 | Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) was named Wednesday as the world's best airport among facilities serving 40 million-plus air passengers annually in the Airports Council International's 2006 Airport Service Quality Awards.
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 | Punjab's cooperation minister Kanwaljit Singh Wednesday said that the state's cooperative agency, Markfed, would export fruits and vegetables to neighbouring Pakistan.
Singh asked officials to prepare an action plan to export potatoes,... More |
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"It's the Boston Globe, NOT the Bangalore Globe!" So go ads taken by a leading American daily's biggest labour union in an advertising campaign decrying the paper's plan to outsource the jobs of about 50 workers to India.
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 | Global British telecom giant Vodafone Thursday signed a deal with Essar, formally announcing the acquisition of India's fourth largest mobile service operator.
As per the deal Essar's Ravi Ruia will be chairman of the new joint venture, while... More |
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 | Top executives from India and the Middle East will join government and industry leaders at a business summit in Dubai in December to map out the emerging investment and business opportunities in India.
The "Indian and Middle East Leading CEO... More |
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One of north India's oldest dailies The Tribune Thursday launched its Himachal Pradesh edition.
Even though its copies will continue to be printed in the Tribune's head office in neighbouring Chandigarh, the newspaper will devote more space to... More |
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China Thursday criticised a US decision to ban all transactions with a Macau-based bank that is accused of handling illicit North Korean funds linked to money laundering, drug trafficking and counterfeit currency.
"We express deep regret that... More |
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 | Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday presented a Rs.28.36 billion deficit budget for the financial year 2007-08 focusing on increasing its revenue by aggressive tax collection without imposing any major taxes.
"The growth rate of the state's... More |
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 | All Indian mobile telephony subscribers can now address their consumer grievances to an ombudsman.
The first office for the Telecom Sector Ombudsman (TSO) - a joint initiative by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and the... More |
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A farmer, who was unwilling to give away his farmland to the West Bengal government for Tata Motors' small car project, committed suicide Monday at Singur in Hooghly district.
Haradhan Bag, 78, committed suicide by consuming pesticide in the... More |
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