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  1. Two CESC projects go on stream
  2. With the power situation grim ahead of summer, CESC has commissioned two projects to help minimise the impact of power cuts in the season.

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  3. Tata Steel set to bring Operation Smile to Jharkhand again
  4. Tata Steel, pursuing a goal of making Jharkhand a 'cleft-lip-free' state, is set to host the second edition of 'Operation Smile' in the city when around 150 cleft-lip patients from....

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  5. Power deficit at 15% during peak hour in the country
  6. The country is facing a severe power crisis as the power deficit hovers around 15% during peak hour. In normal time, the deficit is about 15,000 mw which is about 10%.

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  7. Jharkhand trade bodies protest, want scrapping of farm marketing yards
  8. Chambers of commerce and trade organizations across Jharkhand on Thursday, at the call of the Ranchi-based...

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  9. Ambuja Realty to invest Rs 1000 cr over 4 yrs in malls, commercial space
  10. Ambuja Realty is going to invest Rs 305 crore to build three business parks over a total of 7.7 lakh sqft in the state.

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  11. Franchise business set to grow 35% in next fiscal
  12. At a time when the retail industry in India has started looking up again, franchising business in the country is expected to grow by 35% in the next fiscal.

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  13. JFE to buy into JSW Steel
  14. In what could turn out to be one of the biggest deals in the domestic steel market, Japan's second largest steel firm, JFE Steel, is close to acquiring around 10% stake in India's second largest steel producer, the Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel. The deal is seen as significant by analysts since the domestic steel market in Japan is shrinking, leading companies such as JFE to look at growing markets elsewhere like India. For JSW, the deal would provide it with funds to execute its upcoming greenfield projects in West Bengal and Orissa.

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  15. US trade gap falls 6.6% as oil, auto imports drop
  16. The trade deficit in the US unexpectedly narrowed in January as demand for foreign oil and automobiles dropped.

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  17. High jobless rate propels youth migration from Punjab, Haryana
  18. Over 20,000 youths from Punjab attempt irregular migration every year. In the past, irregular migration was confined to few caste groups but now it has spread to other caste groups also.

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  19. UPA discovers the need to reach out
  20. Two days after celebrating the Rajya Sabha victory, the UPA said on Thursday that it would keep the Women's Reservation Bill on hold pending consultations with 'all concerned.'

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  21. Firms to get 30 days for replying to CCI notices
  22. Companies coming under the scrutiny of the Competition Commission of India for anti-competitive practices or abuse of dominant position would now have 30 days to...

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  23. Inflated borrowing target risky
  24. Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Subir Gokarn on Thursday said government's borrowing programme for the next fiscal is unlikely to pose a major challenge, but risks may emerge if the target exceeded the budgeted level.

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  25. In addition to reservation
  26. The Rajya Sabha passed the Women's Reservation Bill amid some of the most shameful scenes in India's parliamentary history.

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  27. Listed PSUs make govt richer by Rs 5.56 lakh crore in a year
  28. The government of India has gained significantly during the recent bull run in the stock markets with about 44 state-run entities adding Rs 5.56 lakh crore in market value during the last one year.

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  29. Its raining 52-week highs on BSE
  30. It's the season for 52-week highs on the bourses. In each of the last seven sessions, at least 14 stocks of the BSE 500 have hit their 52-week price high, every single day. In fact, the number of stocks hitting new high has steadily risen over the last one month.

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  31. After junking tender, BSNL plans to hook existing vendors
  32. After scrapping the controversial tender for 93-million GSM lines, the BSNL board has assessed that it needs only 5.5 million lines for its immediate requirements for the northern and eastern zones and it will procure this from its existing vendors.

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  33. FE Editorial: A better risk management tool kit
  34. The recent announcement from NSE and CME to cross-list index futures contracts was coincidentally accompanied by a similar one from Eurex....

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  35. Non-trade issues mar basmati exports to Iran
  36. India's export of premium aromatic basmati rice to Iran has not lived up to the initial expectations as political and sanitary issues have bogged down exports to the emerging destination in the last few months.

