| Jyoti Parikh & Kirit Parikh: Deal-making at Copenhagen | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Minister for Environment Jairam Ramesh wants India to be a deal maker at the Copenhagen Climate Conference. We propose here a deal that India can offer that addresses the objectives of the ‘deal makers’ and the concerns of those who oppose any deal inconsistent with India’s past stand. Our proposal is consistent with it and the principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) accepted at Rio. |
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| China's moment in the sun | 22-NOV-09 |
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| No one should be surprised by US President Barrack Obama’s genuflections to Chinese power and prosperity. For almost a year now Mr Obama has come to terms with the limits to US power and the reality of China’s. So it is not surprising that Mr Obama allowed his visit to China to be circumscribed by Beijing’s sensitivities and interests. |
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| Finishing Mumbai trial important task for Pakistan: Blake | 19-NOV-09 |
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| Bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice is an important task to finish for Pakistan, which also needs to look into the issue of Hafiz Saeed, accused by India of masterminding the terror strike, besides preventing cross-border infiltration, the US has said. |
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| HC quashes Maytas plea against Vedanta | 19-NOV-09 |
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| The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday quashed a petition filed against the chairman of Vedanta Aluminium Limited and eight others by Maytas Infra. |
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| India is first in Asia to host Embraer's small jet | 19-NOV-09 |
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| The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, Embraer, which is now the world’s fourth largest aircraft manufacturer, is promoting its small aircraft, the Phenom 100, in India. The aircraft that seats four persons, costs $4 million. and is the smallest aircraft from the Embraer stables. |
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| Hyd court bars Maytas from loans on land collateral | 16-NOV-09 |
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| In a major setback to cash-strapped infrastructure company Maytas Properties, promoted by former Satyam Computer founder B Ramalinga Raju’s family, a local court has passed an order barring it from using land as collateral for loans. |
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| Local court restricts Maytas from loans on land collateral | 15-NOV-09 |
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| In a major setback to cash-strapped infrastructure firm Maytas Properties, promoted by former Satyam Computer founder B Ramalinga Raju's family, a local court has passed an order barring the company from using land as collateral for loans. |
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| Biswajit Dhar: Making the Asean FTA work | 14-NOV-09 |
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| The formalisation of Asean-India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA) covering the goods sector marks an important step towards India’s deepening trade links with its partners in the Asian region. Viewed as the cornerstone of India’s ‘look east’ policy, this free trade agreement (FTA) would help the two partners unlock the tremendous growth potential that their closer economic integration could bring. |
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| Mutual fund transactions just a click away | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Online platforms for mutual funds (MFs) could soon become a reality. With the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) nudging the exchanges – the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange – to launch such platforms, investors could soon find that buying or selling of mutual funds could be much easier. |
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| Delhi faces tough task of being a perfect host | 10-NOV-09 |
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| As Delhi races against time to complete all unfinished tasks ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, it faces a daunting work of inculcating civic sense among Delhiites, generally known for being rude and inhospitable. |
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| Uttarakhand faces uphill task on kumbh mela | 09-NOV-09 |
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| With the Centre providing Rs 565 crore for the maha kumbh mela to be held at Haridwar in the beginning of the next year, the Uttarakhand government is virtually facing an uphill task to spend this huge amount in the next two to three months. |
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| 'LeT placed priority on new attack in India, not Denmark' | 08-NOV-09 |
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| The defendants charged in separate criminal complaints unsealed today in US District Court in Chicago are David Coleman Headley, 49, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, also known as Tahawar Rana. Headley, a US citizen who changed his name from Daood Gilani in 2006 and resides primarily in Chicago, was arrested on October 3, 2009, by the Chicago FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force at O’Hare International Airport before boarding a flight to Philadelphia, intending to travel on to Pakistan. |
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| Maytas Infra bags Rs 790 cr road project | 06-NOV-09 |
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| Maytas Infra Ltd (MIL) has announced that it has bagged the Rs 790-crore Pune-Solapur road contract from IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd (ITNL). The project is to be completed in 20 months. |
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| Maytas Infra bags Rs 790 cr road project | 05-NOV-09 |
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| Infrastructure development firm Maytas Infra today said it has bagged an order worth Rs 790 crore from IL&FS Transportation Networks (ITNL) for road construction work. |
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