| AEPC plans 3 more apparel training centres | 24-NOV-09 |
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| Keeping in view the growing demand for skilled manpower in the apparel industry, the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) under the Union ministry of textiles has decided to set up three more apparel training and design centres in Orissa. These training cum design centres would be set up at Sambalpur, Baripada and Cuttack during the current year under the Skill Development Project (SDP), said Lopamudra Das, head of AEPC's Bhubaneswar centre. |
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| Cell users can change telcos for Rs 19 only | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Mobile users who want to change their service providers while retaining their old number under the mobile number portability (MNP) feature will have to pay a maximum of just Rs 19 for availing the service. It would be introduced from December 31 in metros and by March next year in the rest of the country. |
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| Passenger train derails as Naxalites strike | 21-NOV-09 |
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| In a major Naxalite strike in Thursday night, several bogies of the Tata-Bilaspur down passenger train were derailed on the railway tracks near Manoharpur railway station in West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand. Naxalites used powerful explosives to blow up the train, police said. |
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| CII to raise trained workforce for industries | 20-NOV-09 |
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| To develop soft skills of students in various management and technical institutes, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), MP Chapter, is in talks with various institutes. The idea is to encourage the students from weaker sections of the society to join industry through orientation and development of soft-skills. Further, the CII is also toying with an idea to do assessment of top technical institutes so that it can suggest ways for the institute to improve its weaker areas. |
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| ICICI takes up staff retraining to brush up image | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Every Saturday at 2:00 pm, once the branch has closed for the day, staffers at ICICI Bank’s 1,500–odd branches will assemble for an army-style drill. Over the next two hours or so, they will be drilled by their branch manager on customer service covering everything from how to greet a customer to the necessary follow-up needed when a customer leaves. |
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| Your SMS is not secure, but help is at hand | 19-NOV-09 |
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| Indians like using short message service (SMS). On an average, a whopping 40 billion text messages are either received or sent by the 400 million-odd mobile phone users in the country, as per the recent data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). |
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| Sensex gains for third straight day | 18-NOV-09 |
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| India’s benchmark stock index rose for a third day. Software exporters gained as aretail sales rebounded in the US, their largest export market. |
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| 'Do we need a new spectrum policy?' | 18-NOV-09 |
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| Telecom spectrum and licensing reform are key to India’s economic future. A recent research carried out by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (Icrier) shows a 10 per cent increase in mobile penetration raises GDP growth by 1.2 percentage points. The spectrum and licensing policy will determine whether the industry can deliver a long-term growth or will die a “death by a thousand cuts” — uncertainty and fragmentation may cause higher costs which, in the end, must be passed on to consumers. The long-term future of the industry is at stake. There is no room for complacency, or giving way to vested interests. |
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| Cox & King to roll out luxury train in Jan 2010 | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Travel and hospitality company Cox & King (India) is all set to roll out its luxury train christened as Maharajas’ Express in January 2010. The 23-coach train is a 50:50 joint venture between Cox & King and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). |
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