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'Govt needs adequate support from MNCs'

India's first bilateral APA was recently signed with Japan

The case of missing regulators

Govt should focus on having regulators in mining, coal, highways, railways, and empowering existing ones

Answers to the Strategist quiz (#393)

This person is a former British Olympic rower and was chairman of Cadbury and Cadbury Schweppes for 24 years

Socialism is not about keeping the poor alive, but about removing poverty: Dipankar Gupta

Interview with sociologist, distinguished professor

Has another attempt at cable TV digitisation failed?

The digitisation of the world's second largest TV market will take Bollywood-like quantities of angst before it is done

Madan did not cooperate with officers: CBI tells court

Mitra was arrested by CBI on December 12 for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore Saradha scam and his links with its chairman Sudipta Sen

Conspiracy can't stop good work: Mamata

The chief minister was speaking at the inauguration of the 15-million gallon water purification and booster pumping station at Chetla in Kolkata

Work on N-E's first greenfield airport comes to a halt

The works on the project had started way back in 2009 at estimated cost of Rs 309.46 cr

Cooperating with CBI to help truth come out, says Mukul Roy

Unlike other TMC leaders like Madan Mitra, Roy hasn't alleged harassment by CBI

HC dismisses Achuthanandan's petition in palmolein oil case

The bench made it clear it was not entering into the merits of the case and was not expressing any opinion on the decision of the government

Belgium's Vermeiren Group to invest Rs 50 cr in Sri City

The facility will make rehabilitation equipment like wheel chairs, walker aids and patient beds

Assocham, ICAI set up virtual centre to serve MSMEs

Centre would reach out to 30 mn MSMEs over next five years, and create a helpline for immediate business assistance

V V Titanium to invest Rs 100 cr in expansion

Investment on the second phase of value addition in the new plant with a capacity of 15000 MTPA

Karnataka to hold road traffic census from Feb 19

The present Census will be held across 3,737 count posts situtated on state highways and major district roads

Karnataka offers full cooperation to HAL for aerospace university

Higher education minister R V Deshpande writes to HRD, defence ministries to consider setting up university in Karnataka

Mines ministry begins talks with states for new ordinance rules

Consultations to be over by February first week and rules to be notified thereafter

Thermax Q3 net up 13% at Rs 76.2 cr

Prithviraj Chavan dismisses Jayanthi Natarajan's allegations

Says there was neither pressure nor interference from the Congress leadership with regard to clearance of projects during the UPA regime

Radio centre launched for Nashik jail inmates

A studio has been set up inside the prison from where daily various programmes will be broadcast for three hours between 10.30 AM and 1.30 PM, only in the Nashik Central Jail for its inmates

Maharashtra gives nod for field trial of five GM crops

Since June 2011, it has been made mandatory for companies to obtain 'NOC' from the state governments where they want to conduct field tests