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COMPANY LAW
`Forms' of impracticalities in Companies Act
There are various anomalies and inconsistencies between the Companies Act and the Rules that make compliance difficult.
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
From `RAGs' to riches
Revenue Assurance Groups as key differentiators for Telcos
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ENVIRONMENT
Drinking water turns scarce in Kerala
Experts blame environmental degradation for crisis
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HOTELS
Istithmar plans 8 low-cost hotels
Istithmar Hotels, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Dubai World's investment company Istithmar, plans to start eight low-cost hotels in India over the next five years. Each hotel will have an investment of about $10-15 million. The company, as a ...
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PHARMACEUTICALS
Synchron acquires Innovance
In India's first-ever acquisition in the contract research organisation (CRO) space, Ahmedabad-based Synchron Research Services Pvt Ltd has announced the acquisition of Innovance, a local start-up CRO. The deal with Innovance, having a ...
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MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
Global Hospitals plans `health city' in Chennai
Global Hospitals, which won the bid for the Chennai-based Sankara Hospital for Rs 257 crore, is planning to establish a Rs 1,000-crore `health city' on the 46-acre hospital site. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Dr K. ...
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
`9% GDP growth uncertain in long run'
The 9 per cent GDP growth in the country seems uncertain in the long run, according to the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. "While the economy may achieve plus 8 per cent this year, largely on account of the notable performance expected ...
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Solar tunnel drier to process Ramanathapuram chillies
ADDING VALUE
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CINEMA
US content distribution co plans India office
Hollywood-based content distribution company Long Tale LLC plans to set up an office in India, primarily to distribute Indian films abroad. The proposed entity will also distribute films from across the world in India. Long Tale also manages ...
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EVENTS
KMC going online for `transparency'
This is part of its e-governance programme
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RETAILING
HLL selling Sangam Direct to Wadhawan Foods
Hindustan Lever Ltd today said it has decided to sell its home-delivery retail business Sangam Direct to the Mumbai-based Wadhawan Foods Retail Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed amount. The dial-in-shopping service was set up in 2001 to ...
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OUTLOOK
Renault-Nissan, M&M working out strategies
Companies keen on retaining separate identities
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