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Air ambulances for medical emergencies in offing
15 Dec 2015
Air ambulances for medical emergencies in offing
15 Dec 2015
Wind up coal scam probe by March, SC tells CBI
15 Dec 2015
US consumer goods major Newell Rubbermaid acquires rival Jarden for $15 bn
15 Dec 2015
The combined entity, to be renamed Newell Brands, will create a $16-billion consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of leading brands
$7.6-bn TAPI gas pipeline project launched
14 Dec 2015
The 1,800-km pipeline from Caspian Sea to Fazilka on the India-Pakistan borderwill supply 38 mmscmd of gas each to India and Pakistan for 30 years
India worst among BRICS nations on health indicators: Lancet study
14 Dec 2015
India's public healthcare sector hqas lagged behind its more impoverished neighbours such as Nepal and Bangladesh, reveals a new report
India, Japan seal civil nuclear cooperation pact
12 Dec 2015
The two prime ministers finalised a $12 billion deal to bring the first Bullet train to India and another on Japan's sale of US-2 amphibious aircraft to India, in what would be Tokyo's first major military hardware transfer since lifting a postwar ban on the export of defence equipment in 2014
India, Japan seal civil nuclear cooperation pact
12 Dec 2015
The two prime ministers finalised a $12 billion deal to bring the first Bullet train to India and another on Japan's sale of US-2 amphibious aircraft to India, in what would be Tokyo's first major military hardware transfer since lifting a postwar ban on the export of defence equipment in 2014
Alibaba buys South China Morning Post
12 Dec 2015
Alibaba hopes to boost global readership through digital distribution and easier access to content of SCMP, which has the advantage of focused coverage of China, the world’s second largest economy
Alibaba buys South China Morning Post
12 Dec 2015
Alibaba hopes to boost global readership through digital distribution and easier access to content of SCMP, which has the advantage of focused coverage of China, the world’s second largest economy
Compat quashes CCI’s Rs6,316-cr penalty on cement firms
11 Dec 2015
The tribunal asked the fair trade regulator to hear the matter afresh and pass a judgement within three months and also allowed the cement companies to withdraw the penalty amount deposited with the CCI
No lack of buyers as Dawood properties auctioned
10 Dec 2015
While there was no official confirmation that the properties auctioned in Mumbai were actually owned by India’s most wanted criminal, a restaurant purportedly belonging to him was sold for Rs4 crore and a car for Rs32,000
CMA CGM to acquire Neptune Orient Lines for $2.4 billion
10 Dec 2015
With the acquisition, CMA CGM will further reinforce its position as a leader in global shipping with combined revenue of $22 billion and 563 vessels and an expanded market
Cabinet approves bill to regulate real estate business
10 Dec 2015
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015 aims at providing a uniform regulatory environment, so as to ensure speedy adjudication of disputes and orderly growth of the real estate sector
Cabinet approves bill to regulate real estate business
10 Dec 2015
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015 aims at providing a uniform regulatory environment, so as to ensure speedy adjudication of disputes and orderly growth of the real estate sector
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