Rumita Patel
Mumbai, Feb 20 (): Anti SEZ activists across the nation are happy with the decision of the Maharashtra Government to scrap the Mukesh Ambani-led Raigadh Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project, touted as the country’s biggest SEZ . Ambani in partnership with Anand Jain, needed over 20,000 acres for the Raigadh Maha-Mumbai SEZ. Three villages in…
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New Delhi, Jan.25 (ANI): Business chambers of India and Indonesia on Wednesday signed 16 memoranda of understanding on the sidelines of a three-day state visit to India by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The agreements signed included bilateral cooperation in urea manfacturing; development of an industrial complex for heavy minerals; construction of a railway line…
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New Delhi, Nov 29 (): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be in India for a one-day visit Monday ahead of President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to the country in December. Lavrov will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna. Bilateral relations have blossomed in recent years, with India being one of…
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Chennai, Oct 19th (): A special CBI court in Chennai dispensed from personal appearance top Reliance Infocomm executives Manoj Modi and Akhil Gupta, in the case pertaining to the loss caused to the exchequer by the company, when it was under Mukesh Ambani, by allegedly masking international calls as local. The CBI in 2006 registered…
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Chennai, Oct 17 (): Malabar Gold based at Kerala had announced popular music director Ilayaraja as their brand ambassador for the company seeks to expand its network in Tamil Nadu. For the first time ace music director Ilayaraja entered into commercial venture which has created an hype by itself and expected to reach the target audience at…
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A modern building for Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. A magnificiant landmark to Chennai. A great achivement to the Tamil Nadu PWD Buildings organisation. A dream project of the Chief Minister M.Karunanithi The new building for Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly was inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh at Chennai on March 13. The grand function was…
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While the liberalised economy of India has been great for investors, large corporations and highly skilled professionals, it has not been so great for the average shop floor worker. Corporations throughout India try to find some way around the labour laws to pay their workers less than they should. It is an open secret that…
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The NY Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Friedman has this to say about Nandan Nilekani: “Seattle has Bill. Bangalore has Nandan. What makes Nilekani unique? For me it comes down to one phrase: great explainer.” Nandan Nilekani, the visionary co-founder of outsourcing pioneer Infosys, explains four brands of ideas that will determine…
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Indian invention reaches poor African women Anyone watching feminine hygiene advertising of various brands of sanitary napkins for women is led to believe that only their product can provide comfortable and carefree life for women on those three days. The concepts of such advertisements are designed to target women in all walks of life, making…
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On Coalition: If we are all individuals who think intelligently, who think dispassionately, who use data and facts to argue, who are patriotic… then how can we be against any policy that makes this a better country; …. So, it is all about petty issues that make our governments less effective. I don’t believe that…
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