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  37. Fortis takes 24% in Singapores Parkway
  38. Hospital chain Fortis Healthcare, promoted by Singh brothers Shivinder and Malvinder, is set to spread its wings across Asia by purchasing close to 24% stake in Singapore-based hospital network Parkway Holdings for $685.3 million.

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  39. Online fever catches up with cricket fans
  40. According to an analysis done by the Nielsen, the sport enthusiasts are increasingly using social media to express themselves on the hottest topic just before the IPL.

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  41. SEL group plans Rs 800-cr textile factory in MP
  42. Ludhiana-based SEL Manufacturing Company Ltd plans to set up Rs 800-crore textile plant near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. chairman and managing director, SEL Neeraj Saluja said the spinning plant in MP would have an installed capacity of 1,95,840 spindles.

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  43. Gujarat riots: SIT summons Modi
  44. The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team has summoned Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on March 21 in connection with a petition filed by Zakia Jafri

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  45. Tayal fails to make it on the BoR board
  46. Praveen Kumar Tayal, who is one of the largest share holders of the crisis-ridden Bank of Rajasthan, has failed to get on the board of the bank.

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  47. Peer pressure is the ultimate test for corporate governance
  48. Salman Khurshid took charge of the corporate affairs ministry when the global economic crisis...

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  49. Automobiles, fruits and sunglasses
  50. Brazil's announcement of wide-ranging trade sanctions against US commodity exports in retaliation for the latter's incorrigible cotton subsidy regime is a historic move.

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  51. Swine flu vaccine producers reach late trial stage in India
  52. The race for the indigenous H1N1 vaccine is hotting up, as Indian swine flu vaccine makers are preparing to enter the final phase of trials before making these vaccines commercially available in the market.

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  53. Nayyar aims to bring Satyam back on steady coast
  54. Vineet Nayyar, executive vice-chairman & managing director at Tech Mahindra and the man behind the Satyam acquisition, views his tenure for the next three years at the Mahindras as an important step to bring back Satyam on a 'steady coast'.

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  55. Column: NMDC is priced just right
  56. There seems to be a widespread belief that the NMDC FPO that opened on Wednesday, with bids for only 17% trickling....

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  57. Rapeseed crop may exceed forecast
  58. India, the world's top buyer of edible oils will likely exceed an earlier forecast for its current rapseed crop on favourable weather though still fall short of last year's levels and continue to rely on imports.

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  59. Bwood goes on backfoot as IPL III kicks off today
  60. There isn't a freeze on movie releases during IPL-III season unlike last year, but Bollywood is going slow with its releases during the Twenty20 cricket season that begins on March 12....

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  61. Haryana sees record 70% investment in development
  62. Forcing the slowdown to take the backseat, Haryana has achieved a unique distinction of registering 70% of the implementation rate of pledged investments against 33% of the same for various states, an Assocham study has revealed.

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  63. CJI fast-tracked hearing of Pinarayi plea: SC in RTI reply
  64. A Right to Information reply from the Supreme Court reveals that a petition filed by CPM leader Pinarayi Vijayan against the gubernatorial go-ahead to prosecute him in the SNC....

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  65. Nakhate to head BofA Merrill Lynch India subsidiary
  66. Bank of America Merrill Lynch has roped in JP Morgan India vice-chairman Kaku Nakhate as the new country head of India. She is expected to join the bank during the middle of the calendar year.

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  67. Kerala to recast sun-exposed worktime as mercury soars
  68. Surge in mercury to 42 degree celsius has forced the Kerala government to recast the work timings in sun-exposed activities like road construction and farming.

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  69. Yakuza gets bailout for its four-finger economy
  70. Japan's gangsters may remember 2010 as a banner year. That's not how the vast majority of Japan's 126 million people will see it. Deflation is accelerating...

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  71. S Tel regrets writing to govt on sub-judice matter
  72. C Sivasankaran-promoted telecom services provider S Tel on Thursday regretted before the Supreme Court that it had committed the impropriety of addressing a letter to the government without the apex court's knowledge. The court is hearing the alleged spectrum scam.

