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Indian engineer elected to top UK science body

Last Thursday, May 14, India-born engineering Professor Thomas Kailath, was elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (United Kingdom) for his efforts in engineering, which the society says......

Impulsive, enigmatic and unpredictable, what will Sharif do next?

Hurried and ill-planned Summits like the Vajpayee-Musharraf Summit in Agra which preceded the attack on the Indian Parliament in December 2001 are best avoided for now, says G Parthasarathy......

Life after winning 5 crores

A new house, an inverter for electricity and a scooty are the material things Sushil Kumar has acquired from his prize money. But what he misses most is his cycle. Archana Masih meets the first......

Indo-American gets 2nd term on US nuclear trade committee

The Srinagar-born expert was consulted by the Bush administration when the US and India began negotiating the civil nuclear deal. Aziz Haniffa reportsSrinagar-born Dr Vijay Sazawal, 67, one of the......

Invest in the poor, tax the rich

Most rich and upper-middle class Indians are greatly under-taxed. Worse, the government annually writes off over Rs 5 lakh crores through exemptions. This practice must be ended if the......

Two stunning electric cars from BMW

The BMW Group unveiled a sneak preview of two prototypes of 'BMW-i Born Electric' - the next generation BMW i3 Concept and the BMW i8 Concept Roadster - as part of a world tour organised by the......

Vikram Pandit, partner to buy JM Financial pie

Former Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit is set to make an entry into the country’s financial sector by buying, along with partner Hari Aiyar, a three per cent stake in Nimesh Kampani’s JM......

US trade body to campaign against immigration bill

The US India Business Council is planning to launch a major campaign, on a scale witnessed during the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, against certain killer provisions in the US immigration reform......

Boeing permitted to conduct flight tests of Dreamliner

The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has allowed Boeing to carry out flight tests of its 787 Dreamliner in order to help it check its troubled electrical system and batteries which is......

All about Jack Cohen's RETAIL blues

Tesco's founder thought his employees were robbing him. Going by the service standards in a South London outlet, he was way off the mark, writes Sunanda K Datta-RayWith Tesco all set to take......

Review: Himmatwala is strictly for one-time laughs

Sukanya Verma says you'll laugh at Sajid Khan's remake of Himmatwala if not with it. Couple of weeks back, my neighbour and I were chatting about upcoming Bollywood films and he completely......

'If the land goes, then your home goes'

Sourav Sarangi is an award-winning filmmaker whose latest work Char… The No Man’s Island explores the border between India and Bangladesh, defined by a river and its ever-changed......

'They said we were better off with my son dead'

On September 13, 2010, filmmakers Bedabrata Pain and Shonali Bose lost their 16-year-old son Ishan in a freak accident involving an electric razor. After his shocking defeat in a prolonged court......

A Rockstar worth rooting for

Raja Sen writes Rockstar is a simple, unspectacular tale, sometimes even predictable, but director Imtiaz Ali masterfully weaves in details that draw us in.When The Doors had their first ever......

Film director Jagmohan Mundhra passes away

Film director Jagmohan Mundhra passed away in Mumbai on Sunday, family sources said. He was 62.Mundhra, who was in the hospital for the last three days, suffered a major cardiac arrest.His......

'Leslie Claudius was clearly a man of method'

From our archives: Rohit Brijnath ona country boy named Leslie Claudius,who bent his back every evening till he eventually ruled the world. If he walked down the road, his spectacles balanced on......

Japan crisis: Sportspersons lend their support

Maria Sharapova's focus on the Indian Wells WTA tournament has been distracted as she keeps a close watch on Japan's struggles to recover from last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami.......

Thai boxing champion fights blindness for glory

Sujet Salee is a Thai boxing champion with an impressive fight record, but the 29-year-old also stands out among his peers for another reason: he's blind. Sujet, who was born blind, has won five......

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Q. The Subsidy enjoyed by SEZs on Electricity and Water consumption are paid by the People of India. The Prioritization of Electricity and Water which is in the hands of Ambanis and Tata are the Indian Conglomerate who squeeze the blood of the Indian population by indicating LOSS which is due to Power supply to the SEZ at a nominal cost..1. People of India, do not get the benefit from SEZ due to Tax Exemtpion..2. SEZ use Tax Payers' money from their Infrastructural Development 3. Their expenses of Electricity and Water is also born by PEOPLE thru high billing.Do you justify this??
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Q. Born Bal Kishore Das Loiwal, his father used to call him Babu which became Bobby- and Kishore became Kish, which in turn became Cash....Who is he??
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Tata Power Club Enerji saves close to 1.5 million units of energy, sensitises 1.24 million citizens across Mumbai

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These jailbirds trudging along the reformation path

These prisoners are confident of walking out of the jail as graduates. With the study centre of Karnataka State Open University set up on the... ...

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Mandela name pulled into politics

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