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      <title><![CDATA[Convoluted phrasing complicates policy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Last year, the commerce ministry reviewed and edited the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) document and removed many ambiguities.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Govt mulls law on sports betting, BCCI tightens screws]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Union ministries of sports and law have started consultations to draft a new law to deal with betting in sports, in the wake of the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal, even as further steps are being taken against the three players accused in the scam.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:46:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UK Oppn wants firms to report tax by geography]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[UK&#39;s Opposition Labour party, tapping into widening public anger over corporate tax avoidance, wants the government to push for new international rules to force companies to report profit and tax payments country-by-country.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/uk-oppn-wants-firms-to-report-tax-by-geography/517280/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indicus price monitor]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A price index for agri commodities: A Business Standard and Indicus Analytics initiative (Click on graphics).]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[StatsGuru-20-May-2013]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Another Parliament session, another controversy, another set of disruptions.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guptagate probe implicates Indian High Commission official]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A probe into a controversial lavish Indian wedding in South Africa has implicated a top Indian High Commission official for &quot;name-dropping&quot; and &quot;manipulation&quot;, and absolved President Jacob Zuma in the row over landing of a chartered plane at a military air base.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/\guptagate\-probe-implicates-indian-high-commission-official/517282/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wheres the coal?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The developments relating to the issue of licences for coal mining during the United Progressive Alliance regime&#39;s first term have trained the spotlight on the weaknesses and inadequacies of the process that was followed.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/where\scoal/517257/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The economics of trust]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A new day, a new scam.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-economicstrust/517258/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:29:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Corrupting the PPP model]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A key component of India&#39;s economic reforms has been the involvement of the private sector in delivering a range of government services to its citizens.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:28:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ratings and resources]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[When the credit rating agency Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s (S&amp;P) came to New Delhi last month, the government laid out the red carpet for its analysts; senior functionaries argued persuasively that reforms were in hand and the Indian economy was on the brink of returning to a high-growth path.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ratingsresources/517246/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:15:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Support vs procurement]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The government&#39;s move to get the mandate of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) reviewed afresh by an expert panel needs to be viewed in a broader perspective - one that weighs political populism against economic logic.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:14:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Centre to set up four electronics clusters in AP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Centre is planning to set up 200 electronics manufacturing clusters (EMCs) across the country over the next eight years.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:37:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indo-Bangla Railway officers to meet on May 21]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[India and Bangladesh Railway officials would meet in Dhaka on May 21 to review the progress of work in the railway link between Agartala and Akhaura in Bangladesh, officials sources said on Saturday.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indo-bangla-railway-officers-to-meetmay-21/517250/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Canada woos entrepreneurs with new Start-Up Visa]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Jason Kenney, Canada&#39;s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, has a look for wannabe entrepreneurs struggling to get their green cards or extend their H-1B visas in the United States: Come hither.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/canada-woos-entrepreneursnew-start-up-visa/517171/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FM to meet Qatari minister, business leaders today]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Seeking to enhance bilateral trade and cooperation, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will hold discussions with Qatar&#39;s Minister of Economy and Finance Yousuf Hussain Kamal and interact with business leaders at Doha on Sunday.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/fm-to-meet-qatari-minister-business-leaders-today/517156/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:35:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Right to work, pension hears dissent by ministries]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The 45th Indian Labour Conference (ILC) concluded today, with a series of recommendations, including the right to work and pension for all, besides labour rights for all government scheme workers, amid dissenting notes by key ministries.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:34:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How India should reform its trade for the 21st century]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The sharp increase in the current account deficit (CAD) is ringing alarm bells.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:50:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free labour for govt]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The government saves close to Rs 70,000 crore each year by underpaying or not paying six million workers it employs to implement its social sector schemes.