India, Singapore business chambers to boost trade
July 11th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Business chambers of India and Singapore Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement to boost bilateral trade and investments.The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ... Read more...
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India, Qatar chambers to set up joint business council
April 9th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The business chambers of India and Qatar Monday signed a pact to set up a joint business council that will promote two-way trade and investment.The ... Read more...
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India asks Kenya to cut duties on textile imports
March 20th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) India Tuesday asked Kenya to reduce duties on imports of textiles, especially man-made fibres, from this country.During a meeting with his Kenyan counterpart Chirauli Mwakwere ... Read more...
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India, Italy agree to ease business visa norms
February 28th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India and Italy Tuesday agreed to liberalise business visa norms in a bid to boost bilateral trade and investments.Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma discussed ... Read more...
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Anand Sharma heads for Pakistan with 150-strong business team
February 12th, 2012 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The largest Indian business delegation to Pakistan, consisting of some 150 members and led by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, will take ... Read more...
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New strategies needed to help tourism growth: Sahay
March 14th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay Monday said that India can "ill-afford to be satisfied" with the growth in the sector and new marketing strategies need ... Read more...
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Bangladesh business chambers pledge jobs to Arab-returnees
March 11th, 2011 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 11 (IANS) Bangladesh's business chambers have pledged jobs for thousands of workers being repatriated from Arab countries in an effort to ease the blow to the economy that ... Read more...
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Uruguay vice president arrives on 7-day visit, to ink economic deals
February 17th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) In one of the most important bilateral visits, Danilo Astori, vice president of Latin American nation of Uruguay, arrives in India on a seven-day official visit ... Read more...
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Indian, Indonesian business chambers sign 16 MOUs
January 25th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan.25 (ANI): Business chambers of India and Indonesia on Wednesday signed 16 memoranda of understanding on the sidelines of a three-day state visit to India by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang ... Read more...
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Agra goes all out against polythene bags
December 15th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, Dec 15 (IANS) Jan 1 has been fixed as the deadline to declare the Taj city polythene bag-free and the countdown has begun in right earnest with over 125 ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists train guns on yet another Indian firm
December 11th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 11 (IANS) Continuing their policy of obstructing Indian investors, Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas Saturday trained their guns on yet another Indo-Nepal joint venture, threatening to bring it to a halt.The ... Read more...
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Bangladesh opposition calls for strike
November 27th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 27 (IANS) Ignoring pleas from the business community which said political agitations have an impairing effect on the country's economy, Bangladesh's main opposition is preparing for a strike Nov ... Read more...
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Don’t go on strike, Bangladesh businessmen tell politicians
November 25th, 2010 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 25 (IANS) Bangladesh's business chambers, which plan to propose a law to ban political strikes, have appealed to the country's main opposition party to defer the next round of ... Read more...
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Left-turn: Obama is OK, but not America (Capital Buzz)
October 31st, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Finally, it seems their visceral distrust of America prevailed. The Left parties, initially undecided about whether to protest during the visit of US President Barack Obama, ... Read more...
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Bangladesh commerce minister arrives Thursday
October 20th, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Bangladesh Commerce Minister M. Faruk Khan will arrive here Thursday on a three-day visit during which he will hold talks with his Indian counterpart over strengthening bilateral ... Read more...
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RBI raises key rates to tame inflation
September 16th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sept.16 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday raised its key short-term lending rate by 25 basis points and borrowing rate by 50 basis points to check rising prices."Inflation remains ... Read more...
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India, Laos business chambers sign four pacts to boost trade ties
September 13th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghVientiane (Laos), Sept.13 (ANI): Business chambers of India and Laos on Monday signed four agreements to boost bilateral trade ties between the two countries after visiting President Pratibha Devisingh ... Read more...
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PMO seeks industry’s support for rebuilding Leh houses
August 25th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A week after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited flood-ravaged Leh, the government Wednesday sought the support of Indian industry to meet the deadline of rebuilding houses ... Read more...
