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Chhattisgarh sponge iron units facing closure

November 3rd, 2008 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Nov 3 (IANS) Dozens of sponge iron units in Chhattisgarh are facing closure due to recession and high raw material costs, industry officials said Monday. The public sector National Mineral Development ...

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Pest attacks in Assam plantations hit tea production

July 7th, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS -
Guwahati, July 7 (IANS) India's tea production has been hit with rampant pests eating away the crop, adding to the woes of the cash-strapped tea industry in the northeastern state of Assam, ...

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Patel to meet PM to discuss aviation fuel price hike

Patel to meet PM to discuss aviation fuel price hike

June 2nd, 2008 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Monday expressed concern over the hike in air fares in India and said he would discuss the issue of high state levies ...

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$4.2 bn UNIDO fund to check India’s industrial pollution

May 19th, 2008 - 10:04 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Concerned over the alarming state of industrial pollution in the country, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) will offer its expertise to India under a $4.2 ...

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Rao retires as insurance regulatory body chief

May 14th, 2008 - 4:02 pm ICT by admin -
Chennai, May 14 (IANS) "A fair and firm regulator" is the how insurance industry officials describe Chellapilla Satyanarayana Rao, chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) who lay down office Wednesday. Officials ...

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30,000 passengers hit by Hong Kong airline closure

30,000 passengers hit by Hong Kong airline closure

April 10th, 2008 - 11:28 am ICT by admin -
DPA Hong Kong, April 10 (DPA) More than 30,000 passengers holding tickets valued at Hong Kong $300 million ($38.5 million) have been affected by the collapse of Hong Kong's first long-haul budget airline, ...

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Half of Pakistan population at the risk of food insecurity, warns WFP

Half of Pakistan population at the risk of food insecurity, warns WFP

April 5th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by admin -
Islamabad, Apr 5 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) has cautioned that nearly half of Pakistans 160 million population was at the risk of food insecurity due to a surge in ...

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Another Singur in the making in Tamil Nadu?

March 13th, 2008 - 11:33 pm ICT by admin -
Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu), March 13 (IANS) Some 10,000 inhabitants of 14 villages in this hilly district in the western edges of Tamil Nadu are on the warpath over the administration's moves to ...

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Workers of another Bahraini firm go on strike

March 9th, 2008 - 1:58 pm ICT by admin -
Dubai, March 9 (IANS) Around 1,300 workers, both locals and expatriates, of a leading Bahraini construction firm have gone on strike to demand better wages - the 11th such strike to hit ...

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More fowls culled as bird flu rages on in Bangladesh

February 24th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Dhaka, Feb 24 (Xinhua) Bangladesh's health workers culled more than 58,000 fowls across the country in the past 24 hours as bird flu ravaged the country's poultry industry, officials here said Sunday. ...

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Aviation industry wants budget to cut jet fuel prices

February 23rd, 2008 - 9:39 am ICT by admin -
By Varada Bhat Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) The Indian aviation industry hopes that the union budget would this time reduce the cost of jet fuels, which account for over 45 percent of operational ...

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Pakistan, India passenger traffic may not increase, say airline agents

February 16th, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by admin -
Karachi, Feb.16 (ANI): An updated Air Services Agreement (ASA) between Pakistan and India will not serve its purpose until the two countries ease the process of issuing visas to each others citizens, ...

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