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| Newsmaker: Nitin Gadkari |
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| He is not known for a sophisticated world view but Nitin Gadkari, the front-runner for the party’s national president, is likely to be just what the RSS ordered. ...Read |
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| FUEL for thought |
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| A student finds the entrance test to an engineering college a never-to-be-forgotten struggle. Most others would simply grumble. Not Kedar Deshpande. He turned the problem into an opportunity, producing a primer for fellow sufferers — a sort of “all you want to know about…” booklet containing the low-down on engineering colleges and their entrance tests. ...Read |
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| Hung up on value |
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| Now that the “investors” are back with the art market opening up after a year-long hiatus, it’s important to establish how to invest in art and who an investor really is. Before the markets crashed last year, everyone fancied himself an art connoisseur, and everywhere one went, one heard about the investment value of art. Sensible, educated people one had known for years now wanted to know if the one or two or three paintings they were considering buying for their new farmhouse had investor credibility. ...Read |
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| Newsmaker: Asim Dasgupta |
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| He’s the hero for forging consensus on GST, popular in the Left Front and among his students, but industrialists are less than enamoured. ...Read |
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| Picasso originals, anyone? |
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| Investors in India must not shy away from seeking value in works by Picasso or Dali. ...Read |
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| Indians favour more regulation: Survey |
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| Many Indians are in favour of the government doing more to control and own major industries in addition to having a larger active role in regulating businesses, says a survey. ...Read |
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| Newsmaker: Tarun Das |
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| CII’s former director general transformed a small engineering industry association into an authoritative lobby for economic reform. ...Read |
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| Nokia has designs on India |
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| The handset maker’s senior design specialist is touring the country to discover how Indians use cellphones. ...Read |
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| B-schools talk the talk on social network sites |
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| Log in to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn to keep alumni, students, aspirants updated about their institutes. ...Read |
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| Still searching for an identity |
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| The Bengal School has failed to get its due because of the high profile enjoyed by the Progressives who succeeded them. ...Read |
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| Whistle Army to help clean Meghalaya |
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| From now on, if you happen to litter roads or lanes in Meghalaya, you might land up in a tricky situation when a child jawan nearby blows a whistle in remonstration. ...Read |
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| Newsmaker: Andimuthu Raja |
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| Controversy and the telecom ministry have been closely connected ever since the business was opened to private competition in the mid-nineties. With last week’s raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Andimuthu Raja is continuing a tradition. ...Read |
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| Razanama |
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| He’s been faked, pilloried, praised — and now hoarded. ...Read |
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| Newsmaker: Analjit Singh |
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| With his East India Hotels investment, Singh is able to fulfil an ambition to be associated with service excellence. ...Read |
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| 'Kindle' a love for books |
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| The e-book reader is now in India, easier to access but still a little expensive. ...Read |
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| Bread and water! |
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| Your collection could end up losing value unless it is maintained well. ...Read |
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| India Inc is all a Twitter |
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| Banks and corporations see value in 140 characters. ...Read |
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| Newsmaker: Vinod Kumar Sibal |
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| In November 2004, when Vinod Kumar Sibal took over as Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), he welcomed the media in his Rajiv Chowk office, promising regular press conferences to provide updates on oil and gas exploration in India. ...Read |
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| The West in the East |
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| There was at least one whole century when Western art was collected in India. But do you know how much it’s worth?. ...Read |
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