The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 07, 2009

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SPORTS: IPL venue shift no major concern, says India Cements MD
Chennai, April 6 The shift in venue of the Indian Premier League matches to South Africa does not represent a significant impact for India Cements, a franchisee of one of the IPL teams, according to Mr N. Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Plunge of relief
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ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE: EA Games now on Indiagames
Indiagames Ltd (a UTV enterprise) and Electronic Arts Inc today announced that EA Games are now available via Indiagames’ subscription based on digital download service, Games on Demand ...

From Life

RETAILING: Mart with a rural heart
A retail chain that sets up shop in little-known villages with newfound aspirations. Previously the people of Illol village travelled to the nearest town of Himmatnagar, Gujarat, to buy a sachet of shampoo. But now they are able to buy it from ...

ARTS & CRAFTS: Crystal gaze
A museum showcases the artistry wrought out of this fragile material. At the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, you can view the works of internationally acclaimed artists such as Dale Chihuly, Dante Marioni and Lino Tagliapietra, to name ...

WATER: Beri good work
Women in Barmer, a parched village in Rajasthan, are actively seeking help to build traditional water systems.. Dallu Devi, 40, of Khari village, Barmer district, is barely able to eke out a livelihood even though she owns a few acres. Severe ...

PEOPLE: Bard steps into Chhattisgarh
BALCO technician zealously translates Shakespeare, Kalidas and the Gita into Chhattisgarhi. Shakespeare in Chhattisgarhi? Yes, that is precisely what ‘Deen’ Mahavir Prasad Chandra, a writer from Chhattisgarh, has done — opened ...

PEOPLE: Real fantastic
Terry Pratchett puts down the enemies of modernity, feet firmly in fantasyland.. Last month, a balding, bearded, bespectacled man of about 60 knelt in front of Queen Elizabeth to receive a knighthood. Rising, Sir Terry Pratchett then walked out ...

PEOPLE: ‘This election is mine’
Priya Dutt tries to reach out without any mediators. Three years ago, I fought an election for my father. But this election is mine. The results of three years of hard work after the death of Sunil Dutt will be seen now,” says a confident ...

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT: Mining goodwill
Hospet-based Baldota group shares the success of its iron ore mining with the town’s people. Back in the 1960s, Narendrakumar Baldota’s father, Abheraj H. Baldota, was known as India’s ‘Metal King’. With a degree ...

FASHION: Which pant type are you?
Mantra for the fashion conscious. With the chic, sexy and classy look in vogue, wearing the right fit of pants matters a lot. Whether it’s work or play, pants need to be bought keeping in mind your body shape, if you want to look slim ...

ROADWAYS: By the way ...
Indian roads are great levellers of society… it only takes a traffic jam to appreciate that. Having said that, I’d rather hit the road in the soundproofed confines of one of Bond’s cars, if I could, within the city. Outside ...

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