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Left withdraws support (09 July 12:00) |
| Meeting President today; ‘Govt will go to IAEA after trust vote’. New Delhi, July 8 Ending weeks of speculation, the Left parties on Tuesday announced withdrawal of support to the ruling... |
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Oilmeal exports gain on Argentine woes (09 July 12:00) |
| Soyameal shipments more than double, other meals drop. Chennai, July 8 Oilmeal exports continued to increase, gaining from lower crushings in Argentina and freight advantage during the firs... |
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Bengal to focus on affordable housing (09 July 12:00) |
| Looking at joint, assisted-sector companies. The West Bengal Housing Board (WBHB) is looking to boost construction in the affordable housing segment in the State this year through the joint ... |
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Differences persist on how to respond to climate change (09 July 12:00) |
| G8 affirms to stand by goal to reduce emissions. Sapporo, July 8 The leaders of the developed and the developing world still do not quite see eye to eye on which countries should be asked to... |
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Muthoot tunes into FM radio (09 July 12:00) |
| Chennai, July 8 Kerala-based Muthoot Group today launched its first FM radio channel – Chennai Live 104.8. Unveiling the logo of the channel, the group’s Executive Director, Mr George M.... |
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Kerala draws up schemes worth Rs 40,422 cr for 11th Plan (09 July 12:00) |
| Centre urged to plug loopholes in CMZ notification. Kerala has submitted schemes worth Rs 40,422 crore to the Planning Commission for approval for the 11th Five Year ... |
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Kalka-Shimla Railway makes it to Unesco’s World Heritage list (09 July 12:00) |
| New Delhi, July 8 The passengers and ‘fans’ of 105-year old Kalka-Shimla Railway (KSR) that chugs in the picturesque mountains in Himachal Pradesh, have a reason to smile. ... |
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‘Leadership Series’ launched at IIM-K (09 July 12:00) |
| Kochi July 8 The Leadership Series 2008-09, an Industry Interaction Cell (IIC) initiative of IIM-Kozhikode, was inaugurated by Mr Srinivas Reddy, Head of Corporate Strategy and Leadership De... |
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GE Healthcare, Gujarat Imaging expand facilities (09 July 12:00) |
| GE Healthcare and Gujarat Imaging Centre (GIC), which launched the State’s first molecular imaging centre for cancer detection and treatment here on Tuesday, are soon expanding the facilit... |
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Meeting SP’s demand on EOU, windfall tax may not be easy (09 July 12:00) |
| Under current laws, EOU status cannot be revoked unilaterally. New Delhi, July 8 Meeting the demand of the Samajwadi Party (SP), whose support is crucial for the Congress-led Government, on ... |
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InterfaceFLOR works on environmental projects (09 July 12:00) |
| Invests over Rs 3.5 cr in Indian efforts. Bangalore, July 8 The environmental sustainability movement gets another cheerleader. InterfaceFLOR, a global modular commercial flooring manufactur... |
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Social welfare organisations liable to pay minimum wages: HC (09 July 12:00) |
| Chennai, July 8 Payment of minimum wages would stand irrespective of whether a work undertaken by an organisation was on voluntary basis, the Madras High Court has held. ... |
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Steel prices down Rs 2,000 in the last one week (09 July 12:00) |
| New Delhi, July 8 Prices of steel ingots have come down by around Rs 2,000 a tonne during the past one week. This is after prices increased steadily in the preceding week on anticipation tha... |
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Centre mulling loan waiver for weavers: Vaghela (09 July 12:00) |
| Hyderabad, July 8 The Union Government is considering a proposal to waive loans worth Rs 800-1,000 crore of handloom weavers, Mr Shankersinh Vaghela, Minister of Textiles, said. It is also c... |
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Decline in import of Chinese tyres seen (09 July 12:00) |
| Due to negative impact of weakening rupee. Kolkata, July 8 Having withstood the negative impact of anti-dumping measures imposed by Indian authorities, cut in export subsidy by Chinese autho... |
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Toonz 's TV series on Lord Shiva (09 July 12:00) |
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AP spinning mills to join industry protest today (09 July 12:00) |
| Hyderabad, July 8 About 145 spinning mills in Andhra Pradesh would join the nationwide protest by the textile industry on July 9 by shutting down the machines that ... |
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China willing to cooperate with India (09 July 12:00) |
| Sapporo, July 8 On a day when the Left parties announced the withdrawal of support to the Government over the nuclear deal, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday heard the Chines... |
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Spices export up 28% in April-May (09 July 12:00) |
| Spices exports were up 28 per cent to Rs 885 crore (Rs 690 crore) during the first two months of the current fiscal. While export volumes grew by 20 per cent to 98,570 tonnes, foreign exchan... |
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HSBC product for small businesses (09 July 12:00) |
| Mumbai, July 8 HSBC India has launched an online product for SMEs, which offers facilities such as zero balance requirements, free online transactions, free cash withdrawal up to Rs 2 lakh a... |
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SPin on the nuke deal (08 July 12:00) |
| The general rule of thumb is that those who stay in glass houses should not throw stones. But try telling this to our politicians! All hell has broken loose following the Congress successful... |
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‘Stop exports of tea not meeting quality standards’ (08 July 12:00) |
| Board urged to invoke regulatory powers following payment issues. Kolkata, July 7 Mr Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commerce, on Monday urged the Tea Board to invoke its regulat... |
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No view yet on pvt sector entry into nuclear power generation (08 July 12:00) |
| Let us cross the nuclear deal hurdle first, says PM. Sapporo, July 7 The Government is yet to take a view on whether it will allow the private sector to set up nuclear power plants once the... |
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Wind power industry upbeat on generation incentive (08 July 12:00) |
| Expected to attract global investors; cos seeking clarifications. Chennai, July 7 A 50-paise-a-unit generation incentive announced recently by the Ministry for New and Renewable Energy, over... |
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Reverse outsourcing: Indian cos take the lead (08 July 12:00) |
