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Tower companies get respite from paying license fee

July 12, 2012

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has provided some relief to tower firms by keeping suspended the proposal to bring telecom infrastructure providers under the uniform annual license fee rule. It implies that companies such as GTL Infrastructure, Indus Towers and American ..

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Assam gives awards to ‘Best Performing’ PSUs

July 12, 2012

It is for the first time that Assam has awarded three of its “best performing” state level public sector undertakings (PSUs) The initiative is aimed at boosting performances of its companies. The three state PSUs that have been awarded are: ..

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Bihar to get Rs 560 cr credit from the World Bank for project Jeevika

July 10, 2012

The Central Govt and the Bihar Government inked pact with the World Bank for $ 100 million additional credit to intensify the ongoing Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project, Jeevika. Objective of Project Jeevika: The Project is targeted at enhancing the social ..

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Indian Railways introduces New Tatkal guidelines to tackle tout menace

July 10, 2012

New Tatkal guidelines have been introduced by the Indian Railway to deal with the menace of touts cornering the tatkal tickets meant for common passengers. As per the new guidelines Tatkal tickets booking will start at 10 AM on the ..

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Tourism Ministry inks MoU with Railway ministry for carrying out Clean India campaign

July 8, 2012

The Ministry of Tourism inked a MoU with the Railway Ministry for carrying out ‘Clean India campaign’ in the Indian Railways to encourage the nation as a favored tourist destination abroad. There are also efforts being made to connect the ..

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AUVs-India is all set to take a giant leap forward

July 8, 2012

India is all set to take a giant leap forward with the development of multipurpose Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and submadrones, underwater drones. DRDO) has come a long way in indigenously designing and building a batch of multiple AUVs to ..

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India, Poland to heighten bilateral cooperation in Film sector

July 6, 2012

India and Poland are to increase bilateral cooperation in the Film sector. In this connection, the Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni is on a 3-day visit to Poland. India will ink an audio visual co-production agreement that will furnish ..

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Railways to step-up limit for e-Ticket bookings

July 5, 2012

The Indian Railways have adjudicated to step-up the limit for online bookings per day from 3.5 lakhs to about 5 lakhs in the next four months and later to 8 lakhs. Both IRCTC and CRIS along with Railways IT wing ..

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UN assigns ‘World Heritage Site’ status to the Western Ghats

July 3, 2012

1600-km long India’s Western Ghats mountain chain, which possesses forests older than the Himalaya Mountains, has been added to list of world heritage sites by the UN. UNESCO held that the Western Ghats mountain chain is discerned as one of ..

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Market regulator SEBI fine-tunes norms for OFS, IPP

July 2, 2012

Working in the direction of making the process of disinvestment hassle free, capital market regulator SEBI fine-tuned norms governing Offer For Sale (OFS) & Institutional Placement Programme (IPP). IPP and OFS are the two new share sale tools initiated by ..

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