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Flipkart launches first tablet Digiflip Pro XT712
26 Jun 2014
E retailer Flipkart has launched its first tablet - Digiflip Pro XT712 - under the private label Digiflip Pro, making it the first online marketplace in India to launch its own device.
RCom raises $1 billion from investors, promoters
25 Jun 2014
Reliance Communications, India’s fourth-largest telecom operator, raised Rs4,800 crore through qualified institutional placement and Rs1,300 crore from sale of shares to promoters
RCom raises $1 billion from investors, promoters
25 Jun 2014
Reliance Communications, India’s fourth-largest telecom operator, raised Rs4,800 crore through qualified institutional placement and Rs1,300 crore from sale of shares to promoters
CCEA defers decision on gas price hike by 3 months
25 Jun 2014
Announcing the decision, minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan said there was need for comprehensive discussions on gas price revision
India may extend price control to more drugs
25 Jun 2014
News of the World ex-editor Coulson convicted in phone-hacking scandal
25 Jun 2014
Andy Coulson, formerly editor of the defunct UK tabloid News of the World, was yesterday convicted of phone hacking
Outrage as Egypt hands long jail terms to journalists on shaky charges
24 Jun 2014
US secretary of state John Kerry, who a day earlier had discussed the case in a meeting with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, denounced the verdict as "chilling and draconian"
Sugar prices seen going up by Rs2-3 per kg
24 Jun 2014
Govt trying to keep revised gas price below $6.8 per mmBtu
24 Jun 2014
According to indications, the increase in gas prices will be $2 lower than the $8.4 per mmBtu price recommended by the UPA government
India to open civilian nuclear programme to IAEA scrutiny
24 Jun 2014
The move signals that the country is open to greater international scrutiny of its civil nuclear programme
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