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  73. Tepid retail response as NMDC public offer subscribed 0.79 times
  74. The follow-on public offer of NMDC was subscribed 0.79 times with major participation coming from state-owned Life Insurance Corporation and public sector banks.

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  75. Column: Reforming social sectors is hard
  76. What do Barack Obama's struggles to undertake health reform and the position of para-teachers in rural Bihar have in....

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  77. Procurement keeps coconut oil prices steady
  78. Procurement of copra by state agencies seems to have finally helped in stabilising coconut oil market, as it has remained steady during the peak production season in Kerala.

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  79. Kapoor sets sights on game changers
  80. Even as the country's biggest telco by revenues and subscribers, Bharti Airtel, works at firming its global footprint with the ongoing talk to acquire African operations of Kuwait's Zain Telecom in a deal valued over $10 billion...

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  81. Slim overtakes Gates to top Forbes rich list
  82. Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, has retained his position as the world's richest Indian for the second consecutive year, with a networth of $29 billion in the Forbes....

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  83. Emaar MGF to spend Rs 500 cr for Gurgaon housing project
  84. The company, which plans to launch its initial public offer to raise up to Rs 3,850 crore, will develop 1,250 units in the 29 acre-project located at Sector-77 in Gurgaon.

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  85. TN govt seeks two weeks to decide on Nalini case
  86. The government of Tamil Nadu sought two weeks time to take a decision on whether or not to release Nalini Sriharan, serving life imprisonment for her role in the assassination of.....

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  87. Vortex set to install 300 solar ATMs in rural SBI branches
  88. Chennai-based Vortex Engineering Pvt Ltd has bagged Rs 18-crore deal from the State Bank of India to install 545 ATMs in semi-urban and rural India. Out of them, over 300 will be solar-powered, costing less than Rs 3 lakh each and relatively cheaper than conventional ATMs.

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  89. Increase in MAT for power likely to prove a dampener for private sector
  90. The economic survey for 2009-10 highlighted an increase in coal and crude production, reduction of power peak deficit and a slowdown in demand for power.

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  91. SC asks I-T department to quantify penalty imposed on Idea Cellular
  92. Telecom services provider Idea Cellular Ltd on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging the income tax department's stand that it should deduct TDS in respect of discounts paid to its distributors on pre-paid Sim cards and recharge vouchers.

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  93. Malaysian carrier Air Asias Indian ops set to take wings
  94. The Malaysia-headquartered low-cost, no-frills air carrier Air Asia has set its eyes on the Indian aviation market in a big way. Buoyed by an encouraging response from Indian travellers over a period of time, Air Asia has decided to enlarge its operations in India by linking major cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad in a few months.

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  95. Column: Nifty in Chicago
  96. An FII will have much to celebrate from the recent plans to introduce Nifty futures on the Chicago Mercantile exchange. Any bad news on the US jobs data or GDP growth.....

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  97. Quick View
  98. Turnover at Indian commodity bourses rose 50.12% to Rs 69,72,216 crore in the first eleven months of fiscal 2009-10, regulator Forward Markets Commission said on its website.

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  99. More sectors will be shifted to automatic approval route
  100. To speed up the flow of foreign direct investment, the government plans to take several sectors in the "approval route" to the easier automatic route-a move that policy managers reckon would come handy whenever the country wants to augment investment in key sectors.

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  101. Notes from an Indian conservative bring forth forgotten history, names buried in the past
  102. With its fair share of conservatism, Bangalore on Thursday got its chance to rendezvous with the Indian "conservative" of the hour.....

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  103. Areva T&D bags contract from UP co
  104. Energy transmission and distribution firm Areva T&D India on Thursday said it has bagged a contract worth Rs 400 crore from Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Ltd for building a substation.

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  105. How PPF fares as an investment option
  106. Where Employees Provident Fund serves all salaried employees, the Public Provident Fund serves everyone - the employed, the unemployed and even children and housewives.

