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      <title><![CDATA[There is no foisting of leadership in our party Tariq Anwar]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister of state for agriculture and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Tariq Anwar tells Aditi Phadnis there is no nepotism in NCP.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chai with BS Ravi Narain]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[He may have retired from executive responsibilities at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) close to two months ago, but Ravi Narain says the &quot;next two years may not be that easy&quot;.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/chaibs-ravi-narain/517010/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[In a parliamentary democracy, you dont go by ego Ravi Shankar Prasad]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Gyan Varma that while the Bharatiya Janata Party was seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal&#39;s issue came as a bonusExactly two days after the Budget session ended abruptly, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government sacked two Union ministers - Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:32:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[In the hands of the govt, CBI probe can be denied, delayed Arun Bhagat]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Arun Bhagat, former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) additional director and Intelligence Bureau retiree tells Gyan Varma that the CBI has never been autonomous, thanks to government interference in cases involving important personalitiesIt was found recently that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ranjit Sinha showed the status report on the probe into the coal allocations to Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, the Prime Minister&#39;s Office (PMO) officials and the coal ministry.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 21:42:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Anil Sardana]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anil Sardana has been keeping his fingers crossed for months now - ever since the Indonesian government pegged its coal to global benchmark prices, which in combination with currency fluctuations resulted in Tata Power reporting its first annual loss for the year ended March 2012.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 22:32:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[India is a country where things take time Paul Hermelin]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The French government has appointed Paul Hermelin, chairman and chief executive of Capgemini Group, as special representative for Indo-French economic relations.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-iscountrythings-take-time-paul-hermelin/514120/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:42:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tea with BS Strobe Talbott]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Strobe Talbott has chosen an awful place for this meeting.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/teabs-strobe-talbott/514036/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[In 2014, a non-Cong, non-BJP govt will be the best option Sitaram Yechury]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Communist Party of India (Marxist) senior leader and Member of Parliament Sitaram Yechury tells Aditi Phadnis why people are angry with the Trinamool Congress, and what will be party&#39;s strategy in 2014A member of your own party has apologised for incivility in the behaviour of party cadres with the chief minister and the finance minister of West Bengal outside the Planning Commission.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/in-2014non-cong-non-bjp-govt-will-bebest-option-sitaram-yechury/513042/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:42:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rahuls critics must know hes the Cong V-P, not Indias PM Salman Khurshid]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[External Affairs Minister and senior Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh, Salman Khurshid, tells Kavita Chowdhury that the Bharatiya Janata Party is extending support to Narendra Modi out of sheer desperation, for the party sees in him a trump card to power.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/rahul\s-critics-must-know-he\scong-v-p-not-india\s-pm-salman-khurshid/511842/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coffee with BS Shobhaa De]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[I never imagined that my first meeting with Shobhaa De would be like a scene out of a slapstick film.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Only supply-side management can sort out inflation Piyush Goyal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Bharatiya Janata Party Treasurer Piyush Goyal tells Aditi Phadnis what the government should do to get the economy in order.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/only-supply-side-management-can-sort-out-inflation-piyush-goyal/510494/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:42:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Soup with BS Stefano Pelle]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Rule No 1 in any expat survival guide is: &quot;Learn the language and local culture&quot;.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China needs political capacity, courage to force change Kenneth Lieberthal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kenneth Lieberthal, senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at think tank The Brookings Institution and an expert on China, talks to Aditi Phadnis on the changes China is likely to see under the new leadershipWhat does the change of guard in China mean for the nation internally?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/china-needs-political-capacity-courage-to-force-change-kenneth-lieberthal/509242/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:42:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Breakfast with BS Gulzar]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[To phir chaliye&quot; (Let&#39;s go, then), Gulzar says on the phone when I call him from the reception of the India International Centre.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The food Bill will correct the cropping pattern imbalance Reetika Khera]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi professor and development economist Reetika Khera tells Sreelatha Menon that the food Bill may not be a leap ahead, but it is certainly a step forwardThe food Bill is a guarantee for lifelong dependence on government doles.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-food-bill-will-correctcropping-pattern-imbalance-reetika-khera/508114/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:44:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Surjit Bhalla]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[When I walk into Threesixty Degrees at the Oberoi, I ask Surjit Bhalla where he wants to sit - somewhere quiet, perhaps, since the restaurant is full and noisy?