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China may become Busiest Air Route from India

Currently, Singapore is the top aviation route from India. The growing thirst of Indian companies, big and small, to access Chinese markets has pushed up air travel between...

November 30, 2011

Update on acquisition of Landing Craft Utility vessels

Recently, the Government has cleared the Rs 2,176-crore acquisition of eight specialized vessels or LCUs (landing craft utility) capable of “hard beaching” on enemy shores to boost the...

November 30, 2011

Issues with Ethanol Blending Programme

Compare Ethanol with Gasoline. Why Ethanol is mixed in Gasoline? What are issues with India’s Ethanol Blending Programme? Ethanol has smaller energy density than gasoline. This means that...

November 30, 2011

Treaty Shopping and Round Tripping

The revenue department in the finance ministry has recently raised concerns over the problems of “Round Tripping” and “Treaty Shopping” involving inflow of FDI from countries such as...

November 30, 2011

Is China India’s Role Model for Economic Development?

Do you think that India should look to China as an Economic Role Model? The International and national media has a great passion to measure India’s economic growth...

November 30, 2011

Tax Avoidance and Evasion

This article discussed various methods of Tax avoidances and problem of Transfer pricing and its implications on India’s tax revenues. Methods of Tax avoidances Tax Havens: Route profits...

November 30, 2011

SAFTA →Current Position & Issues

Discuss the role of SAFTA in regional trade cooperation. What are the issues & hurdles for its full Operationalisation? SAFTA refers to the “Agreement on South Asian Free...

November 30, 2011

Tit-Bits –November 2011

Tit-Bits New albino spider species found Scientists claim to have found a new species of trap-door spider — the albino spider — near Northam in Australia. US giant...

November 30, 2011

Current Affairs: November 29, 2011

Presidency University declared CIC Centre declared the prestigious Presidency University the first Cluster Innovation Centre in eastern India. The National Innovation Council has envisaged Cluster Innovation Centres (CIC)...

November 29, 2011

Current Affairs: November 28, 2011

Nuclear reactors are safe: Dr Bigot In a bid to allay fears arising over the proposed nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Maharashtra’s coastal Ratnagiri district, Chairman of...

November 28, 2011

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