHI (TIP): Iraq, which is set to become one of the major oil producers in the world, could also…

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12 October, 2012

Railway Revenue Earnings up by 19.78 per cent during April- Sept 2012

NEW DELHI (TIP): The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during first six months of the financial…

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12 October, 2012

Ranbaxy launches cevimeline hydrochloride capsules in US market

NEW DELHI (TIP): Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday launched the authorised generic cevimeline hydrochloride 30 mg capsules in the US market…

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12 October, 2012

Affordable electricity to all households in 5 years: PM

NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the Government plans to offer affordable electricity to all households…

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12 October, 2012

RBI continues with enhanced all-in-cost ceiling for overseas borrowing

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India has decided to continue the enhanced all in cost ceiling for external…

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5 October, 2012

Reverse Outsourcing: Indian remedies to a fever-pitch outsourcing debate

Presidential elections in the US follow a scripted narrative. As the candidates battle for the highest office, everything is fair…

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5 October, 2012

Movie review: Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal

Story: Hundred characters, a few losers, mistaken identities and dreams of a happy harvest amidst a friendly feud - all…

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5 October, 2012

Every third tech start-up in US has Indian DNA

The number of technology firms in the US co-founded by the Chinese has also gone up to 8.1% compared to…

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5 October, 2012

Auto parts industry attracts heavy online traffic: Study

Is among the top three sectors on B2B site in terms of the number of buyers it attracted from developed…

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5 October, 2012

HSBC’s PMI stood at 52.8 in September 2012

NEW DELHI (TIP): The HSBC’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)—a measure of factory production—stood at 52.8 in September 2012. The…

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5 October, 2012

SAIL production up 7 per cent in Q2 of FY’13

KOLKATA (TIP): Steel AUthority of India Limited (SAIL) recorded a 7% growth in hot metal production in the second quarter…

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28 September, 2012

MOVIE REVIEW HEROINE

STORY: Mahi Arora has all the trappings of a Bollywood superstar- name, fame and fortune. Unfortunately she's also a manic…

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28 September, 2012

India Malaysia to Achieve Trade Target of USD 15 Billion by 2013

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Union Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma informed here today that India’s bilateral…

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28 September, 2012

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav approves setting up two leather parks in Kanpur and Hardoi to attract investment of Rs 2,000 crores

LUCKNOW (TIP): Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has given an in principle approval for two mega leather cluster projects in Hardoi…

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28 September, 2012

Tax residency certificate now mandatory for foreign investors

NEW DELHI (TIP): India has made it mandatory for all foreigners to furnish a tax residency certificate of their home…

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28 September, 2012

L&T Construction gets orders worth Rs 1,241 cr

COIMBATORE/MUMBAI (TIP): L&T Construction has got new orders worth Rs 1,241 crore during the month. The company's buildings and factories…

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28 September, 2012

Norwest Venture Partners invests Rs 120 cr in Thyrocare

MUMBAI (TIP): Thyrocare Technologies, a Mumbai-based medical diagnostics services provider, has raised about Rs 120 crore from private equity (PE)…

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28 September, 2012

FIA: An Insult to Democracy and Secularism

By Dave Makkar FIA is an organization in the public domain. As we had promised our readers to lay bare…

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21 September, 2012

India Faces Multiple Challenges

India, a country in South Asia with a population of more than 1.2 billion people, is the world's largest democracy.…

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21 September, 2012

International calls set to become cheaper on new TRAI rule

New Delhi (TIP): International long distance call charges are set to come down with the telecom regulator introducing a new…

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21 September, 2012

Future Group buys convenience store chain Big Apple for Rs 62 crore

Kolkata (TIP): Future Group has acquired Delhi's convenience store chain Big Apple which operates 65 stores in the National Capital…

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21 September, 2012

India-Pakistan commerce secretaries likely to discuss new trade routes, air links, petro trade

Opening of new trade routes for boosting bilateral trade via land with Pakistan, including the Khokrapar- Munabao link, would feature…

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21 September, 2012

HCL Tech signs five-year deal with Freescale

NEW DELHI (TIP): HCL Technologies on Wednesday entered into a five-year deal with Free scale Semiconductor, manufacturer of embedded processing…

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