SPV formed for road project in Madhya Pradesh
August 17th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The government Friday approved the formation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to execute the Lakhnadone-Ghansore road project in Madhya Pradesh.The project will be executed ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves TCIL’s Saudi acquisition
July 4th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Indian cabinet has approved a proposal of the Department of Telecom (DoT) to acquire 60 percent shares of TCIL Saudi Co. Ltd (TSCL) from ... Read more...
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Another Indian investment flounders in Nepal
September 17th, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 17 (IANS) Yet another Indian investment is in trouble in Nepal after Indian tobacco giant ITC's joint venture shut down its garments factory and the Manipal Group has ... Read more...
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Nepal ignores Krishna’s concern on telecom JV
April 29th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 29 (IANS) Even nine days after Nepal assuring visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna that it would "amicably resolve" issues plaguing Indian telecom joint venture United Telecom ... Read more...
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Indian telecom JV reels under step-motherly treatment in Nepal
January 18th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 18 (IANS) Nepal's first private telecom operator continues to reel under the stepmotherly treatment meted out to it by deposed king Gyanendra's regime in 2005, with its business ... Read more...
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Govt. approves deputation of Group “A” officers of DoT to TCIL
November 4th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.4 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to the proposal of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in relation with deputation of Group "A" officers of Department of ... Read more...
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IGNOU spreads wings in Africa via tele-education
September 10th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhulika Sonkar
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The life of Francis Mbangwa, a Kenyan farmer in his late 20s, revolved around crops and fertiliser. He would eagerly wait for the harvest season, ... Read more...
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Indian telecom JV survives fire scare in Nepal
June 4th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 4 (IANS) United Telecom Ltd (UTL), a joint venture between three Indian companies and a Nepali firm, survived a fire scare Friday when a blaze in a building housing its ... Read more...
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From Delhi, Indians to teach students in Africa
May 15th, 2010 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Just like a typical classroom scene, a professor will deliver a lecture and students will raise their hands to ask questions. Only here, the teacher ... Read more...
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India plans e-network for small Pacific island states
January 30th, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) With UN reforms inching back on the global agenda and keeping climate change negotiations in mind, India is now wooing Pacific small island states with an e-network, ... Read more...
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India extends grants, lines of credit to Sao Tome and Principe
December 3rd, 2009 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) India has extended a line of credit of $5 million to the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, as well as a grant of $1 ... Read more...
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Sao Tome foreign minister to visit India
November 27th, 2009 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) After the visit of the Cape Verde foreign minister last week, a high-level delegation from yet another small African country will be visiting India, that of ... Read more...
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Cape Verde seeks Indian help to develop its IT
November 20th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) India has offered all help to the small African island nation of Cape Verde, which has asked for assistance especially in developing its information technology ... Read more...
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Government firm to exit joint venture with Bharti
August 27th, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The government Thursday allowed the state-owned Telecommunications Consultants to exit from its joint venture with the Bharti group, Bharti Hexacom that operates in the Rajasthan and northeast ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu Telecom’s debt to be converted to equity
August 20th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The government Thursday said it would convert loans taken by state-owned Tamil Nadu Telecommunications Ltd (TTL) to equity as part of efforts to revive the ailing company.
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Tamil Nadu Telecommunications Ltd. to be revived
August 20th, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to enhance the equity share capital of Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) in its joint venture company - Tamil Nadu ... Read more...
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Workshop on Pan-African e-network starts Wednesday
August 11th, 2009 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Delegates from 31 African countries will be taking part in a two-day workshop beginning Wednesday on India's flagship project - Pan-African e-Network, which links leading universities ... Read more...
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Divestment is part of government agenda: Mukherjee
July 14th, 2009 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government remained committed to divesting stakes in the state-run companies, but without diluting their public ... Read more...
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Budget not a document on micro policy: Mukherjee
July 7th, 2009 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said the national budget was not the document to spell out micro policy details and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government ... Read more...
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Government to raise Rs.1,120 crore from divestment
July 6th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The government will raise Rs.1,120 crore (Rs.11.2 billion/$224 million) this fiscal from sale of government equity in state-owned units, according to the budget papers ... Read more...
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India to provide online education to students in Lesotho
July 1st, 2009 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) India Wednesday inked an agreement with Lesotho to provide online education to students of the southern African country, the government said in a statement.
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India to set up telemedicine facility in Afghanistan
October 30th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 30 (Xinhua) India and Afghanistan Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to set up a telemedicine facility in the war-ravaged country, an Afghan health ministry statement said. "The main ... Read more...
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Indian joint venture in Nepal wants recruitment order review
October 16th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 16 (IANS) Indian joint venture firm United Telecom Ltd (UTL), Nepal's first private telecom operator, has requested the Maoist-led government to review an order of the previous government directing it ... Read more...
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Strike-hit Indian telecom firm re-opens in Nepal
March 12th, 2008 - 3:41 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, March 12 (IANS) After being closed down for over a month by a labour union and incurring losses running into millions, Indian joint venture in Nepal's telecom sector United ... Read more...
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India’s diplomacy in Central Africa on the upswing
March 11th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by admin
By Manish Chand
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) In an apparent bid to catch up with China, India is set to ramp up its economic diplomacy in resource-rich Central Africa - a ... Read more...
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