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India to have mobile number portability from Dec 31

8.00 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

India will introduce mobile number portability on December 31, a move that could further intensify the stiff competition in the world's fastest-growin...

How India cane farmers' protests affect the sugar sector

3.47 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Protests by farmers demanding higher sugarcane prices disrupted parliament on Thursday, forcing the government to rethink its stand on cane pricing....

China, India add big buzz to wireless broadband

3.21 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

The launch of 3G in China and India by the likes of China Mobile and Bharti Airtel could boost wireless broadband worldwide, sparking a boom in new of...

Govt takes measures to tide over sugar shortfall

1.39 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Tens of thousands of India's sugarcane growers swarmed through the country's capital on Thursday demanding higher prices for cane, forcing the prime m...

Cane crush delay in Uttar Pradesh to hit supply

1.38 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Delay in sugarcane crushing in India's biggest cane producing state threatens to aggravate sugar shortage, increasing the country's dependence on expe...

What is the sugar problem about?

12.56 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Farmers in the region of Uttar Pradesh have been demanding to be paid Rs 280 per quintal of cane while the government had fixed the fair and remunerat...

PM's visit to US comes with rapid trade growth

12.44 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Washington on Monday for a state visit set to boost the burgeoning economic relationship between two countrie...

Cabinet approves solar power programme

9.00 am | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

The cabinet on Thursday approved its first solar power plan, pledging to boost output from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 as part of its plan ...

PM heads to US in test of ties with Obama

3.32 pm | 19 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bi...

US election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments

2.17 pm | 19 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of US President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Inter...

Sugar protest forces Parliament to shut

1.16 pm | 19 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Thousands of farmers protesting low state-controlled sugarcane prices forced the postponement of the first day of the parliamentary winter session on ...

Girls fight back against child marriage

10.45 am | 19 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Fourteen-year-old Ahalya Kumar lives on a single daily meal of starched rice and has never been to the movies, but the girl from a dirt-poor village p...

Parliament winter session begins today

10.16 am | 19 Nov 2009 |  Source: CNBC-TV18

The winter session of the parliament begins today. The much awaited insurance and the banking amendment bill have not been listed for the forthcoming ...

CAT online: Testing time for IIMs, Promteric too

9.54 am | 19 Nov 2009 |  Source: Business Line

The Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs) and Prometric, global provider of comprehensive testing and assessment services, are leaving no stone untur...

S&P`s Subir Gokarn appointed RBI Deputy Governor

1.17 pm | 18 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Subir Gokarn, chief economist for Asia-Pacific at ratings agency Standard and Poor's, said on Wednesday he had been appointed as one of the Reserve Ba...

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