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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
POWER:
‘France willing to reprocess uranium for India’
New Delhi, Jan. 30 France has indicated its willingness to consider taking back uranium for reprocessing if India is not in a position to reprocess the ...
RURAL DEVELOPMENT:
Cell phone makers propose free handsets to 50 m poor families
RINGING IT LOUD. Mobile handset makers have sought Rs 5,000 crore from the Universal Services Obligation fund to give free cellular phone and a connection to families under the below poverty ...
ECONOMY:
Kerala’s revenue receipts register fall in Dec ’08
Dip in prices of cash crops, petroleum products blamed. The revenue receipts of Kerala Government fell short by Rs 300 crore from the expected level in December 2008 even though the recession has not yet adversely affected the volume of ...
HOTELS:
'Hotel room demand may see 8-10% growth by 2011'
The current economic slowdown notwithstanding, demand for hotel rooms in India in the organised sector is expected to post a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8-10 per cent a year by 2011. This includes 5- star deluxe, 5-star, 4-star ...
LEATHER:
‘Focus markets’ scheme to boost leather exports
Chennai, Jan. 30 Treat the US and Europe as ‘focus markets’ scheme for the leather industry to give Indian exporters a chance to conserve their markets, say ...
HUMAN RESOURCES:
Hiring sentiment falls to new low
Net Business Outlook declines sharply: TeamLease report. Bangalore, Jan. 30 Things are bad, but the worst is yet to come, says India Inc. With corporates across the globe having announced intentions to cut more than 2.5 million jobs in 2008, ...
NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY:
AllGreen Energy plans 10 biomass-based projects
Bangalore, Jan 30 AllGreen Energy India, a Bangalore-based renewable energy company, will launch 10 biomass-based renewable energy projects in the country in the next 2-3 years, with the first three of them to be set up in Karnataka, Tamil ...
ECONOMY:
‘Kerala Govt studying CDS report on crisis’
The State Government is examining the Centre for Development Studies’ recommendations on how Kerala can cope with effects of the global economic crisis, said the State Tourism Minister, Mr Kodiyeri ...
CEMENT:
Call to make concrete technology a green one
Mangalore, Jan. 30 There is a need for engineers to make concrete technology a green technology, according to Mr Sandeep Sancheti, Director of National Institute of Technology Karnataka ...
COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES:
PIL filed in High Court
Hyderabad, Jan 30 Two more writ petitions were filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday involving the former Chairman of Satyam ...
ECONOMY:
Tracking movements, recovery patterns in a banking crisis
What is the real cost of reviving an economy laid low by a banking crisis? It extends beyond the so-called bailout package to an 86 per cent increase in government debt in the three years following such a ...
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B Venkatesh
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C Gopinath
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Bhanoji Rao
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P.V. Indiresan
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