| NID to apply for Centre of Excellence status | 16-NOV-09 |
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| The National Institute of Design (NID)’s governing council will meet this December to work on its final proposal to apply for the Centre Of Excellence (COE) status through an Act of Parliament. The proposal will be forwarded to Parliament by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
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| PepsiCo seeks FIPB nod to invest $200 million more | 31-OCT-09 |
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| Soft drinks and foods major Pepsico India Holdings Pvt Ltd has applied to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIBP) to invest an additional $200 million (around Rs 950 crore) as equity in its Indian operations. |
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| Trai seeks views on FDI and norms for TV channels | 20-OCT-09 |
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| Broadcasting regulator Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today sought views of stakeholders in the sector on issues such as raising limits on foreign direct investment (FDI) and on whether there is need for modifications in uplinking and downlinking guidelines for television channels. |
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| Govt to come out with new IIP series soon | 16-OCT-09 |
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| In order to give an accurate picture of industrial production in the country, the government will soon come out with a new series of data on factory output that will do away with obsolete items and add those products which have entered the markets in recent years. |
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| Wanted may end Salman's 2-yr flop run | 22-SEP-09 |
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| After half a dozen flop films over nearly two years, Bollywood actor Salman Khan has finally tasted commercial success with his latest action flick, Wanted, emerging top grosser this weekend, generating around Rs 17-19 crore in domestic box office collections. |
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| Consumer durables' ad volumes dipped in Jan-July | 14-SEP-09 |
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| Television advertising volumes by consumer durables declined 3 per cent during January-July this year over the same period last year, while print ad volumes of consumer durables decreased by 12 per cent, according to a new report by AdEx India, a division of TAM media research. |
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| Confusing signals to private equity investors in realty | 07-SEP-09 |
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| At the beginning of 2005 the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) falling under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, came out with Press Note 2 of 2005 (Press Note 2) under which foreign direct investment (FDI) was permitted in townships, housing, built-up infrastructure and construction development projects. |
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| Media's daughter | 09-AUG-09 |
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| Rakhi Sawant has used the arc lights to her advantage. |
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| Oppn to officials taking up plum posts in WTO, WIPO | 08-AUG-09 |
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| Civil society groups have complained against the practice of senior commerce ministry officials taking up plum posts with international agencies such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) with whom they have been involved in direct negotiations on issues of national interest. |
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| Industry, states, Centre discuss alternatives to job quotas | 05-AUG-09 |
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| Getting industries into area with a high population of scheduled castes and tribes, as an alternative to job quotas, was discussed here today between representatives of chambers of commerce, state governments and the Union government’s department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP). |
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