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Shutdown against Yamuna Express, train stopped near Mathura (Lead, Changing dateline)
August 25th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 25 (IANS) Farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district Wednesday stopped a train and disrupted rail routes while joining in the statewide shutdown called by the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti for ... Read more...
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High alert as farmers along Yamuna Expressway begin shutdown
August 25th, 2010 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Agra, Aug 25 (IANS) Farmers demanding higher compensation for their land acquired for the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh began a daylong shutdown in Mathura, Agra and Aligarh districts Wednesday, threatening ... Read more...
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Civil liability for suppliers will hamper n-industry: FICCI
August 24th, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) One of India's top business chambers Tuesday asked the government to reconsider a specific clause in the civil nuclear liability bill, saying it will affect the ... Read more...
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Bengal business chambers demand subsidy after power hike
August 18th, 2010 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) Several chambers of commerce in West Bengal Tuesday described the recent tariff hike by the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) as "exorbitant and irrational" and ... Read more...
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Indo-Bangla trade can grow significantly: Conclave
June 20th, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki DasAgartala (Tripura), June 20(ANI): India and Bangladesh have a lot of scope for improving bilateral trade and cooperation in the near future, observed delegations from both the countries during ... Read more...
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India, South Africa can aid Africa’s growth: Zuma (Lead)
June 4th, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Africa can be developed as the next economic powerhouse with assistance by both South Africa and India, South African President Jacob Zuma said here Friday, even as ... Read more...
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India, South Africa can jointly help develop Africa, says Zuma
June 4th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) India and South Africa can jointly help in the development of Africa as the next global economic destination, South African President Jacob Zuma said here Friday.
"India and ... Read more...
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G8/G20 leaders urged to have new policies for economic recovery (Lead)
April 29th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, April 29 (IANS) Meeting ahead of the G8 and G20 summits here in June, heads of business chambers from the G8 industrialised nations urged their leaders to institute new polices to ... Read more...
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Chambers of commerce set agenda for G8/G20 summits
April 29th, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 29 (IANS) Meeting ahead of the G8 and G20 summits here in June, heads of business chambers from G8 nations have urged their leaders to institute new polices to sustain ... Read more...
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Dhaka, Delhi business chambers make plans to bridge deficit
April 12th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 12 (IANS) Leading business lobbies in Bangladesh and India have agreed to expedite bilateral trade and investment between the two countries and have laid out plans to bridge the ... Read more...
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Demand for separate ‘Braj Pradesh’ gains momentum
December 26th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 26 (IANS) After Harit Pradesh, Purvanchal and Bundelkhand, the demand for the creation of yet another state in north India has gained momentum. This time it is Braj Pradesh, ... Read more...
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs to observe ‘India Corporate Week’ from today
December 14th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 14 (ANI): The Ministry of Corporate Affairs will observe an 'India Corporate Week' from today.The theme for 'India Corporate Week', 2009, is 'Corporate Sector and Inclusive Growth', under ... Read more...
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Taj city shuts down to demand high court bench
October 1st, 2009 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Oct 1 (IANS) The Taj city witnessed a near total shutdown Thursday as business chambers, trade associations and political parties observed a day long strike to demand a bench of ... Read more...
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Realty industry hopes for better days under new government
May 17th, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) India's realtors, one of the worst-hit by the slowdown, believes the sector will get more attention under the new government given its professed thrust on infrastructure.
Anuj Puri, ... Read more...
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Agra doctors stay away from work second day in a row
March 16th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 16 (IANS) Private doctors here continued to stay away from work for the second day Monday even as authorities ordered an inquiry against the policemen who allegedly manhandled a ... Read more...
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India to facilitate smoother business with Africa
January 20th, 2009 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) India will put in a mechanism to ensure a smoother road for businesses for opening letter of credit and receipt of payments through banks and financial institutions, ... Read more...
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Maldives is a model for democracy in Islamic world: Nasheed
December 23rd, 2008 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Tuesday said his country was a model for bringing democracy into an Islamic nation. The 41-year-old Nasheed Tuesday began his first-ever foreign visit ... Read more...
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