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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
TERRORISM:
Taj Tower, Trident re-opened
We can’t be knocked down, says Ratan Tata. Mumbai, Dec. 21 The glittering lights were up and guests in all their finery were back, as the Taj and the Trident officially threw open their doors to the public on Sunday, in a brave effort to ...
TERRORISM:
‘Taj repair costs to be lower than insurance cover’
Tower block opens with 65% occupancy. Mumbai, Dec. 21 The cost of repairs and renovation of Taj Mahal Palace and Towers in Mumbai, which was damaged during last month’s terror attacks, will be less than the hotel’s insurance cover of ...
AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS:
US auto bailout fails to enthuse auto parts makers
‘Package has only helped US cos to buy time’. Chennai, Dec. 21 The US government announcing a short term loan of $13.4 billion to save its automobile industry from bankruptcy has evoked hardly any response from the auto component ...
MINERALS:
Owning iron ore mines does not benefit steel cos much
‘Developing iron ore mines is an expensive proposition’. Chennai, Dec. 21 Ownership of iron ore mines is no great advantage to a steel company, according to Mr B. Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Steel Ltd. Tata Steel has owned ...
PETROLEUM:
Fuelling reform
The bottom appears to have fallen off crude oil prices. Even the announcement of a hefty 4.2 million barrels a day cut in output by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has not proved enough to halt the slide in the price of ...
TERRORISM:
Tap into their talk
Security agencies need to track the communication channels of terrorist systems while guarding their own turf.. The recent happenings in Mumbai highlighted the ruthlessness and dexterity of the modern terrorist. He shows no mercy nor does he ...
ECONOMIC OFFENCES:
A vote for the ‘selectorate’
Oops! I made a mistake the last time. When I heard about the 49(0) regulation, I cross-checked with the Central Election Commission but somehow the talk drifted away and I forgot to check whether it was true that when the number of “none ...
TERRORISM:
Fishing for security
Any enhanced monitoring, control and surveillance of Kerala’s coasts should not be allowed to hamper ...
POWER:
TN urged to improve power distribution
‘Karnataka, TN should start developing hydel projects’. Coimbatore, Dec. 21 The Minister of State for Commerce and Power, Mr Jairam Ramesh, voiced the need for improving the power distribution system in ...
ECONOMY:
‘Slowdown to hit social sector spending’
Chennai, Dec 21 Economic slowdown will have its impact on Government spending on social sectors such as education and health however, it is important to protect public income, Nobel Laureate Dr Amartya Sen has ...
SOCIAL SECURITY:
SEWA welcomes unorganised workers social security Act
Ahmedabad, Dec. 20 Welcoming the Unorganised Workers Social Security Act that was recently passed by Parliament, Self Employed Women’s Association expects it to provide security to 40 crore unorganised workers across ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
FICCI moots 8-point agenda to boost housing demand
With the global liquidity crisis and investors dumping realty stocks, the market capitalisation of 14 listed Indian real estate companies saw a year-on-year erosion of over 80 per cent, as on December ...
ECONOMIC OFFENCES:
AP Chief Minister orders probe into Fisheries official’s dealings
Hyderabad, Dec. 21 Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, has ordered a judicial probe into the alleged fraudulent dealings of Mr V. Suryanarayana, an Executive Engineer of ...
CLIMATE & WEATHER:
Scenic beauty
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
ISRO-built communication satellite launched
Bangalore, Dec. 21 National space agency ISRO has stormed into the global satellite export market. W2M, its first communications satellite export jointly bid with EADS Astrium, was put into space on an European launcher on Sunday morning, ...
RADIO/TV:
Media panel to frame rules for crisis situations
New Delhi, Dec. 21 The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has announced the setting up of a Standing Media Consultative Committee to be chaired by the Secretary, ...
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
NGRI scientist gets GSI award
Hyderabad, Dec. 21 The Geological Society of India has presented the M R Srinivasa Rao award to Dr G. Parthasarathy, a scientist and Deputy Director of National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), for the year 2008. He won the award for ...
ECONOMY:
The baggage of 2008
Standing on the threshold of the New Year, what is it that strikes us the most when we look back on the year that is about to go into the record books? Two obvious developments present themselves almost immediately, namely, the November ...
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