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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- An Amendment Redefining `India' (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jun 09, 2007)
The amendment needs clarification in the light of provisions of international law.
- Discovery Of `Innovation' (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2007)
In tax cases `innovation' is rarely mentioned. However, innovative strategies of taxpayers, if forbidden by law, have penal consequences upon detection or discovery.
- Gsm Subscriber Base Up To 130 M (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2007)
The All India GSM subscriber base grew from 125.57 million in April 2006 to 130.6 million in May 2007 recording an addition of over 5 million during the month under review.
- Fujitsu Ltd To Create 5,500 Jobs In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2007)
Fujitsu said the move would boost the number of employees at its business in India to 8,500 by 2009 from about 3,000 currently.
- Is India’S Largest Ipo Going To Change The Sensex Stakes? (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jun 09, 2007)
Post-issue, the DLF stock is by all indications, set to join the Sensex. Its cousin Unitech (trading around Rs 550), is unlikely to be left behind.
- First Solar-Powered Cellphone Developed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2007)
Hi-Tech Wealth, the solar phone's makers, says a scale-like solar panel on the top side of the clamshell-designed phone can also be recharged by light from other sources including candles.
- Another Blueprint: Wanted Action On Infrastructure Front (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 08, 2007)
There is no dispute that infrastructure development has not kept pace with our economic development.
- Chennai Telephones Revises Bimonthly Billing Cycle To Suit Its Subscribers (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Jun 08, 2007)
Landline subscribers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), Chennai Telephones, with a bimonthly billing cycle will now get bills with the pay-by-date falling in the first week of the following month.
- Bsnl Share In Gsm User Addition Dips From 32 To 8% (Indian Express, MANOJ GAIROLA, Jun 08, 2007)
Government-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is a classic example of what red tapism can do to a thriving public sector enterprise.
- Grassroots Banking (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 08, 2007)
An incentive structure may not be the optimal solution to expand the banking network in rural areas.
- Dot Asks Telemarketers To Register With Operators (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Wednesday issued guidelines for registration of telemarketers to curb unsolicited commercial calls, setting August 31 deadline for all telemarketing companies to get registered with telecom companies.
- Act Proactively To Pre-Empt Fraudulent Behaviour (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 07, 2007)
A number of players in the knowledge processing outsourcing space in India do not allow their analysts access to local hard drives, disable the use of pen drives and prevent access to Internet mail. MR R. BENTON ARMSTRONG, GLOBAL LEADER, FORENSIC . . .
- Essar To Borrow $5 Bn To Fund Expansion (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
Essar group is in talks with international bankers to raise about five billion dollars (over Rs 20,000 crore) by leveraging its 33 per cent stake in Hutch-Essar, the country's fourth-largest mobile player in which UK's Vodafone recently acquired . . .
- Essar To Leverage Its 33 Pc Stake In Hutch, Raise $5 Bn (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
Essar Group is currently in talks with international bankers to raise $ 5 billion by selling off its 33 percent stake in Hutch-Essar, India's fourth-largest mobile player. Vodafone has recently acquired majority stake in the company.
- India Cell Phone Curbs Welcomed (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
Indian cellular phone companies and phone users have welcomed a government move to curb unsolicited calls and text messages from tele-marketers.
- Shore Up Infrastructure (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 06, 2007)
Travelling through South Korea, I was struck by the country’s infrastructure. Physical assets were visible everywhere: bridges, highways, superfast trains, state-of-the-art airports, 100 per cent electrified villages, 100 per cent sanitation and . . . .
- Indonesia For Defence Tie-Up With India (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 05, 2007)
Indonesia is exploring the possibility of accessing India's know-how in "network centric warfare" and also entering into joint production arrangements in the overall defence domain.
- Ten Ways That China And India Will (And Won't) Change The World (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 05, 2007)
That China and India will provide huge market opportunities, but remain relatively poor is one of several pairs of contradictions that form the substance of David Smith's The Dragon and the Elephant.
- Pathaks' £100m Takeaway Curry (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
FOR as long as he can remember, Kirit Pathak has been helping out with the family business his late father founded 50 years ago. When he was still at school, he would take the samosas and other snacks his father made and sell them for pocket money.