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/free-labour-for-govt/517130/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:48:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time to state a strategy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a recent talk delivered in New Delhi, the former foreign secretary and current chairman of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), Shyam Saran, suggested among other things that it was not a fact that the armed forces were not involved in the formulation of national security thought - or strategy, if one might call &quot;thought&quot; that.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:46:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[We must identify the causes of moral decline in our society]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It gives me immense pleasure to be here today for the third Convocation of Nagaland University, a premier centre of higher learning in the north-eastern region.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/\we-must-identifycausesmoral-decline-in-our-society\/517124/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:42:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hard of hearings]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Before Congress is finished with the Internal Revenue Service, there&#39;s a serious danger some of us are going to wind up feeling sorry for the auditors.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/hardhearings/517142/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:35:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EU blames Chinas Huawei, ZTE for trade violations]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Europe&#39;s top trade official for the first time yesterday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/eu-blames-china\s-huawei-zte-for-trade-violations/517144/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:34:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The outgoing head of the US Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers yesterday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/irs-chief-declines-to-identify-employees-involved-in-scandal/517113/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:27:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A check on greed in the iron age]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Bellary district of Karnataka and Goa portray India&#39;s very own gold rush.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/a-checkgreed-iniron-age/517090/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[India-EU trade talks fail to bridge gaps; ministerial meet unlikely]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a set back to talks for the long-pending India-European Union (EU) free-trade agreement (FTA), the chief negotiators&#39; meet today failed to bridge &quot;substantial gaps&quot; on crucial issues, including insurance and data security status for the information technology (IT) sector, creating a bleak possibility of a ministerial meet next month.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-eu-trade-talks-fail-to-bridge-gaps-ministerial-meet-unlikely/517052/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:36:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Comprehensive Act needed for telecom]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked a newly-formed committee to re-examine whether a single comprehensive Act was needed covering all the matters related to telecommunications, information technology and broadcasting.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:34:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Congress brass discuss Food Security Bill]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party Chief Sonia Gandhi, on Friday deliberated on the way ahead on the issue of Food Security Bill.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/congress-brass-discuss-food-security-bill/517050/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:26:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBIs coalgate investigator arrested for taking bribe]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In another embarrassment to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), two of its officers - Superintendent of Police Vivek Dutt, also the investigating officer in the coal block allocation scam, and Inspector Rajesh Karnatak - were arrested on Friday for accepting a bribe of Rs 7 lakh from a person.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/cbi\s-coalgate-investigator-arrested-for-taking-bribe/517047/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changing class in America]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[My first and lasting impression of America, echoed by numerous observers from the hierarchical societies of Europe and Asia, was the absence of class despite great inequalities of income and wealth.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:48:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Cobrapost]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Cobrapost has thrown sand in the wheels of commerce by drawing attention to the flouting of know your customer (KYC) norms across the banking system.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:44:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SEC seeks deletion of consent in HC order on panchayat polls]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[West Bengal State Election Commission on Friday filed an application before the Calcutta High Court claiming that the court&#39;s May 14 order directing holding of panchayat elections in the state in three phases by July 15 was &quot;not a consent order&quot;.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sec-seeks-deletion\consent\-in-hc-orderpanchayat-polls/517013/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:18:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Vedanta group hold padayatra at Niyamgiri]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti (NSS), an organisation spearheading the agitation against Vedanta&#39;s alumina project at Lanjigarh in Kalhandi district, has started a five-day padayatra beginning Friday to spread awareness among the locals on the Supreme Court (SC) order on bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/anti-vedanta-group-hold-padayatra-at-niyamgiri/517015/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:16:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cochin entity to become first govt shipyard to get listed]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The global shipbuilding industry may not be in a good shape, but with business for Cochin Shipyard looking up, the government is likely to divest a 10 per cent stake in the company.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rajasthan set to unveil power tariff hike as discom losses swell]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Rajasthan is set to announce a power tariff hike next month as losses of its distribution companies (discoms) have piled up to a staggering Rs 50,000 crore as on April, the highest among all Indian states.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uttarakhand 6,000 Mw of hydropower to be hit]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The report of the inter-ministerial group (IMG) headed by Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi would affect the hydropower sector in the Ganga river basin of Uttarakhand.