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HAU V-C inaugurating a Kisan Mela in Hisar
Vice Chancellor of Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Dr K.S.Khokhar inaugurating a Kisan Mela in Hisar on March 14
Rise In Food Inflation A Cause For Concern, CII
The inflation rate, which had shown moderation in the last two months, has once again shown signs of revival which is a cause for concern to industry which had hitherto been hopeful of declining trend to continue. If such a trend continues, then it is highly unlikely that the...
New Uttar Pradesh Assembly Has Now More Women
By Rashmi Saksena The Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll results are supposed to bring cheer to women for one singular fact. The newly constituted 16th Assembly of UP has the highest number of women MLAs in the history of the state Legislature since Independence. Of the 403 seats, women have...
Budget Needs Innovative Approach
By Anjan Roy The index of industrial production (IIP), on March 12, can be viewed as a pointer to what the forthcoming budget should do. Even if the overall IIP has shown a jump in January, the disaggregated figures reveal the underlying shortcomings and failings. An analysis of the...
Schroders Set To Acquire 30 Per Cent Stake In Axis AMC
SCHRODERS SET TO ACQUIRE 30% STAKE IN AXIS AMC MUMBAI: Schroders, the UK-based asset management giant that manages close to $291 billion in assets, is set to acquire nearly 30 per cent stake in Axis Asset Management Company, sources familiar with the deal have told Business Standard. The...
Despite CRR Cut, Banks Raise Short-Term Money At Higher Rat
MUMBAI: Banks are raising short term money at much higher price than what they paid prior to the CRR cut, a move that would impact their margins but is aimed at renewing deposits that are due to mature this year-end. In the last two days, banks have paid 11.35%...
Defence Ministry Clears Promotions Of Senior Army Officers
After seeking a slew of clarifications over the past five months, the Ministry of Defence today cleared the much-awaited promotions of senior Army officers, albeit with a rider. Despite the clearance of the promotion list today, the Ministry will separately review the promotion policy which, at present, allows for...
Indian, Us Troops Conduct Joint Drill In Bathinda
BATHINDA: The troops of the Bathinda-based Chetak Corps along with a contingent of US troops today conducted a joint cordon and drill here to neutralise terrorists in an abandoned village in the desert ranges. The drill, codenamed “Desert Lark”, saw the Indian and US troops establish a cordon using...
India's Spy Satellite Risat-1 To Be Launched In April
CHENNAI: A wholly Indian-built spy/surveillance satellite – Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) – that can see through clouds and fog and has very high- resolution imaging is slated for launch in April, a senior official of the Indian space agency has said. An official of the Indian Space Research Organisation...
India To Export Warships To African Countries
India is looking for export markets for it’s combat vessels and defence undertaking Goa Shipyard is offering it’s smaller size naval vessels to countries in Africa and the Middle East. A Nigerian delegation headed by a senior Navy officer of that country had visited the shipyard last week in...
Sino-India Joint Army Drill Ruled Out This Year
The prospect of the next edition of the Sino-Indian joint military exercises is unlikely to take place this year as well.India and China have so far held two rounds of joint military exercises in 2007 and 2008. But in the three succeeding years after that, there were no joint...
Eurofighter 'Stands Ready' To Renegotiate MMRCA Bid With India
The partner nations of the Eurofighter consortium ‘stand ready’ to enter into further discussions with India regarding it’s selection of Dassault’s Rafale over the Eurofighter Typhoon, according to UK Defence Minister Gerald Howarth. IHS Jane’s understands that a revised Typhoon bid has been submitted to India for its Medium...
Eurocopter To Focus On New Markets In India
HYDERABAD: Eurocopter, the global leader in helicopters, will focus on new markets in India in the emergency medical services, utility, law enforcement and search and rescue areas while maintaining its leadership position in the passenger, private, oil and gas and VIP markets, the company says. Eurocopter India, a subsidiary...
DoT To Put Up Defence Spectrum For 2G Auction
NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) plans to include 110 MHz of spectrum be vacated by the defence forces in the auction of 2G spectrum. This will take the 2G spectrum to be auctioned to about 750 MHz. The proposal for vacation of spectrum was put forward by...
Eurocopter Aims To Be No.1 By 2015
CHENNAI/HYDERABAD: Eurocopter, a part of Airbus manufacturer and aerospace giant EADS, is aiming to achieve the number one position in the civil and parapublic helicopter market in India by 2015. The company, which entered the Indian market in October 2010, currently ranks number two in terms of market share...
ICVL May Buy Coal Mine In Australia Soon
NEW DELHI: International Coal Ventures Ltd (ICVL) today said it is now in the final stages of acquiring a coking coal mine in Australia’s Bowen Basin. “ICVL is nearing its first acquisition for a prime hard coking coal mine in the heart of Bowen Basin in Australia,” ICVL Chairman...
Rail Budget 2012: Train Fares Increased Across All Classes
NEW DELHI: Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi on Wednesday presentaedhis maiden Railway Budget in Parliament and said the budget was aimed at the common man. Towards the end of his Rail Budget speech, Trivedi announced that train fares would be increased across all classes, but the hike would be...
Coal India May Revise Prices After April
NEW DELHI: Coal India Ltd (CIL), which meets over half ofIndia’s energy requirements, could raise the commodity’s prices next quarter. The move is aimed at offsetting the financial impact of the 25 per cent wage rise announced for its mammoth workforce in January. The news saw the company’s shares...