- `No Militarisation In Kashmir' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
Ready to open up markets to neighbours without insisting on reciprocity: Pranab
Security forces in J&K trying to restore normality
India to focus on improving regional connectivity
- Chinese Targeting Of Indian Interests Intensifying (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jun 04, 2007)
The Chinese refusal to grant a visa to an Arunachal Pradesh IAS officer has thrown up a piquant situation that is delicate and highly sensitive.
- No Timeframe For Kashmir Solution (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that India cannot set a timeframe for a resolution of the dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, but discussions under the composite dialogue process between the two countries are ongoing and . ..
- Lebanese Army Surrounds Nahr Al-Bared Camp (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 02, 2007)
Amid heavy artillery fire, the Lebanese army has surrounded a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon where Islamist militants have entrenched themselves.
- 3 Companies Launch Roaming Plans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2007)
BSNL, MTNL, and RCom cut roaming charges; limited free incoming calls offered
- Tectonic Shifts In Salary (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jun 02, 2007)
Naan Appavoda Adigam Sambadikaren, gushes a sweet 20-something in a TV commercial for a software course in popular Tamil channels.
- Bsnl Set To Slash Roaming Charges (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2007)
BSNL is understood to have finalised plans to cut the domestic mobile roaming charges to as low as Re 1 a minute for incoming calls and Rs 1.50 for outgoing calls.
- Planning For Power — Where Rhetoric And Reality Part Ways (Business Line, Ashoak Upadhyay , Jun 01, 2007)
Setting such ambitious targets as ending power shortages by 2012 is easy. The difficult part is achieving it. And here India's record has been abysmal with the unmet target of each Plan only ballooning. With the ambitious Ultra Mega Power Projects . . .
- India Major Gainer Of Fdi In South Asia : Wb (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
"Much of the FDI inflows into India were concentrated in the services sector, telecommunications in particular, in response to liberalisation policies," the Bank said.
- Lebanese President Proposes "Salvation Cabinet" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has suggested the formation of a six-minister ``Cabinet of national salvation'' during a rare meeting with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir as a way of resolving the country's ongoing political crisis, local paper . ..
- Register As Fiis, India Tells The Gulf Banks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
"FIIs from Gulf countries should actively look at investing in the Indian stock markets," Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has said.
- India Nets Most Fdi Inflows (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
India attracted a major chunk of the record US$40.1 billion capital that flowed into South Asia in 2006, but restrictive policies could stunt investment growth leading to slower economic expansion, the World Bank warned in a report.
- Ir Finances: Milking The Hybrid Cow (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 31, 2007)
Indian Railways (IR) has suddenly confounded its critics and has made the Rakesh Mohan Committee Report — which took a dim view of its future (98% operating ratio) and said it is a fiscal time bomb waiting to explode — look naive if not amateurish.
- Oil May Allow Sudan To Escape Pain Of U.S. Sanctions (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
The Bush administration's new sanctions against Sudan aim to squeeze the country's economy by freezing Sudanese companies out of American financial institutions and curtailing their dollar transactions.
- Private Power (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 30, 2007)
The gross mismanagement of India's energy crisis is a major failure of the UPA government's three years in power.
- Apex Court Refuses To Stay Telecast Of Sting Operations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay further telecast of certain ``sting operations'' being aired by private channels exposing the alleged fraudulent activities of several ``godmen,'' who reportedly command huge followings.
- Further Liberal Fdi Policy On The Cards (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
The results of the review will be in the direction of liberalisation, as was the case with similar policy reviews in the past, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Secretary Ajay Dua said.
- Ituc Report On Core Labour Standards In India — Much Work Remains To Be Done (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, May 29, 2007)
There is need for a transformation of the labour force in terms of education, skills, income levels and provision of social security to dovetail with the various components of the country's development agenda.
- `It Is Technology, Stupid` (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2007)
The average quality of education in science and technology is relatively low in India
- Assessing Public Sector Dominance (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 29, 2007)
Many observers of the Indian market place have urged the Competition Commission of India to look into government monopolies. Often, the exhortation flows from a not-so-accurate appreciation of the law in India.
- What Is ‘Positive’ Journalism? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 28, 2007)
HOLDING the print and electronic media responsible for projecting Pakistan in a negative light, President Pervez Musharraf has criticised the press and TV for not reporting the “government’s achievements in the fields of economy . . . .
- Inclusiveness And Inequality (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 28, 2007)
Growth is bound to be imperfectly distributed in an economy like India's even if development policy is made as inclusive as possible. Using this yardstick, one would perhaps not be far off the mark in suggesting that the UPA regime has done well . . .
