ECONOMY & NATION


IANS 30 September 2016
Cloud computing company Salesforce is reportedly trying to block the $26.2 billion Microsoft-LinkedIn deal, arguing that Microsoft's acquisition of the enterprise social network LinkedIn will be anti-competitive.   According to a report in pcworld.com, Salesforce Chief Legal Officer...

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Jaideep Sarin (IANS) 30 September 2016
There has been no gunfire, no alert sirens and no fighter jets dropping bombs. It is not war time yet but tens of thousands of villagers in Punjab's border belt with Pakistan are already experiencing a war-like situation.   Over 400,000 people in Punjab's border belt, comprising...

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Sheikh Qayoom (IANS) 29 September 2016
 Panic, confusion and disbelief gripped Kashmir residents on Thursday as India said it carried out surgical strikes at terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) inflicting heavy casualties on terrorists and their supporters.   Reports from Uri sector in north Kashmir's...

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Just a year back, Pradeep Malgaonkar, the chief executive (CEO) of Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme was extolling the great strides it made in the geographical space of such guarantees. The Trust has issued cumulative guarantees to 23.23 lakh MSE...

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IANS 29 September 2016
Punjab was on maximum alert on Thursday while villagers close to the border with Pakistan have been told to move to safer locations following Indian "surgical strikes" across the LoC.   "Punjab is in a state of maximum alert," Harcharan Bains, the advisor to Chief Minister Parkash...

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Abheet Singh Sethi (IANS) 29 September 2016
If India and Pakistan fought a war detonating 100 nuclear warheads (around half of their combined arsenal), each equivalent to a 15-kiloton Hiroshima bomb, more than 21 million people will be directly killed, about half the world's protective ozone layer would be destroyed, and a "nuclear...

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IANS 29 September 2016
Taking cognizance of the grievances expressed by taxpayers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked tax officials to set up a mechanism to deal with their issues and ensure a speedy resolution.   Modi on Wednesday chaired his fifteenth interaction through PRAGATI - the...

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IANS 28 September 2016
On the back of improved monetary policy and recent reforms towards opening up the economy, India has jumped 16 places in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) to 39th spot, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said.   "India climbs, for the second year in a row, to 39th. Its 16-place...

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Shashank Srikant  and   Nishant Ojha (IANS) 28 September 2016
Of 5 million malnourished children under five in Bihar, no more than 0.3 per cent, or one in 340 -- at best -- can be treated at the state's 38 nutrition rehabilitation centres (NRCs), the first line of primary care against a condition that can permanently inhibit future potential in a region...

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IANS 28 September 2016
Signalling a major boost to Mumbai infrastructure facilities, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday cleared two metro rail projects costing around Rs 25,000 crore.   The two approved projects are Metro 2B corridor running from DN Nagar-Bandra-Mankhurd costing around Rs 10,986 crore...

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IANS 28 September 2016
Following the diplomatic blitzkrieg launched by New Delhi, Pakistan is virtually getting isolated in the region with Bangladesh and Bhutan joining India in boycotting the annual Saarc Summit scheduled to be hosted by Islamabad in November.   "The growing interference in the internal...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 September 2016
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the five prime accused, including former world champion of billiards Michael Ferreira, to surrender as per the directions passed by the Supreme Court in the multi-crore QNet scam case. The HC was hearing a bunch of writ petitions filed by these five...

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IANS 27 September 2016
Reliance Communications Chairman Anil Ambani on Tuesday said the company had all the spectrum that is needed to offer good-quality telecom services across 2G, 3G and 4G space, and that a virtual merger with Reliance Jio had now been effected.   "The other telco companies will have to...

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Amit Kapoor (IANS) 27 September 2016
As the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) begins its platinum jubilee celebrations, it is time for India to take stock of not only its contributions to technology and research and development -- but also the contributions of Indias broader national system of...

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IANS 27 September 2016
Justice B.C. Patel, a retired Chief Justice of the Delhi and the Jammu and Kashmir High Courts, has sought a penalty of Rs 9,900 crore to be imposed on Airtel, Vodafone and Idea collectively for their "gross violation" of licencing terms and conditions.   In a letter to Telecom...

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IANS 26 September 2016
Following the September 18 cross-border terror attack on an India Army camp at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir, the government on Monday decided to review the 56-year-old Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan.   At a meeting of senior officials chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 September 2016
In what could be termed as a misuse of name as promoter entity by a company doing an initial public offering (IPO), has come to the fore. Metering solutions, switchgears, lighting equipment and wires and cables maker HPL Electric & Power Ltd has just made an IPO. However, electrical goods...

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IANS 26 September 2016
Uttar Pradesh and Bihars populations have the lowest median ages -- or youngest populations -- in India while Kerala and Tamil Nadu have the highest median ages, according to Census 2011 data, compiled by Bengaluru-based think tank Takshashila Institution.   The median age is the age...

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IANS 26 September 2016
Reliance Jio on Sunday said the regulations of Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) are overwhelmingly biased and lopsided, framed to subserve the vested interests of the three incumbent dominant operators -- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. It, accordingly, sought their complete...

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IANS 26 September 2016
Australia's Immigration and Border Force officials on Monday commenced a two-week long strike in airports and cruise ship ports across the country protesting against a long-running dispute with the government over pay rise, authorities said.   Members of the Community and Public...

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