The slowdown of the US economy and the appreciating rupee hardly have any affect on the India's IT sector. The IT industry is poised to grow at 33 per cent growth in the fiscal year 2008 and is on target to emerge as a $75 billion sector by 2010, Nasscom said on Monday.
China also welcomed the recent statement made by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Bangkok.
The report opined that this could be decided only by the Unified Command, an apex body comprising the Army, police, para-military forces and intelligence officials to tackle insurgency.
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General secretary of Samajwadi Party Amar Singh described National Security Advisor M K Narayanan as nothing more than a dakiya (postman) as he was merely passing on information from the Centre to states.
The visit comes in the backdrop of failure of parleys between the Maoist rebels and the ruling Seven-Party Alliance in Nepal on key issues.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's first ever official visit to China, between January 13 and January 15, will be a low-key affair. He will not be visiting any city other than Beijing. He will be accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur, Commerce minister Kamal Nath and National Security Advisor M K Narayanan.
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Corporate leaders said a stable government at the Centre will help boost infrastructure spend, address agricultural distress, and encouraging employment.
Patil said the influx of terrorists into major cities has a big impact on the national capital and asked its police force to remain on alert to frustrate designs to spread terror in the city.
The presence of the Egyptian company in India would not be in national interest as the entity could gain access to "our ICT assets and enhance the capabilities of our adversaries in gathering intelligence", said the report.
Briefing newsmen in New Delhi, BJP leader Rajeev Pratap Rudy asked Dr Singh also to explain if the NSA had brought this to his notice.
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ICICI Bank on Monday jacked up auto loans by up to 0.75 per cent even before the RBI decided to increase statutory deposits last week as a part of inflation controlling measure.
In view of the persisting differences, negotiators of the two sides have said a political push would be required to break the logjam.
The status of the peace process and the Sri Lankan government's efforts are believed to have been discussed during the 30-minute meeting.
Besides the G-8 meet being held at the Baltic sea resort at Heiiligendam, the prime minister will also attend the summit of five outreach countries from the developing world -- Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa.
According to defence ministry figures, infiltration attempts in Kashmir jumped to 83 during April, marking a four-fold increase.
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) slightly shortened the time period by which foreign investors must use up their government debt limits to ensure that all of the unused quotas are put on sale at each monthly auction.
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This round of negotiations takes place three months after the last meeting of the special representatives in New Delhi indicating speeding up of efforts to resolve the boundary dispute.
The nation, which had the information, did not see it as important enough to pass it on to Indian intelligence agencies until it recognised its significance after the blasts had occurred.
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West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan has accepted the resignation of Justice Ashok Ganguly as chairman of West Bengal Human Rights Commission, highly-placed sources said on Tuesday.
Indian team led by foreign secretary will be back at the US State Department for negotiations early Friday and expect to be involved in some pretty intensive discussions, sources said.
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He will largely play a behind-the-scenes role and will sit in on the high-level meetings between the US and Indian teams so as to ensure that India's strategic and nuclear establishment's interests are not compromised
India's offer of the reported proposal to put a dedicated facility under safeguards, could be a positive contribution to moving the process forward during the talks led by Narayanan, predicts Dr Ashley J Tellis.
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Cognizant, a leading provider of IT services on Wednesday opened its Mumbai development centre.
Keen to conclude the civil nuclear deal by the year-end, India and the US will hold another round of high level talks in July to sort out differences that have been nagging the negotiations for months.
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At the two-day talks, which will conclude on Thursday, the Indian side is represented by National Security Adviser M K Narayanan while the Chinese side is represented by Dai Bingguo.
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"We do not want the Sri Lankan government to go to Pakistan or China. Whatever may be their requirement, the Sri Lankan government should come to us."
Whichever way the verdict goes, it will be a win-win for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa ahead of the assembly election next year. A favourable verdict, it will be a boost for her because she took the decision to release the convicts. She will once again try to usurp the Tamil card and use it to silence her political rivals. If the verdict goes against her, she can still claim the moral high ground. R Ramasubramanian explains.
