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OFFHAND
Lalu's miracle
The Railway Minister, and a cult figure in politics, Mr Lalu Prasad, has been making waves as management's new icon. Specialists in the field have adjudged the record of achievements by the Indian Railways (IR) ...
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DOWN TO EARTH
Has life turned bitter for Kerala's spice farmers?
Caught in the trap of small holdings, volatile prices and pest attacks, some spice farmers of Kerala's remote hilly areas paid the extreme price, though not on the scale of Andhra Pradesh or Maharashtra.
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ZERO BASE
If you are pretending that you know pretexting...
Pretexting, also known as `social engineering', is the act of creating and using an invented scenario (pretext) to obtain information from a target.
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Sugar stocks: Active on price hike buzz
Sugar stocks such as Dhampur Sugar, Balrampur Chini, Bajaj Hindusthan, Upper Ganges, Simbhaoli Sugars and Rana Sugars, witnessed surge in volumes on Tuesday. Market talk has it that these companies might announce price hike in the region of ...
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AP move spurs Jain Irrigation
The Jain Irrigation stock has been witnessing quiet accumulation at the bourses of late. According to dealers, the buying is on the back of expectation that the company might benefit from the Andhra Pradesh Government move to bring 20 lakh acres ...
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SENSOR
Profit-booking brings Sensex down by 237 points intra-day
With the indices rallying and inching close to their all-time highs, there has been a certain level of hesitancy that has been building up in the stock markets. Tuesday's mass profit-booking towards the end of the session was probably influenced ...
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