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Rahul to India Inc: 'We have to carry the poor with us'

What India is thirsting for now is a visionary partnership. We need to forge a new business compact, a new framework a new framework that responds to the 21st century. We are a brave, young......

VVIP chopper scandal may hit Congress, derail Rafale deal

The bribery scandal involving AgustaWestland's VVIP helicopter deal threatens to corner the Congress party and cast a shadow on India's latest $10 billion defence deal with Dassault for 126 Rafale......

Ansari's Hanoi visit combines hard power with soft

The closing ceremony of the India-Vietnam friendship year in 2012 in Hanoi on Tuesday saw local youth present four dances, two of them from Bollywood. One, Jai Ho!, is really an international song,......

Five truths about India

India's politics has grown more regionalised, yet powerful forces of centralisation remain intact, says Milan Vaishnav, an associate in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for......

If Gadkari resigns, it may end up hurting the UPA

It is left to the BJP to bolster its claim of being 'a party with a difference' by adhering to minimum standards of political morality. Given the long series of multi-billion-rupee scams of the......

Weaker Re to hit HCL bottom line up to Rs 320 cr

HCL Technologies, India's fifth largest IT services firm, may incur forex losses between Rs 280 crore (Rs 2.8 billion)and Rs 320 crore ($65-75 million) for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2008,......

1% rise in licenced software use can add $1.3b to GDP

A mere one per cent increase in licenced software usage can generate almost $1.3 billion in economic output compared to $554 million from a similar increase in pirated software intake, reveals a......

Corporate group-run banks: Are they USEFUL?

It is generally agreed that lending is currently constrained because existing banks are short of capital and their risk appetite is low due to the economic slowdown, notes Jaimini Bhagwati......

Should India's telecom backbone be MADE in China?

It has been reported that the National Security Council has specifically warned that imports from China, which are over half of imports in the relevant category of telecom equipment, pose......

Rasna takes on Tropicana

It had been giving tough competition to Kraft Foods’Tang in the powdered drink segment with its Rs 1 and Rs 2 sachets. And now, Rasna is set to play a similar pricing game with......

Review: The Amazing Spider-Man is a lot of fun!

Once Spider-Man has found his calling and, most importantly, superhero suit, The Amazing Spider-Man goes all out to entertain bolstered by its spectacular 3D, writes Sukanya VermaIt's not easy to......

Bookies have Rs 47,000 crores riding on IPL 6

This amount includes the betting between bookies and also the money spent on spot-fixing. The average amount spent on each IPL game is between Rs 600 crores and Rs 800 crores. For the......

'Dhoni is always going to be under pressure'

England batsman Eoin Morgan says "pressure will always be there" on India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as he has to shoulder the burden of expectations of a billion people. "I think he (Dhoni) is......

Olympic laggard India finally gets ambitious

India returned with two silver and four bronze medals from London but there could have been a gold too, had lack of ambition been an Olympic sport. Celebration has not stopped since 81 athletes......

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Q. Would you please tell anybody about who does the LPG gas prepare?
Kuzhanthaivelu: A. more

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Q. What must be the qualities of a POLITICIAN ....... ????????
Anantharaman: A. Propane is a naturally occurring gas composed of three carbon atoms and eight hydrogen atoms. It is created along with a variety of other...... more

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Q. Do not buy any petrol on 14th February - is call given by some to protest against high prices of fuel. Question is : What impact it will have if no body buys petrol on one particular day?
Anantharaman: A. Petrol in Pakistan Rs17 per litrMalaysia Rs 18 per litrIn India it's Rs.65per litrWhy is there a difference within India itself? World Market CRUDE...... more

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Q. Foreign direct investment in India declined by about 45 per cent in June this year -------news. What could be the possible reason?
Third Eye: A. FDI fluctuates every month. In June 2010, the FDI was $1.41 billion and in May, this year it was $2.2 billion. It is believed that the the recent...... more

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Q. what is nanobiotechnology & nanorobots and its applications ?
Good Citizen: A. What is Nanotechnology?A basic definition: Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. This covers both current...... more

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Yahoo swears it isnt going to screw up Tumblr but how realistic is that promise?

As the dust begins to settle from one of the most significant acquisitions in web-land since the Facebook/Instagram deal, the warm glow of euphoria... ...

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Global Indian banks, mere flight of fantasy

Talk is cheap. And if it reflects a "grand" vision, it's likely that even a lot of knowledgeable people will fall for it. In this class falls the... ...

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/banking/global-indian-banks-mere-flight-of-fantasy/article4736622.ece

Good script, now act on it

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) is poised to form the next government. Although this had been widely predicted by... ...

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Carnival Corp. Slashes FY Guidance (CCL)

Cruise company Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) slashed its full-year guidance on Monday. While jump in costs has put pressure on the bottom line higher... ...

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Regulation Top of Mind for Banking Execs

M&A Activity Viewed as Less Likely; Focus on Traditional Products as Revenue Driver Declines; Use of Data and Analytics on the Rise NEW YORK, May... ...

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