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  107. Core sector hits time and cost overruns
  108. While infrastructure is driving the economic growth in India, the time and cost overruns impede the sector's potential and good project management can help ensure efficient....

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  109. Cohort-based placement process is more recruiter-friendly
  110. The newly introduced cohort-based placement at the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad has finally comes to an end. In an interaction with FE's Jyotsna Bhatnagar, IIM-A placement chairperson Saral Mukherjee, the architect of this new system, discusses various facets of the placement systems and the changes that need to be incorporated.

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  111. Lockout to take a toll on Bosch investments
  112. Bosch Ltd, one of the largest automotive component manufacturers in India and a subsidiary of Germany's auto parts giant Robert Bosch, has said that lockout at its Naganathapura plant would have an impact on its proposed investments in India.

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  113. FE Editorial: Reading global trade
  114. The 45.7% increase in Chinese exports in February 2010, highlights the steady improvement in global trade prospects...

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  115. IIM-A blacks out salary packages
  116. The management school is instead proud of the new cluster-based system it has rolled out that will push students towards a career and 'not a mere job', said placement committee chairman and architect of the new system Saral Mukherjee.

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  117. Food inflation slips to 17.81%, fuel index up
  118. Food inflation eased a bit to 17.81% during the last week of February, but may not soothe overall inflation as petrol and diesel prices have risen sharply following the hike in duty rates.

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  119. Quick View
  120. Haryana's farm sector grew by 3.5% in 2008-09 on the back of bumper output of wheat and other crops, state's Economic Survey for 2009-10 said. Although, the 3.5% growth is still being considered as low, as the state had observed higher growth of 9.7% in 2006-07, experts said.

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  121. Re falls, yields steady
  122. The rupee on Thursday weakened as large corporate bought dollars to fund purchase of a stake in an overseas firm while losses in other regional peers piled pressure on the local unit.

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  123. TV fared better than film industry in 2009: report
  124. The TV growth story in India continues with the industry, pegged at Rs 24,100 crore in 2008, registering decent figures....

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  125. India to be among Dominos top 5 market in 3 yrs, says CEO Doyle
  126. Dominos Pizza, which has 65% market share in the home delivery segment, said on Thursday that its operations in India would figure among the top five global markets for the company within the next three years.

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  127. Letters to the editor
  128. On the same day Rajya Sabha passed the Women's Reservation Bill, Burma issued a law which will bar Aung San...

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  129. VW income in fourth quarter plunges 73%
  130. Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest carmaker, said fourth-quarter net income dropped 73% to 257 million euros as revenue fell 1.2%.

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  131. Quick View
  132. The State Bank of India has received the permission from the Chinese government to lend in the local currency-yuan-a top official said.

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  133. Report card
  134. In a comprehensive sample of 116,513 worldwide mergers over 1991 to 2008 we find that culture has a significant and economically meaningful effect on the volume of mergers.

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  135. Housing scheme guidelines to be rejigged to make cities slum free
  136. In the run-up to the full fledged launch of Rajiv Awas Yojna, the flagship programme to make Indian cities slum-free, the housing ministry is fine-tuning some of the parameters to ensure that more people benefits from the programme.

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  137. Now, Raju knocks on SC door for bail
  138. Disgraced Satyam Computers founder and ex-chairman B Ramalinga Raju on Thursday approached the Supreme Court seeking bail in the multi-crore financial fraud case.

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  139. Sharma assures exporters of cheap loans
  140. Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma on Thursday assured exporters of government mediation to ensure that they get foreign currency loans at the new lower rate set by the RBI amid complaints against banks levying additional charges.

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  141. India, Russia to sign pacts to boost trade
  142. To further strengthen their strategic and economic ties, India and Russia will sign several agreements, including an umbrella civil nuclear pact and supplementary agreements to fix the cost of the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov at $2.35 billion.

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  143. MSME share in GDP may touch 10%
  144. The micro, small and medium enterprises are expected to contribute up to 10% to the country's gross domestic product soon, said the finance ministry on Thursday. The current contribution of MSME sector to GDP is 8%. "MSME sector plays a vital role in country's growth.

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