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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code set for major overhaul The ministry of corporate affairs is finalizing a series of IBC amendments based on a panel’s recommendations to remove difficulties in turning around businesses and to strike a balance between the interests of lenders, customers of failed busin...

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This is the big reason why per unit rates of solar are falling in India, and elsewhere across the world. I understand the economies of scale are being met, but like much else, China has cornered most of the manufacturing and dumps it across the world. The most immediate negative impact of this fall ...

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The gap between 1 and 2 is more than India's entire electricity generation!! That gap will remain unless majority of the Indian homes have an Air Conditioner. Millions of Indians are expected to cross that threshold in the next 10-15 years, so analysts expect demand for room air-conditioner demand ...

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Larsen & Toubro wins Rs 747-cr contract from NPCIL “The heavy engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro has received orders worth Rs 747 crore from NPCIL to supply steam generators and end shields for its indigenously designed 700 MWe Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) to be set up at the Gor...

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Upstarts Are Swiping Business From Visa and Mastercard in India Global card companies like Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are losing market share to upstarts in the world’s most innovative payments market: India. Transactions through India’s homegrown Unified Payments Interface -- which allows mobil...

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India to add 10 million tourism jobs in the next decade The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) forecasts that the total number of jobs which are dependent in some form on Travel & Tourism will increase from 42.9 million in 2018 to 52.3 million in 2028. India is currently the seventh larg...

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EESL floats second tender for smart meters Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has floated its second tender for procuring five million smart meters to be installed on a pan-India basis. A JV of PSUs under the power ministry, EESL had last year invited bids for five million smart meters to be dep...

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@Sarabpal, that's a pity, hopefully they'll solve the teething issues. At least I hope the airconditioning worked. Meanwhile, in Hyderabad, In its first 100 days, over 80 lakh people ride Hyderabad Metro Over 80 lakh passengers travelled in the Hyderabad Metro Rail in the first 100 days after it was...

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Such a significant development this week and no murmers here? Delhi Metro inaugurates the first line of Phase III - the Pink line, also significant as it connects the North and South campuses of Delhi University. The Line was inagurated by Union MoS HS Puri and Yugpurush. Delhi Metro Pink Line opens...

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China’s share of global and Asian exports is falling In 1978 when the country began to reform and open up, it accounted for less than 1% of global exports of goods. For the next 37 years, its share grew remorselessly, accelerating around the time of its entry into the World Trade Organisation in 20...

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http://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/gVW7Ak63dymJ4rg9O9e66O/Reliance-looks-to-NAL-to-make-carbon-fibre.html The way the "Still-a-faithfool-US-poodle' Japani behaved in terms of dictating technology denial to India .... has been par for the course for the Indian Missile Program since a long time. ...

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Probably relevant for multiple threads, but clearly a big leg up from border security POV as well. IAF's Dornier aircraft lands at Pakyong airport The first aircraft landed today at the newly-constructed greenfield Pakyong airport in Sikkim, an airport official said. The IAF aircraft was a fixed win...

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What happens if GE sells the business while its IR contract for 1000 diesel locos is underway? I think the GoI already made a mistake by signing for 1000 diesel locos and now GE is offering them no window to change to electric.

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Modi’s push to make Indian kitchens safer sees nation overtake Japan for LPG imports India toppled Japan as the world’s second-largest importer of liquefied petroleum gas as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge to provide cooking gas cylinders to the poor and wean them off polluting fuels drove up...

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Visa, MasterCard lobby government to ensure they don’t lose out to homegrown apps like UPI, BHIM The multidecade old MNC players like VISA & MasterCard are rattled to their bones with GOI's BHIM Aadhar pay initiative. Don't want to start a discussion but do want to highlight the importance of I...

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India plans high speed diesel pipeline to Bangladesh India plans to build a pipeline to carry high-speed diesel (HSD) to Bangladesh, similar to a project it announced last week to supply fuel to Nepal. The cross-border pipeline will run from Siliguri in West Bengal to Parbatipur in northern Banglad...

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Four chicks cheer conservationists protecting critically endangered Indian vulture The Pala Rapu cliff, located in an isolated yet picturesque corner of the Bejjur mandal of the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district, is abuzz with activity once again. Four chicks have hatched in the last few days, which ...

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Local activists are claiming the authorities at Nagarahole National Park killed the slightly injured tigress through tranquilizer overdose (they darted her four times). If its true, terrible display of incompetence. Another tiger dies in Nagarhole A tiger, which was darted and tranquilized close to ...

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Terrible news from Coimbatore. Elephant, calf electrocuted at Mettupalayam An elephant and its calf were found electrocuted in a private farm, while another calf was rescued on Tuesday in Mettupalayam in the district, police said. The bodies of the 30-year old elephant and two-year-old calf were not...