- Infrastructure Development Should Factor In Climate Change Issues: . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
Any new investment in infrastructure should be adaptable to the needs of climate change and this aspect should be the principal driver of infrastructure upgradation, Suresh Prabhu, Member of Parliament, said on Friday.
- Rcomm Unveils Free Call Scheme (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
Reliance mobile users can now make free unlimited outgoing calls to local Reliance mobile phones in select regions of the country.
- Pay Check (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 26, 2007)
The Congress may be licking its wounds after reverses in UP assembly elections, but its political fortunes are not going to be revived by the prime minister making speeches that sound like blasts from the past.
- What Is Ict's Contribution To Economic Growth? (Business Line, M. R. Narayana, May 26, 2007)
The national income from the ICT sector remains unestimated. Neither the corporate sector nor the policy-makers seem serious about this in the context of the booming ICT-led New Economy.
- The Telecom Party Rocks On (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 25, 2007)
About six million new users join the mobile phone market every month in India, which, with 166 million users, is the world’s fastest growing mobile phone market.
- You May Be Tired But You Are Never Retired In The Upa (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, May 25, 2007)
Our civil society organizations need to be continually energized and empowered. Our democracy must be constantly rejuvenated by the infusion of fresh blood.
- Telecom Sector Adds 4.9 Million Customers (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2007)
The telecom sector added 4.9 million subscribers during the month of April 2007.
- A New Raja (Business Line, ALOK MUKHERJEE, May 25, 2007)
Andimuthu Raja has been a Central Minister for many years, but it was only after he stepped into the Telecom and IT portfolio that he is suddenly in the limelight.
- Three Years Of Upa Government — Importance Of Looking Earnest (Business Line, Ashoak Upadhyay , May 25, 2007)
Anniversaries are reckoning moments. Behind the glittering lights of urban prosperity lies the dark hinterland of slumbering growth and despairing poverty that the UPA Government, like its predecessors, has ignored. Simply appearing earnest with . . .
- Provide Handsets Below Rs 1,000: Govt To Cdma Cos (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2007)
The Government on Thursday asked CDMA vendors to provide a handset with a much lower price tag, preferably less than Rs 1,000, to promote rural connectivity.
- Bsnl To Upgrade 25 Telegraph Offices (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, May 24, 2007)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd Chennai Telephones plans to upgrade 25 District Telegraph Offices (DTO) across the city into one-stop outlets providing a range of telecom services on the lines of customer support centres.
- Bharti Airtel Crosses 40 M Mobile Mark (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
A Bharti Airtel statement said that Airtels lead over Hutch had widened from two million in March 2006 to over 11 million in April 2007, while the lead over Idea and BSNL had increased from 11 million to 24 million and from 0.5 million to eight . . .
- Hutch Essar Sale To Yield $4.12 Bn For Hutchison Shareholders (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
With the sale of Hutchison Telecom’s Indian assets through, shareholders of the Hong Kong based firm are in for a rich dividend — nearly $4.12 billion (Rs 17,000 crore) — most of which is likely to go to promoter Li Ka-Shing.
- Chinese Challenge For Temasek (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
For years, Singapore's Temasek Holdings has remained Asia's investment dandy-feared, hated and applauded as it went about buying up stakes in dozens of companies including ICICI Bank, Apollo Hospitals and M&M in India.
- It Spend By Large Cos May Rise 26% (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
The fact that more than half the top 50 spenders on IT during 2006-07 were PSUs breaks the myth that modernisation processes such as automation and IT deployment can take place only after privatisation.
- Reliance Slashes Roaming Rates To A Low Of 40 Paise (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Reliance Communications, an Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company, today reduced the rates on roaming calls on its network by 70 per cent, as a result of which charges would be as low as 40 paise.
- United Progressive Alliance (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 23, 2007)
The verdict on the UPA government as it completes three years in office is decidedly a mixed one. On the face of it, that seems an odd thing to say.
- Small Screen Is Big News In Tn Politics (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Tamil Nadu’s politico-television culture has breached a new frontier with the announcement of the launch of a channel named after DMK president and chief minister M Karunanidhi or ‘Kalaignar’. The TV medium, which has been used by the two main . . .
- Virgin Mobile In Joint Venture India (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
Virgin Mobile is on the verge of becoming the latest UK telecoms company to tap the rapidly growing Indian market for growth, following in the footsteps of Vodafone and BT.
