| 'You need proper policy for energy service companies' | 23-NOV-09 |
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| With the global debate on climate change heating up and nations working out strategies to cut their carbon footprints, energy efficiency has gained a renewed focus in economies across the world. The bilateral co-operation between India and the US in the field of energy-saving technologies, thus, would go a long way in securing energy needs of both the countries, says Tom Cutler, acting director in the Office of European and Asian Affairs, US Department of Energy, in an exclusive interview with Sudheer Pal Singh. |
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| IMT Nagpur gets new director | 23-NOV-09 |
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| The Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Nagpur, has appointed Rajendra Nargundkar as Director in place of Anwar Ali who took over as Director of IMT Ghaziabad a couple of months ago. |
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| ED gets arrest warrant against Koda's close aide | 20-NOV-09 |
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| In a boost to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a court here issued an arrest warrant against Binod Sinha, close associate of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda in connection with the multi-crore illegal investments and hawala case. |
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| 'A Himalayan double whammy' | 20-NOV-09 |
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| For almost a decade now, Maharaj K Pandit has been spending a lot of time in the eastern and western Himalayas studying the changes to the fragile ecology brought about by large-scale development projects. The current research of Pandit, who is the director of the Centre for Inter-disciplinary Studies of Mountain & Hill Environment (CISMHE) as also the director of the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Delhi, is tracking the biological signatures of climate change in the Himalayas. In a forthright response to the controversial report released last week by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) which says the glacial retreat is not linked to climate change, Pandit says India oscillates between “a conspiracy of silence and a conspiracy of denial” on critical issues. Although his specialisation is biology, Pandit has been conducting multi-disciplinary research on the changing Himalayan environment and has come up with some startling findings. |
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| Koda fails to appear before ED in Ranchi | 19-NOV-09 |
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| Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, facing money laundering and corruption charges, today failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) citing reasons of election campaigning in interior areas of the state. |
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| Koda puts net assets at just Rs 1 cr at LS polls | 19-NOV-09 |
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| Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, facing charges of money laundering of over Rs 2,000 crore, had put his net assets at nearly Rs one crore at the time of the Lok Sabha polls. |
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| 'Valuations have turned attractive for VCs' | 18-NOV-09 |
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| IDG Ventures India is a $150-million technology-focused early-stage venture capital (VC) fund which has opted for the co-investment route. Having invested in 10 companies over the last two years, IDG intends to invest another $60 million before tapping the market for raising fund next year. IDG Ventures Chairman and Managing Director Sudhir Sethi tells Shilpy Sinha that he wants to rope in domestic investors for the proposed second fund. |
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| Role of independent directors should be fixed: Khurshid | 17-NOV-09 |
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| With the role of independent directors coming under scanner post-Satyam scam, the Corporate Affairs Ministry today said exact responsibility should be fixed on these directors by lending transparency to their job. |
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| 'It is important that we get a pact at Copenhagen' | 16-NOV-09 |
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| The past two months have been a roller-coaster ride for India in terms of its stance on climate change. And talks to be held in Copenhagen this December have been surrounded by controversy -- be it the failed talks in Barcelona or India taking its own emission cuts before the summit. Many believe the talks will fail. However, Rajendra K Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri), remains hopeful. |
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| Simple joys | 14-NOV-09 |
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| A t a time when investment books were not easily available in India, Hiren Gada recalls photocopying a borrowed copy of One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch (Rs 750) for himself. “Later on, I bought my own copy. This became my foundation in investments and equities,” he shares while adding that The Magic of Thinking BIG by David Schwartz (Rs 300) is another one of his favourite possessions. “I have a strong emotional connect with both these books,” says Gada. |
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| HDFC targets 20% loan disbursal growth | 13-NOV-09 |
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| Mortgage major Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) aimed to grow loan approvals as well as disbursements by at least 20 per cent in the current financial year, Joint Managing Director Renu Sud Karnad said today. HDFC has already seen a rise in new home loan applications, she said. |
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| ED focus on Mumbai firm to track Koda's money | 12-NOV-09 |
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| A Mumbai-based bullion trader has emerged as one of the focal points for the multi-agency investigations into the Rs 2,000 crore illegal investment and hawala scam in which former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and his associates are accused. |
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| 'There is huge market potential to be tapped overseas' | 10-NOV-09 |
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| When the Indian motorcycle industry used little or no automotive electronics, Vijay Chheda boldly decided to enter this segment in 1995. As Indian two-wheelers started competing globally, they got more high-tech, and Chheda’s investment began to pay off. Chheda Electricals and Electronics Pvt Ltd (CEEPL) is now an electronic automotive products supplier to almost all of India’s two-wheeler makers. |
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