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Separate Telangana may concentrate more number of education institutions in region: Experts

Literacy rate in Telangana is only 58% well below that of coastal Andhra (63%), somewhat lower than Rayalaseema (60%)

ONGC to produce gas from first deepwater field soon

Natural gas production, to begin with will be around 1.1 mscmd and will peak at 2.6 mscmd

Young Indians struggle to find jobs: RandstadWorkmonitor survey

66% Indians say it is hard for younger workers; 79% say they were forced to take one below their qualification

IIM Lucknow ties up with Singapore Management University

Aims to explore designing, developing and delivering of joint programmes leading to certifications from SMU, IIML

IIM Kozhikode opens executive education centres in Jammu and Kashmir

To offer courses from next month

Petronet to commission Kochi terminal next month

Terminal has capacity of 5 million tonnes per annum

ONGC, partners to invest Rs 1,100 cr in Cambay block

CB-OS/1 is an offshore block located in Cambay Gulf, of the West Coast of India

RIL telecom capex rises by Rs 2,000 cr

Reliance Jio and RCom, headed by Anil Ambani, have joined hands to hasten RIL's telecom launch

RIL to invest $5.1 bn in US shale gas biz

Near-doubling of investment over 3 years; company expects close to 10% contribution to consolidated earnings by FY 15

All eyes on RIL results, analysts see profit going up 17-20%

When compared on a year-on-year basis, it could be a double-digit growth for RIL, given its low base last year

JEE changes made in a hurry: IITs

IIT alumni association to protest demanding restoration of the original examination system

RIL loses interest in city gas distribution

Withdraws after winning bid to lay pipelines in 3 cities; UP Gas also seeks more time

IIT Kharagpur alumni, faculty to go on a hunger strike

In July 2012, MHRD-constituted search-cum-selection committee selected Prof. Chakrabarti to be IIT Kharagpur's director

Fund flow: Technology start-ups to get a shot in the arm

Funding tech incubators in academic institutions will soon be treated as CSR expenditure

Hotels plan to switch back to dollar rates for foreigners

Over 60-70% of the guests at five-star hotels are foreigners. However, hotels say, if dollar remains at this level, the mix could change

IIM Bangalore to mentor doctoral students of IIM Raipur

IIM Raipur in talks with IIM Calcutta for a similar initiative

GATE to go online from 2014

In 2013, GATE saw a record 1.21 million registrations, the highest

After IIMs, other business schools too seek autonomy

Want freedom to draw syllabus; hire industry professionals as faculty, seek more time for student internship

RIL's Gapco looking at expanding in Africa

Gapco, RIL's international fuel retailing venture, operated a total of 131 outlets in the East African region

Oil India in talks to buy stake in Petroceltic's Algerian asset

This comes just a week after Oil India and ONGC agreed to buy 10% in Rovuma Area 1 block, off Mozambique's coast