- Bengal Warned Delhi Of Huji Threat To Hyderabad (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
A top West Bengal official has said the state sent a detailed report on the growing threat from Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HUJI) to the Centre about two months back and mentioned Hyderabad among possible targets of terrorist attacks by the Bangladesh- . .
- Sustaining Pace Of Services-Led Growth (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 22, 2007)
It is becoming increasingly evident that our economy has been ratcheting up one of the highest growth rates in the world, powered by the rapid growth of services which have, since the nineties, consistently out performed both the industry and . . . .
- Airtel Reduces Isd Rates To Usa & Canada (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom services provider on Monday announced a 39 per cent reduction in international long distance tariffs to USA and Canada for its mobile users in India.
- As China Attempts To Cool — India Now A Hot Destination For Fdi (Business Line, S. Majumder , May 22, 2007)
While China adopts some protectionism to take the heat of its economy, India is opening its door wider to foreign investors. It is time foreign investors took a closer look at India's potential.
- Wiring Up Small Grids For Mega Power (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 22, 2007)
If electricity retailing is opened to private enterprise, it will gradually create space for many suppliers who in turn will compete to provide better products and services.
- Second Class (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 21, 2007)
It is a common lament that the benefits of India's recent economic growth have remained confined to the metros. But there is evidence that Tier II and III cities are expanding at a rapid rate.
- Let New Players Bid For 3g Spectrum? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 21, 2007)
While the logic of new entry has been the need to bring in innovation and greater competition for better service quality delivery, the other side of the argument is that 3G has been seen by some as an extension of 2G, 2.5G and 2.75G services and . . .
- Centre To Review Telecom Fdi Cap (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
The controversial shareholding of businessman Analjit Singh and Mr Asim Ghosh, the managing director of Hutchison Essar Ltd (HEL) in HEL, has provoked the secretary, economic affairs in the finance ministry, to call for an examination of the . . . .
- 'Credit Scores Help Lending Decisions' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2007)
At a time when credit card issuers are clocking a near 200% growth, worrying the government and the central bank alike, credit information can revolutionise fraud detection and recoveries of default payments.
- Aditya Birla Group To Do Retail Business On Its Own (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
The $24-billion diversified Aditya Birla Group on Friday announced its entry into domestic organised retail market with an investment of up to Rs 9,000 crore over three years to set up 1,000 supermarkets.
- Reliance, Birla Eye Retail Market (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Following the footsteps of India's biggest business houses Reliance, Tata and Bharti, the $24 billion Aditya Birla group on Friday announced its plans for the retail sector.
- India To Urge Us To Reduce Emission Levels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
The government today said that India was getting developing nations on board to put pressure on the developed countries including the US to cut down on their emission levels.
- Road House Clues Ii (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 18, 2007)
This is one house journal that insists on full and proper disclosure. Raj Maarg, the monthly journal of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) does the ho-hum job that’s expected of it.
- Get Bsnl Landline Connection For Rs. 100 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
The indian government said that the over USD 7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project has been found to be technically feasible but its economic viability will depend on the price at which Tehran sells the fuel. "Indian side had appointed
- Smart Growth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 17, 2007)
The latest Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data shows a sharp increase of 12.9 per cent in industrial production in the month of March 2007 compared to eight per cent growth in the same month previous year.
- Sensex Gains As Bank Scrips Surge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Wednesday closed above 14,000 mark after a gap of 8 sessions at 14,127.31 points on late buying support and was up by a whopping 198 points, led by a sharp rally in banking shares and also firm Asian cues.
- Too Many In The Driver’S Seat (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
After completing 50 years in a state assembly, it is understandable for even the most focused of regional stalwarts to confuse chief ministership for prime ministership.
- Raja To Push Rural Telephony, Maran’S Pet Policies May Remain (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Providing telephones in rural areas will be the top priority of the new Union minister for communications and IT, A Raja. The former environment minister today took charge of the ministry of communications and IT following Dayanidhi . . . .
- Gadgets Set A Nation Free (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 17, 2007)
On behalf of its long-suffering workers, the Japanese government champions telecommuting, hoping a radical change to the nation's work practices will end its notoriously inefficient work culture.
- New Energy Source (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 16, 2007)
Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have agreed to build a new gas pipeline around the Caspian. All three countries have a common interest in exporting oil and gas to markets in Europe, as well as to Asia, including India. Is New Delhi prepared to . . . .
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