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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Indian in space by 2015
Sriharikota, Oct. 22 The Indian Space Research Organisation proposes to put an Indian in space by 2015. The project, which will cost Rs 12,000 crore, has been approved by the Space Commission and is awaiting the approval of the Government ...

EVENTS: Diwali brings historical glimmer of hope for market
Sceptical analysts say several factors at play this year. Mumbai, Oct. 22 Nine out of the past 10 Diwalis saw Indian stocks rise after the festival. But with new and international factors at play, would this decade-long trend prevail this year ...

SPORTS: Exhibition of Indian brands for Volvo race
Kochi, Oct. 22 ‘Ocean Race Trade Fest’, an exhibition of Indian brands, will be organised from December 2 to 13 at Willingdon Island as part of Volvo Ocean Race India ...

From Life

WORK LIFE: She has such flair!
It’s a heady cocktail that Ami Shroff serves up… a woman bartender who flairs with great skill and style.. When I met Ami Shroff in Goa, I was inspired to leave journalism and become a bartender. Not a bad idea, considering I would ...

GENDER: ‘Our maa too’
Women in Kolkata’s red light district draw strength from, and celebrate, the Mother Goddess’s feminine power during the Navaratri.. During Navaratri, the Goddess Durga is on her annual sojourn to her earthly abode. For Bengalis, her ...

TOURISM: Veni, vidi... wash!
A temple dedicated to the pleasures of bathing.. It’s easy to imagine a gaggle of toga-clad people chatting up each other while soaking luxuriously in the warm water... the stillness, the water’s greenness and the brown of the ...

LIFESTYLE: Not sound bites
All of us have, some time or the other, encountered hosts who are rude, socially inept or plain thoughtless.. Chatting with a fellow resident in my hostel room years ago, I suddenly became aware that she was trying her best to look away. Her ...

WILDLIFE: Wide-eyed worker
The ’ominous’ owl, now believed to be a harbinger of good luck, serves mankind in its own little way.. Do you know what a group of owls is called? Parliament! Do not ask me why. It was coined by some wise elderly British gentleman ...

ARTS & CRAFTS: Social evil framed
He may be sensationalist or repetitive, but Chintan Upadhyay’s intensity of emotions to create social awareness cannot be ignored.. Pet shops, Tentuaa daba do, Metastasis of signs, Mistake, Mutants, Umbilical cord, Clone Vithala… ...





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Markets (Oct 22)
Nifty (at close)3065.15(-169.75)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)49.30/31
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs3,272
Gold (a gram) Rs1,135
Silver (a kg) Rs17,540


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