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What RwandAir’s direct flights to Mumbai mean for trade, tourism The move by RwandAir to start direct commercial flights to Mumbai, India in quarter two of the year will ease market access and help reduce transport costs, the business community and experts have said. It could also boost tourism arr...

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Global Natural Catastrophes Cost Insurers $50B in 2016: Munich Re Insurers paid out around $50 billion for natural disaster claims last year, almost double 2015’s payout of $27 billion, reinsurer Munich Re said in its annual natural catastrophe review on Wednesday. Earthquakes in Japan and devastat...

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With economies of scale kicking in, it will become cheaper to go digital for the business community, given the relatively high costs of maintaining the digital transaction infra by a small shop owner. SBI to end PoS transaction fees for small merchants State Bank of India (SBI) plans to remove trans...

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Indian Navy to get 100 warships next year http://pragativadi.com/indian-navy-get-100-warships-next-year/ This news item is of GRSE delivering its 100th vessel to the Indian Navy in 2017. Unfortunately, the reporter wasn't smart enough to pick that up, unnecessarily giving us SDREs palpitations that...

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Javed Akhtar defends Modi's secular credentials :rotfl: What a bunch of immoral, spineless boot-licking snakes! Ch**tiya kahin ka. Here is Javed Akhtar is 2013... Narendra Modi can never be a good PM: Javed Akhtar Narendra Modi followers are of a low quality: Javed Akhtar Just like we have a Paki t...

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Chandragupta wrote:Bitch Zoya Hassan crying about Muslim votes being split and communal polarization.

That is why I have always considered Kejariwal a friend.

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Raj wrote:Pappu is losing...

I think Pappu is leading now. Its a see saw.

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Amma leading in TN. Despite all her tantrums, I know her heart lies in NDA.

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Big day today. Modi voted for Advani ji.

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A female colleague who just retired (SSC) from the Air Force after 11 years said that the recent legal wrangles for more opportunities for women in the AF has left a bad taste in many people's mouths.

As a woman, she felt that the attitude of some had hardened even more towards female staffers.

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Smoke detected on Indian Navy submarine off Mumbai coast, 4 sailors moved to hospital An Indian Navy submarine is headed back to the Mumbai shore after it was forced to surface when smoke was detected on board. Reports said four or five sailors were rendered unconscious from suffocation and have be...

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Times of India is tweeting that 4-5 sailors airlifted to Navy Hospital in Mumbai as smoke detected from INS Sindhuratna off Mumbai coast.

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Why India has failed to attract foreign investment in shipping Thirteen years after India allowed 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in shipping, not a single global shipping company has used the option to invest and start a shipping company in the country. There are obvious reasons for this. The...

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indranilroy wrote:Yes, they are even rebuilding their website professionally.

Can we please forward the memo to HAL?

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Can any of the Gurus name all the badges/insignia on the gentleman on the left in this pic http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/8/lukb.jpg It looks like the IMA. Their POP was on 14th December. That looks like Chetwode Hall or its whereabouts in the right background. As a factoid, 51 Afghan soldiers ...

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Indian Coast Guard ships arrive in Trincomalee for marine exercise Two Indian Coast Guard ships have arrived in the eastern Sri Lankan port of Trincomalee to participate in a three-nation marine exercise. ICGS Vishwast and ICGS Rajkamal were welcomed in accordance with naval traditions on arrival. ...

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Rambha Sunbathing 8) at Jodhpur http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/7/4/1/2345147.jpg [/url] Michael ne yeh kheench to liya, but its against the law! Clicking photos is strictly prohibited when landing into the airport or at the airport! And he's put it in the public domain. :mrgree...

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PMO unconcerned about scientist deaths Hard hitting article about the apathy (I'd say even connivance) of PMO regarding the unnatural deaths of our key defence personnel - scientists & engineers - working on INS Arihant. Even Iran takes better care of its key people They had apparently been poi...

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Nearly 19,000 Bangladeshis detected in Meghalaya Nearly 19,000 Bangladeshi infiltrators were detected in Meghalaya in less than six years, a police official said Friday. According to the Meghalaya government figures, in the past five years until September 2013, 18,951 Bangladeshis were “detected” i...

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Whats that vehicle in the right background in the second picture? Its unlike any other SDRE vehicle i've seen.

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A really sad day for all. My condolences to the families of the deceased. Praying that that we can save as many submariners as possible. Some Tweets are reporting that Navy divers are unable to open the emergency hatches. This was a few hours ago, I really hope things have changed. Dumb f$#@ Hindust...

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