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Data adequacy grant to India non-negotiable, says EU envoy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Even as India is pushing hard to obtain the coveted Data Adequacy status from the European Union under the ongoing talks for a bilateral trade deal, the 27-nation bloc has clearly stated it will not in any way negotiate the issue.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/data-adequacy-grant-to-india-non-negotiable-says-eu-envoy/516883/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[What underlies the reasonable new China?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Is China&#39;s apparent willingness to take meaningful steps towards resolving the Sino-Indian boundary dispute merely a ploy to ensure the success of Premier Li Keqiang&#39;s visit on May 19-20?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/what-underliesreasonable-new-china/516884/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Law to decide on paying toll to NHAI Govt]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The road ministry on Thursday said everything will be done within the legal framework on the issue of allowing highway developers to collect toll now and pay the government later.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:39:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bogus contract payments in a public sector company unearthed]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Prompt reporting has helped unearth a multi-crore fraud in a public sector undertaking.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bogus-contract-payments-inpublic-sector-company-unearthed/516876/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drugs prices set to come down]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Prices of 348 medicines, including life-saving drugs, will soon be cheaper by up to 80 per cent, with the new Drug Price Control Order coming into effect.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/drugs-prices-set-to-come-down/516889/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:22:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Japans Q1 growth spurt shows early benefits of Abes policy gamble]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Japan&#39;s economy expanded at a rapid clip at the start of the year, the first hard evidence that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#39;s sweeping stimulus is beginning to rouse consumers and businesses into action even as risks loomed in the horizon.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/japan\s-q1-growth-spurt-shows-early-benefitsabe\s-policy-gamble/516910/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:18:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Data raise questions about strength of US economy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The US economy showed worrisome signs as jobless claims rose sharply last week while ground-breaking at home construction sites tumbled in April and a gauge of underlying inflation pointed to weak demand.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/data-raise-questions-about-strengthus-economy/516912/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:17:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Madhya Pradesh goes the Gujarat way for power]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[There is more in common between Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh than the fact that they are ruled by BJP governments.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/madhya-pradesh-goesgujarat-way-for-power/516860/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Newsmaker Kapil Sipal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kapil SibalHe likes fine arts, writes poetry and is a music aficionado.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/newsmaker-kapil-sipal/516861/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:28:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Power projects in a price maze]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has recently been involved in two landmark decisions concerning mega power projects.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/power-projects-inprice-maze/516806/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:48:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Recovering a reputation]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Ranbaxy Laboratories has pleaded guilty to charges of wrongdoing related to drug safety in the United States and has agreed to pay $500 million (approximately Rs 2,740 crore at the current exchange rate) in civil and criminal fines to the US Department of Justice.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/recoveringreputation/516793/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:40:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Look abroad instead]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The government&#39;s move to revive five defunct urea plants of the Fertiliser Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) seems both ill-advised and mistimed.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/look-abroad-instead/516794/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Centre to examine State demand for supply of extra PDS rice]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Food Minister K V Thomas on Thursday said the Centre will examine the newly-formed Karnataka government&#39;s demand to provide additional quantity of rice to BPL families in order to fulfill its election promise.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/centre-to-examine-state-demand-for-supplyextra-pds-rice/516800/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DBT in Mysore from June]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The much-publicised Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for LPG cylinders will be launched from June 1 in Mysore district.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dbt-in-mysorejune/516803/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:34:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Maha govt sets up committee to frame Child Welfare Policy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maharashtra government has set up a 64-member committee, headed by Women and Child Welfare Minister Varsha Gaikwad, to finalise its Child Welfare Policy 2013.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/maha-govt-setscommittee-to-frame-child-welfare-policy/516786/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:08:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Power crisis Solution still remains elusive]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Constraints in the availability of coal and natural gas, coupled with poor financial health of distribution companies (discoms), continue to remain major concerns for the growth prospects of the power and coal sectors.