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-surjit-bhalla/508047/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:36:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[There is distrust in Indian bureaucracy against Pakistan Hafiz Pasha]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hafiz Pasha, dean of Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, and former commerce minister, finance minister and deputy chairman of Planning Commission, government of Pakistan, tells Nayanima Basu India has to do much more than Pakistan to normalise bilateral trading relationsHow is the trade normalisation process progressing?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/there-is-distrust-in-indian-bureaucracy-against-pakistan-hafiz-pasha/506907/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:44:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Masaba Gupta]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[On day one of the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn-Winter &#39;13, a gaggle of young girls, not a day over 18, queue up zealously to catch the opening show.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-masaba-gupta/506783/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:42:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[I have emerged as the leader of Indias 100 mn tribals P A Sangma]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;P A Sangma, former Lok Sabha speaker and president of the National People&#39;s Party, tells Gyan Varma he has joined the National Democratic Alliance for the general election next yearIt was quite evident from the beginning that Pranab Mukherjee would win the presidential election because the Opposition did not have the required number.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/i-have-emerged-asleaderindia\s-100-mn-tribals-p-a-sangma/505862/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:40:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Vikram Mehta]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Why did he leave Shell, his employer of 23 years, just six months shy of retirement, I ask Vikram Mehta, now India chairman of the world's best-recognised think tank, The Brookings Institution.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-vikram-mehta/505798/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:40:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[We need to do more to politically elevate the young Muslim Asaduddin Owaisi]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[After the recent bomb blasts in Hyderabad, both Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and the city police have acknowledged that they had prior intelligence inputs.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/we-need-to-do-more-to-politically-elevateyoung-muslim-asaduddin-owaisi/504882/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:44:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coffee with BS Avani Saglani Davda]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The toughest question Avani Saglani Davda has faced in her four-month stint as Tata Starbucks CEO was from her &quot;biggest boss&quot; - her six-year-old son Parav.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/coffeebs-avani-saglani-davda/504766/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dikshit turned Delhi into slum, not Paris as promised Vijay Goel]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the next Delhi Assembly election, you&rsquo;ll lead the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who has already served three consecutive terms here.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dikshit-turned-delhi-into-slum-not-paris-as-promised-vijay-goel/503839/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:35:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Well support the Food Security Bill in Parliament Rajnath Singh]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Did you know about your selection as the candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/we\ll-supportfood-security-bill-in-parliament-rajnath-singh/502848/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:08:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Ravi Uppal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[After a winter of notoriety for the city, meeting someone who feels good about being in Delhi is perplexing.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-ravi-uppal/502690/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:15:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pak left behind in the race, India can help catch up Ishrat Hussain]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[You recently said the foregone benefits to the people inhabiting India and Pakistan are substantial owing to an absence of a proper trading regime between the two countries.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/pak-left-behind-inrace-india-can-help-catch-up-ishrat-hussain/501785/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:35:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Nandy said cant be justified as freedom of speech K Satyanarayana]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[K Satyanarayana, Dalit scholar, activist and associate professor in the Department of Cultural Studies, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, tells Ravichandran Chakkiliyan of Dalit Camera why he feels betrayed by Ashis NandyHow do you see Ashis Nandy&rsquo;s comments at the Jaipur Literary Festival [JLF] against scheduled castes [SCs], scheduled tribes [STs] and other backward classes [OBCs]?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/what-nandy-said-can\t-be-justified-as-freedomspeech-k-satyanarayana/500825/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Timothy Garton Ash]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr Groton Osh, the staff at the Taj Mahal Hotel&rsquo;s top storey Grill Room say, had called to say he would be 15 minutes late.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-timothy-garton-ash/500725/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:49:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coffee with BS Sreenath Sreenivasan]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[To those who know of him, four alphabets preceded by a symbol &ndash; @sree, a Twitter handle &ndash; should suffice, but to others, it is rather tedious to introduce Sreenath Sreenivasan.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/coffeebs-sreenath-sreenivasan/500005/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:41:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Evidence must be unimpeachable for a death sentence Gopal Subramaniam]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student in Delhi last month shocked the entire nation.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/evidence-must-be-unimpeachable-fordeath-sentence-gopal-subramaniam/499362/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:48:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tea with BS Manmohan Shetty]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Manmohan Shetty is looking slim and relaxed.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/teabs-manmohan-shetty/499298/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:36:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[12 years on, there is still no vision for Jharkhand Hemant Soren ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) coalition government in Jharkhand ruled for about two years and four months.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/12-years-on-there-is-still-no-vision-for-jharkhand-hemant-soren-/498630/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:31:18 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Police found guilty of laxity will face strict punishment R P N Singh ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister of State for Home Affairs R P N Singh travelled incognito on a bus from Dhaula Kuan to Chattarpur.