| Indian companies seem to be at the forefront of the reverse outsourcing trend, with the total employment generated by domestic entities in the US touching around 30,000. ... |
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Manmohan lines up meetings with leaders to garner support for n-deal (08 July 12:00) |
| Hopes to get approval of Nuclear Suppliers Group members. Sapporo, July 7 Three years after persuading the US President, Mr George W. Bush, to agree to a nuclear deal with India, and then p... |
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Govt mulls withdrawing import duty on cotton (08 July 12:00) |
| Bangalore, July 7 The Government is considering a proposal to withdraw import duty on cotton, said Mr Shankersinh Vaghela, Union Minister for Textiles. ... |
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27 Kerala PSUs earn profits in 2007-08 (08 July 12:00) |
| As many as 27 public sector undertakings (PSUs) under the Kerala Industries Department posted profits in 2007-08 as against just 12 two years ago, according to the Minister for Industries, M... |
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Car buyers will have to pay more on select models (08 July 12:00) |
| Cos reduce promotional offers due to rising input costs. New Delhi, July 7 Car buyers may have to shell out more money for buying certain models as companies have cut down on their discounts... |
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Central vigilance panel to strive for more transparency (08 July 12:00) |
| Hyderabad, July 7 The Central Vigilance Commission is looking at leveraging the use of technology to bring about more transparency and objectivity in the ... |
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ISRO signs climate data access pact with CNES (08 July 12:00) |
| The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its French counterpart CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) have agreed to allow scientists free access to data from their joint trop... |
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Bengal Power Corp units to become operational soon (08 July 12:00) |
| Kolkata, July 7 West Bengal may expect to get the much needed relief from frequent power cuts in next couple of weeks. West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL) — the State’s po... |
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Sikkim set to sign pact for underground expressway (08 July 12:00) |
| Gangtok, July 7 Sikkim is all set to ink an agreement for construction of an underground expressway. An MoU to this effect will be signed on July 15 here between the State Government and Sta... |
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Inflation is likely to remain high in the near term (08 July 12:00) |
| In India, many of the underlying factors driving inflation are not from the domestic side but from the external side. And it's very difficult to believe that monetary policy by itself can co... |
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The great fall (08 July 12:00) |
| Of all the professions that have evolved through centuries in the service of mankind, the one that has markedly fallen low from its high pedestal is the doctor’s. Greatly respected and hel... |
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New Department of Pharmaceuticals formed (08 July 12:00) |
| New Delhi, July 7 The Government has set up a new department under the Ministry of Fertilisers, Chemicals and Petrochemicals. Called Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), it will solely look ... |
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A pot shot at global financial institutions on oil price rise (08 July 12:00) |
| The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has taken the international finance institutions to task for not performing their duty to alleviate the problems caused by high oil ... |
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Getting the measure of inflation (08 July 12:00) |
| The government’s move to construct a new consumer price index (CPI) for urban India, replacing the CPI for urban non-manual employees (UNME), has not come a moment too soon. The Reserve Ba... |
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Honorary doctorate (08 July 12:00) |
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Suven to present key biology data on Alzheimer’s (08 July 12:00) |
| Hyderabad, July 7 Hyderabad-based Suven Life Sciences will make presentations on its portfolio of new chemical entities (NCEs) in tackling Alzheimer’s disease at the upcoming Internationa... |
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Allahabad HC rejects Bajaj’s plea on cane price issue (07 July 12:00) |
| Issue slated to come up before Division Bench today |
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Nations under growing pressure to cut energy intake (07 July 12:00) |
| Oil price spurt brings sharper focus on climate change |
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Fundamental reorganisation of PSUs needed: Jairam Ramesh (07 July 12:00) |
| Hyderabad, July 6 The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power, Mr Jairam Ramesh, underlined the need for a fundamental re-organisation of the public sector undertakings to make them c... |
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Pause and reflect (07 July 12:00) |
| The Left had never had it so good as when it was extending outside support to the UPA Government. It used to good purpose its political clout acquired by virtue of its numerical strength (60... |
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Pollachi college ties up with TVS for diploma course (07 July 12:00) |
| Coimbatore, July 6 Nachimuthu Polytechnic College in Pollachi and TVS Motor Co have come together to offer a three-year Diploma Programme in Mechanical Engineering (Sandwich Pattern) from th... |
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Bangalore real estate: Buyers hesitant, expect prices to fall (07 July 12:00) |
| No artificial hike, so rates will not come down: Jain Heights |
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Gold may test resistance (07 July 12:00) |
| COMEX gold futures ended the week lower on profit-taking coupled with a resurgence in the dollar. With the European Central Bank’s interest rate decision and US non-farm payroll data out o... |
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PM to take up fuel price issue, need for action plan at G8 meet (07 July 12:00) |
| New Delhi, July 6 The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, plans to highlight at the G8/G5 outreach summit not only the impact of the sharp rise in fuel prices on the global economy but also t... |
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Nabard workshop on rural biz hubs (07 July 12:00) |
| The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is organising a workshop on ‘Rural Business Hub’ (RBH), an initiative of the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, at Hotel T... |
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Ministry concern over dip in traditional sector exports (07 July 12:00) |
| New Delhi, July 6The Commerce Ministry is concerned over the decline in the export growth of traditional sectors such as textiles, leather, marine products and gem and jewellery in the initi... |
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