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/power-crisis-solution-still-remains-elusive/516696/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:49:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kudankulam nuclear plant Commissioning delayed by a month]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has extended by a month, till June, the date of commissioning for the first 1,000 Mw unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/kudankulam-nuclear-plant-commissioning-delayed-bymonth/516694/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:44:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DBT rollout Takru meets bankers]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A week after setting June 30 deadline to bankers to set up on-site ATMs to widen the scope of direct cash transfer scheme coverage, Banking secretary Rajiv Takru met bankers in Mumbai on Wednesday and discussed the way forward for the ambitious scheme.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dbt-rollout-takru-meets-bankers/516719/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:25:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Germany cant stop Euro zone from sinking into longest recession]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Germany&#39;s economy crept back into growth at the start of the year but not by enough to stop the Euro zone from contracting for a sixth straight quarter, and France slid into recession.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/germany-can\t-stop-euro-zonesinking-into-longest-recession/516662/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:19:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bangladesh accord to cost retailers up to $2.5-mn each]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Retailers were discussing agreements on improving labour conditions in Bangladesh both before and after the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex two weeks ago - the worst industrial incident in the country&#39;s historyAt least 24 retailers including Hennes &amp; Mauritz AB and Inditex SA each agreed to contribute as much as $2.5 million over five years toward the cost of improving fire and building safety in Bangladesh.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bangladesh-accord-to-cost-retailersto-25-mn-each/516665/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:16:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[US producer prices post big drop, factory activity weak]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[US producer prices recorded their largest drop in three years in April as gasoline and food costs tumbled, pointing to weak inflation pressures that should give the Federal Reserve latitude to keep monetary policy very accommodative.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/us-producer-prices-post-big-drop-factory-activity-weak/516663/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:13:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Looking towards 2050]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The present parlous state of the Indian economy and the global economy inevitably focuses attention on the short term.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/looking-towards-2050/516641/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:50:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A new Chinese revolution]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A revolution of sorts is in the making in China that could have a big impact on its renewable energy future.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/a-new-chinese-revolution/516637/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:48:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[As bytes replace guns]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States government last week explicitly accused the Chinese military of launching innumerable cyber attacks in the past year on the American government&#39;s computer systems with the purpose of &quot;building a picture of US network defence networks, logistics, and related military capabilities that could be exploited during a crisis&quot;.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/as-bytes-replace-guns/516638/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:44:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The foreign spine]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[India is one of the world&#39;s fastest-growing telecom markets.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-foreign-spine/516604/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chidambaram promises to resolve infra bottlenecks]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said a separate cell would be created in the ministry to take up with the departments the issues that were causing delay in the implementation of stalled projects and to see their resolution.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/chidambaram-promises-to-resolve-infra-bottlenecks/516581/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:28:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arunachal missing from Maharashtra Board textbooks]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[For lakhs of 10th class students in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh is not a part of the country, as the north-eastern state is reportedly &quot;missing&quot; from the map in their geography textbooks.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/arunachal-\missing\maharashtra-board-textbooks/516588/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:22:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yamuna hydel projects face hurdles]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[With the Ganga basin hydel projects failing to make headway owing to stiff opposition by environmentalists and religious leaders, a couple of key projects in Uttarakhand on Yamuna and tributaries are also facing hurdles.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/yamuna-hydel-projects-face-hurdles/516592/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:20:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shale gas policy big companies stand to lose]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The shale gas policy being prepared by the government would have a mechanism to give the first right of refusal to companies holding oil and gas blocks.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shale-gas-policy-big-companies-stand-to-lose/516495/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:53:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[No taboo on FDI in brownfield back-end infra in multi-brand retail Anand Sharma]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Clearing the air on the government&#39;s position on some conditions in allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand and single-brand retail, Anand Sharma, minister of commerce, industry and textiles, tells Nayanima Basu there is no restriction on global retailers acquiring existing back-end infrastructure.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/no-taboofdi-in-brownfield-back-end-infra-in-multi-brand-retail-anand-sharma/516483/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:49:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Easing inflation - a mirage]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[India released its official wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation data for April 2013 today.