| '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.
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| India Eco Summit: Q&A with Sushant Palakurthi Rao |
08-NOV-09 |
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Sushant Palakurthi Rao, who heads the Forum's Asia team with responsibility for developing relationships with industry, government and institutions in Korea, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Japan; as well as responsibility for marketing of the Forum's regional events in East Asia and India, traces the quarter century of the Summit in an interview with Rajiv Shirali. |
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| India Eco Summit: Q&A with Tarun Das |
08-NOV-09 |
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Tarun Das, who stepped down as chief mentor of the Confederation of Indian Industry early this week, has been associated with the holding of the annual India Economic Summit since the launch of its first edition in 1985.
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| 'Interest rates won't rise for two quarters' |
06-NOV-09 |
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There won’t be any earnings upgrades for India Inc till it starts investing; and firms aren’t going to invest until they see firm signs of a global recovery, perhaps when fourth quarter US numbers are out.
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| 'We cannot regulate gas prices' |
30-OCT-09 |
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Two years after it was first constituted, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) continues to move ahead in a patchy manner — it is inviting bids for 2,800 km of cross-country pipelines and 1,200 km of spurlines next week; it is in the process of fixing tariffs for the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Gas Transportation India Limited (RGTIL) pipeline; and will bid out around eight to ten geographical areas for city-gas distribution every month for another two to three years.
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| 'There is a Maldivian link to 26/11' |
25-OCT-09 |
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Mohamed Nasheed, the president of the Maldives, who was in New Delhi as the chief guest at the “High-Level Conference on Climate Change: Technology Development & Transfer,” tells JYOTI MALHOTRA that India should be a little bit more ‘flexible and mature’ in the global climate change talks. |
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| 'India's problem is implementation' |
19-OCT-09 |
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The entire country will have a Naxal problem if the government does not back the Millennium Development Goals with sufficient funds, Salil Shetty, Director of the UN Millennium Development Campaign, tells Sreelatha Menon. |
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| 'We will get best brains for CCI' |
12-OCT-09 |
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With the government notifying almost every component of the Competition Act, the country’s anti-competitive practices watchdog, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), is beginning to function as a full-fledged body. |
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