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India second largest investor in London PTI
LONDON: India has emerged as the second largest investor in the city of London with Indian companies led by software major InfosysBSE 1.65 % wooed by the investment fervour generated by the 2012...
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How GlaxoSmithKline missed red flags in China By Reuters
How GlaxoSmithKline missed red flags in ChinaLONDON: With more compliance officers in China than in any country bar the United States, British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc seemed well-positioned to do...
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Sun Pharma recalls brain hemorrhage treatment drug in US PTI
Sun Pharma recalls brain hemorrhage treatment drug in USNEW DELHI: Drug major Sun PharmaBSE -3.35 % has recalled certain lots of Nimodine capsules, a drug indicated to treat brain hemorrhage, in the US...
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Posco’s cautionary tale
This week, two large international companies scrapped two ambitious projects in India. On Tuesday, Korean steelmaker Posco said it was getting out of a $5.3 billion project in Karnataka; a day later,...
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Let the postman turn banker: India Post deserves to get a bank licence
A bank licence for only India Post would mean that the network of bank branches would more than double in one stroke. India Post wants to own a bank. This is a great idea. In one stroke, this can...
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Fresh approach: Rookie directors making films for YouTube; save a lot on...
The YouTube initiation has helped these rookies learn, make and market their work at a very low cost. CHENNAI: Not long ago, wannabe Tamil movie directors had to undertake a long and arduous journey...
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How promoters of Dabur, Marico and Jyothy Laboratories forged long lasting...
A scan of the landscape of India Inc shows that very few promoter-professional relationships survive the test of longevityA popular story on the empowerment of professionals at DaburBSE -1.87 % is to...
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Six suspects, including former DIG Vass Gunawardane, who were arrested by the CID in connection with the murder of businessman Mohamed Shyam, were produced before Colombo Magistrate M. A. Sahabdeen and...
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Midnight Gazette gives Casino King 10-year tax holiday
Nowhere else are Casinos allowed to operate tax free - HarshaJuly 19, 2013, 9:45 pmBy Zacki JabbarAustralian Casino King James Packer would make a grand entry very soon, with Thursday’s Midnight...
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Polls chief won’t shut the door on European monitors
July 19, 2013, 9:46 pmBy Shamindra FerdinandoPolls Chief Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday scotched claims that the Elections Secretariat wouldn’t invite polls monitors from the European Union and...
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*Millionaire businessman killingJuly 20, 2013, 9:41 amBy Samantha IlleperumaThe first accused, in the millionaire businessman Mohamed Shyam murder case, Krishantha Koralage yesterday complained to...
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Obama nominates Indian-American as pointperson for South Asia
July 19, 2013, 9:54 pmWashington, July 19 (IANS) On the eve of Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to India, President Barack Obama has nominated Nisha Desai Biswal, an accomplished Indian-American...
View ArticleIndian Supreme Court’s first Tamil Chief Justice is sworn in
July 19, 2013, 12:00 pmBY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI, July 19: Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam was sworn in as the 40th Chief Justice of India today by President Pranab...
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Basil: "If NPC forms another army through devolved police powers, can we...
July 19, 2013, 12:00 pmBY S VENKAT NARAYANOur Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI, July 19: Sri Lanka will never risk a provincial government forming its own "army" through devolved police powers,...
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Lessening burden of electricity
July 19, 2013, 8:54 pmI refer to the news item appearing in the Island on 28th June, 2013 under the heading "Strange order from the C.E.B. top not to run hydro turbines continuously". The news item...
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Army Legal Services-An interlude
July 19, 2013, 8:54 pmDaya Perera.By Lalin FernandoThe many appreciations following the death of President’s Counsel Daya Perera brought to mind exploits of some officers who made their mark in the...
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Challenge before JumbosJuly 19, 2013, 8:51 pmThe Krrish Towers affair has taken a dramatic turn with the government going on the offensive. Claiming that the life of a high ranking public official...
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Habitual detraction of due justice to Eezham Tamils continues in Indian media
[TamilNet, Friday, 19 July 2013, 04:51 GMT]“In order to allay Sinhalese apprehensions, iron-clad guarantees should be provided that devolution to provinces should not lead to demand for separation,”...
View ArticleEU parliamentarians request GoSL to ensure accountability
[TamilNet, Friday, 19 July 2013, 15:16 GMT]A delegation of European Union parliamentarians visiting Sri Lanka requested Colombo to “ensure accountability in the face of what the UN calls "credible...
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