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/easing-inflationmirage/516485/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:48:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mining sector grappling with multiple challenges]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The crisis seems to be far from over for the mining industry in Karnataka, Goa and Odisha, the three major iron ore producing states in the country.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mining-sector-grapplingmultiple-challenges/516486/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:47:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[What underlies the reasonable new China?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Is China&#39;s apparent willingness to take meaningful steps towards resolving the Sino-Indian boundary dispute merely a ploy to ensure the success of Premier Li Keqiang&#39;s visit on 19-20th May?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/what-underliesreasonable-new-china/516481/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:39:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[No CBI questioning of ex-railways minister Pawan Bansal for now]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) now seems not to be in a hurry to question former railways minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the posts-for-money scam.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/no-cbi-questioningex-railways-minister-pawan-bansal-for-now/516463/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:26:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AP says US govt seized journalists phone records]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Associated Press has said the US government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a &quot;massive and unprecedented intrusion&quot; into news-gathering operations.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ap-says-us-govt-seized-journalists\-phone-records/516511/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:19:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bank of England says Bloomberg data usage reprehensible]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bank of England said it was &quot;reprehensible&quot; that Bloomberg News had allowed its journalists to see data about how clients used its system.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bankengland-says-bloomberg-data-usage-\reprehensible\/516509/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:10:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Pakistans elections]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), Nawaz Sharif, has received a decisive and powerful mandate from the Pakistani electorate in the recently concluded elections.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/after-pakistan\s-elections/516424/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:50:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[No buyers for FDI in multi-brand retail]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[After years of heated discussions on opening multi-brand retail to foreign investors and the eventual endorsement of the policy after a cliff-hanger vote in Parliament in December 2012, it would be a matter of great chagrin to the government and the mandarins who drafted the policy that no proposal has been submitted for approval.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/no-buyers-for-fdi-in-multi-brand-retail/516415/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:44:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Terminalgate]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Bloomberg&#39;s &quot;Terminalgate&quot; raises a new set of awkward questions about the ethical limits organisations running media and related businesses must impose upon themselves.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/terminalgate/516389/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Entry fee protest Transporters stir continues in Goa]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The transporters continued their strike in Goa on the second day on Tuesday, refusing to withdraw it until the government resolves the issue of toll fee levied on the non-Goan vehicles entering the state.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/entry-fee-protest-transporters\-stir-continues-in-goa/516111/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:57:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Punjab sets NRI quota to boost investment]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[To make NRIs partners in the progress and prosperity of the state, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said under the new housing and investment policy, the state had set aside 10 per cent quota for Punjabi diaspora in all PUDA(Punjab Urban Development Authority)-approved schemes and industrial estates, besides setting up a separate link to fast-track approval in the industrial investment portal.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/punjab-sets-nri-quota-to-boost-investment/516370/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:48:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FM reviews pending infra projects in Bangalore]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[At a closed door meeting with industrialists and heads of banks, Chidambaram assured early removal of bottleneck in implementing pending investment projectsFinance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday, held closed door talks with top industrialists, heads of public and private sector banks, here to fast track pending large investment proposals.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/fm-reviews-pending-infra-projects-in-bangalore/516411/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:35:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Akshaya Tritiya leaves real estate firms idling by]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Blame it on a dull realty market or slow approvals in cities such as this one.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/akshaya-tritiya-leaves-real-estate-firms-idling-by/516319/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:45:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The complex case of Indias hydrocarbon industry]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[With core sector growth slowing to 2.9 per cent in March, India&#39;s infrastructure sector is yet again impacting its economic growth.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Green Shoots Tracker]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Core sector cheerThe National Council of Applied Economic Research projected the Indian economy would grow 6.2 per cent in 2012-13, owing to &quot;reasonable&quot; growth in agriculture (3.2 per cent).]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:36:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bloombergs top editor calls policy on client data inexcusable]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, apologised on Monday for allowing journalists &quot;limited&quot; access to sensitive data about how clients used Bloomberg terminals, saying it was &quot;inexcusable&quot; but that important customer data had always been protected.