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Archive for July, 2015

Game changer: Modi govt’s pilot project to expand direct cash transfer scheme

Friday, July 31, 2015 19:59

NEW DELHI: The government will likely put some money in your bank account every month if it goes ahead with a proposal currently being considered at the highest levels. The plan is to expand the direct cash transfer scheme, by deducting a portion of the subsidy each family receives through ...

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India closer to nod for 100% biofuel

Friday, July 31, 2015 19:59

Bio-diesel is both renewable and less polluting in comparison to diesel. B100 vehicles have been plying in Brazil and cities such as California and Berkeley in United States.

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Oil giant Shell resumes offshore oil drilling in Arctic

Friday, July 31, 2015 19:48

WASHINGTON: Oil giant Shell has resumed offshore drilling operations in Alaskan waters, the company said Friday, after one of its icebreakers was delayed for nearly two days by protesters dangling from a bridge. Greenpeace activists were suspended fro...

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India ranks second only to Mexico in abductions

Friday, July 31, 2015 19:48

For specialty underwriters sitting in global reinsurance markets like London, India has a dubious distinction. It ranks second only to Mexico on a list of kidnapping hotspots—ahead of Pakistan, Iraq and Nigeria.

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Building a plane from leather waste

Friday, July 31, 2015 19:40

Senior scientist V Sivakumar said once combined, they undergo a curing process in which heat is passed to harden or toughen the material.

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FMCG MNCs lure expats to run the show at home | Boeing, Airbus eye local savvy

Friday, July 31, 2015 19:28

MUMBAI: Suresh Narayanan, Al Rajwani, Manoj Kumar, Issam Bachaalani — they've all come back home. These Indian executives have all returned in the recent past to head the local units of global consumer firms and help further the parent's emerging markets growth strategy. Of these, Narayanan is a bit ...

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Four Indians abducted by ISIS in Libya, two released

Friday, July 31, 2015 19:20

"Trying for other two,” she added. MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the two men released had "safely” been brought to University of Sirte. The government gave no indication of how their release was secured.

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Gold rises after US data, set for biggest monthly drop in 2 years

Friday, July 31, 2015 19:18

NEW YORK/LONDON: Gold reversed earlier losses on Friday as the dollar fell after weaker-than-expected US data, but prices remained on course for their biggest monthly decline in more than two years on expectations the Federal Reserve will soon raise in...

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GI tag sparks a bitter debate on rasgulla

Friday, July 31, 2015 19:16

Most food historians in West Bengal believe it was invented in then Calcutta in 1868 by iconic confectioner Nobin Chandra Das, whose son later founded the famous sweetmeat chain K C Das.

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It’s time to go ‘Marsala’!

Friday, July 31, 2015 18:30

The jewel hue Marsala is all the rage this year. Here’s how to incorporate it in your everyday beauty regimen

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