‘India, South Africa can tackle slowdown together’ (Lead)
July 23rd, 2009 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, July 23 (IANS) India and South Africa can defy the slowdown if they increase investments in each other's economy, according to South African Minister for International Relations and ... Read more...
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‘India, South Africa can tackle slowdown together’
July 23rd, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, July 23 (IANS) India and South Africa can defy the slowdown if they increase investments in each other's economy, according to South African Minister for International Relations and ... Read more...
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India-centric business meet in South Africa next month
June 29th, 2009 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, June 29 (IANS) The success of the inaugural "Doing Business with India" conference last year and rapid growth in bilateral trade with South Africa is expected to be repeated ... Read more...
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India-Britain trade could reach $40 bn by 2015: Industry
June 21st, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Bilateral trade between India and Britain, which crossed $12 billion last fiscal, has the potential to touch $40 billion by 2015, according to an industry lobby report. ... Read more...
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3G spectrum auction unlikely before elections
March 18th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) It is unlikely that auction of the spectrum for third generation (3G) telecommunication applications will take place before the Lok Sabha elections, telecom secretary Siddharth Behura said ... Read more...
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Ten technologies which MIT sees as impacting lives
February 24th, 2009 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) Technology Review, the magazine of innovation brought out by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tuesday announced its annual list of 10 top emerging technologies, seen to ... Read more...
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Fuel price cut as soon as possible: Minister
January 12th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices will be cut to the "maximum possible" extent soon, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dinsha Patel said here ... Read more...
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Arjun Singh to inaugurate new premises of National Book Trust
December 12th, 2008 - 11:16 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 12 (ANI): Union Minister of Human Resource Development Arjun Singh will inaugurate the ''Nehru Bhawan'', the new office premises of the National Book Trust (NBT) here today.
Nine ... Read more...
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CPI national executive meet begins today
December 6th, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 6 (ANI): A three-day national executive meeting of the Communist Party of India will begin here from today to take stock of the current situation in the wake of ... Read more...
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Explosive growth of broadband service over cable TV predicted
November 21st, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) With the third generation (3G) mobile spectrum and Wimax auctions round the corner, industry experts estimate that almost 110 million households will have broadband services over the ... Read more...
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Gas pricing to be determined by Govt: Petroleum Secretary
September 25th, 2008 - 7:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept.25 (ANI): Saying that the gas market now in India is completely a suppliers'' market, Union Secretary for Petroleum and Natural Gas, R.S. Pandey today stated that the Government ... Read more...
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“Extraordinary laws” to deal with terror prone to misuse: Somnath Chatterjee
September 21st, 2008 - 7:34 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, Sept 21 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Sunday said that extraordinary laws to deal with terror are prone to misuse.
Chatterjee, while addressing the inaugural function of the ... Read more...
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Two-day Central Administrative Tribunal Conference inaugurated in New Delhi
August 2nd, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, August 2 (ANI): The two-day All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal was inaugurated here today.Addressing the conference, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension ... Read more...
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Chief Justice to inaugurate All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal
August 2nd, 2008 - 9:25 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan will inaugurate the two-day All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal here this evening.H.R.Bhardwaj, Minister of Law, Prithvi Raj Chavan, ... Read more...
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Need to give prison reforms more importance: Patil
April 25th, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 25 (ANI): Union Minister of Home Affairs Shivraj Patil on Friday called for giving due importance to prison reforms and correctional administration, and assured the State Governments of ... Read more...
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Shivraj Patil to inaugurate conference on prisons today
April 25th, 2008 - 9:43 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 25 (ANI): Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil will inaugurate the All India Conference of Ministers, Secretaries and Directors or Inspectors General in charge of Prisons here today.
The conference ... Read more...
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Gujarat to seek investment inflow from Japan
February 15th, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, Feb 15 (IANS) Gujarat will make the pitch for substantial Japanese investment inflow at the Destination India Conference to be held in Tokyo Feb 19. Industries Commissioner Gauri Kumar, who is ... Read more...
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Rethinking Religion in India conference concludes
January 24th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, January 24 (ANI): The first international conference on Rethinking Religion in India emerged as a good platform offering various interesting insights about traditions, caste-system and religious perplexities of India for ... Read more...
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