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bloomberg\s-top-editor-calls-policyclient-data-\inexcusable\/516306/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Monetary levers big and small]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Monetary policy operates through the big levers: the repo and reverse repo rates, the cash reserve ratio (CRR) and the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR).]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/monetary-levers-bigsmall/516244/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:51:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Alls fare in airline pricing]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[First, the reality check.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/all\s-fare-in-airline-pricing/516216/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:47:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The shift away from agriculture]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[After a long period of virtual stasis, the movement of labour away from agriculture - a process coterminous with economic development - has gathered momentum in recent decades, according to the 2011 census.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-shift-awayagriculture/516219/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lobbying the Hill, softly]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Indian information technology industry is exercised about several aspects of a new US immigration Bill.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lobbyinghill-softly/516242/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Now, drug info just an SMS away]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A list of various medicine brands and their prices may soon be just a short message service (SMS) away.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/now-drug-info-just-an-sms-away/516155/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Utilisation of duty credit scrips]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the annual supplement to the foreign trade policy (FTP), the commerce ministry added 126 new products under the Focus Product Scheme (FPS), 47 new products under the Market Linked Focus Product Scheme (MLFPS) and two more countries under the Focus Market Scheme (FMS).]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/utilisationduty-credit-scrips/516204/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[On diamond jubilee, naval aviations spirit shows]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Since 1910, when a barnstorming aviator first took off from a warship deck, naval fighter pilots have considered themselves a special breed.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/on-diamond-jubilee-naval-aviation\s-spirit-shows/516158/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:40:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CAG, CVC keen on buying Commonwealth Games flats]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Even as the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010, held in New Delhi, was under the scanner of both the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) and the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for alleged corruption and irregularities, both the bodies are learnt to be keen on buying the real estate linked to the Games.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/cag-cvc-keenbuying-commonwealth-games-flats/516159/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[StatsGuru-13-May-13]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The question of how much top executives should be paid has been a vexed one especially since the financial crisis of 2008.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/statsguru-13-may-13/516145/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Click on graphicIndia&#39;s groundnut production in 2012-13 is estimated to be around 22 per cent less than last year, at 54.34 million tonnes, it is the second lowest in a decade.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[One macro issue in India that deserves renewed attention is the preference for the wholesale price index (WPI) over the consumer price index (CPI) for tracking inflation.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/willreal-inflation-rate-standplease/516127/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Redesign dams, not rivers]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Engineers require retraining, not the Ganga.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/redesign-dams-not-rivers/516130/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leveraging for stability]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[From barely $3.5 billion worth of foreign exchange reserves when it courted crisis during 1990-91 to $292 billion worth of reserves now, India has indeed come a long way, and is no longer vulnerable to the 1997-style Asian crisis.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Clothes make the IIP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The index of industrial production (IIP) numbers for March came as something of a relief for many observers, showing overall growth at 2.5 per cent over March 2012.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rubber Board campaign on improving quality]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Rubber Board said growers, processors, product manufacturers and labourers should take collective effort to improve the quality of natural rubber (NR) in the face challenges in the sector.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/rubber-board-campaignimproving-quality/516128/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[RoB as part of Kochi metro completed]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday inaugurated the Salim-Rajan road-over-bridge (RoB) near south railway station of Kochi, as part of the Kochi metro.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/rob-as-partkochi-metro-completed/516121/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Naxals kill 3 in Doordarshan raid]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A group of suspected Naxalites raided the premises of Doordarshan Kendra in Jagdalpur late last night and gunned down three jawans besides injuring another seriously.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Retail chains, kiranas differ over LBT]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The differences between organised retail chains and traditional trade over the local body tax (LBT), to be imposed by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) from October 1, have come out in the open.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[G-7 finance chiefs clash on budget cuts]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Global finance chiefs clashed over the correct speed of budget cutting as they sought fresh ways to rally the slowing world economy.]]></description>
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