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/police-found-guiltylaxity-will-face-strict-punishment-r-p-n-singh-/497863/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:35:37 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dinner with BS Zareer Masani, author]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Asking guests to choose restaurants for this column is an exercise often fraught with dread for me.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dinnerbs-zareer-masani-author/497266/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fare hike is vital to restore rails financial health Pawan Kumar Bansal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Railways has been for long hijacked by political allies.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:16:49 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Not Modi, Central grants helped Gujarat develop Tejashree Patel]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the Viramgam Assembly constituency in Gujarat, first-time Congress Member of Legislative Assembly and a practising gynaecologist, Tejashree Patel, defeated sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Pragji Patel.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/not-modi-central-grants-helped-gujarat-develop-tejashree-patel/496475/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:28:36 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State shouldve been heard before SC decided on ban Manohar Parrikar]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The country&rsquo;s second-largest iron-ore producing state, Goa, is facing a historic crisis after allegations of large-scale illegal mining.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/state-should\ve-been-heard-before-sc-decidedban-manohar-parrikar/495728/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:33:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS ITs marathon man Ajit Balakrishnan]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Whenever Ajit Balakrishnan is quoted in the press, it&rsquo;s usually in connection with wise pronouncements on information technology (IT) or higher education.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-it\s-marathon-man-ajit-balakrishnan/495120/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:01:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Retail FDI to raise tax revenues, control leakages Arvind Singhal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Arvind Singhal, an expert on the retail sector and a patriotic Indian, tells Aditi Phadnis India must look at foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail objectivelySo, what did you think of the debate on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in Parliament?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/retail-fdi-to-raise-tax-revenues-control-leakages-arvind-singhal/494952/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:02:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Pratip Chaudhuri]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The first six months are usually a honeymoon period in a CEO&rsquo;s life.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-pratip-chaudhuri/494389/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:21:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Delay in securing expert opinion in cases is a concern A P Singh]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A P Singh stepped down as director of the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday, passing on the mantle to IPS officer Ranjit Sinha.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/delay-in-securing-expert-opinion-in-cases-isconcern-a-p-singh/494264/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:19:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Michael Steiner]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Michael Steiner, Germany&rsquo;s newest ambassador to India, gives off that curious air of being both an unstoppable force of nature as well as vulnerable at heart, a thinking man who doesn&rsquo;t easily suffer fools but is open to zany ideas like bringing Bayern Munich footballers to play in India, says Jyoti Malhotra.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-michael-steiner/493684/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:40:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Everyone knows BJPs leadership is divided V Dhananjay Kumar]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[V Dhananjay Kumar, president of Karnataka Janata Party (KJP), in an interview with Gyan Varma, says the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)&rsquo;s central leadership hasn&rsquo;t treated the party&rsquo;s state leaders well.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/everyone-knows-bjp\s-leadership-is-divided-v-dhananjay-kumar/493570/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:43:58 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Our support for the Palestinian cause remains undiluted]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[External affairs minister: The information I have is as under the law we are required and in sense of propriety we attempted to convey to the Pakistan Foreign Office that this decision had been taken and the execution will be done this morning.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/\our-support-forpalestinian-cause-remains-undiluted\/493569/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:42:31 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nikesh Arora Googles fourth musketeer]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[There are over 1.5 billion people on the internet today &mdash; that means if the online community were a country, it would be the most populous one.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nikesh-arora-google\s-fourth-musketeer/492969/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:07:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Withdrawal of support to Cong not impulsive Asaduddin Owaisi ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Your party has a long association with the Congress in Andhra Pradesh.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/withdrawalsupport-to-cong-not-impulsive-asaduddin-owaisi-/492831/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:04:05 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS David Bailey]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[On a November evening, I walk into the charming living room of the Razhu Pru hotel, an old bungalow atop a hill in Nagaland&rsquo;s capital, Kohima, to find a silver-haired gentleman puffing on a cigar next to a fireplace.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-david-bailey/492616/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:08:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The term internet governance is an oxymoron Kapil Sibal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Not at all.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-term-internet-governance-is-an-oxymoron-kapil-sibal/492285/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:53:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[My web portal keeps me in touch with the youth C P Joshi]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In 2008, you had lost the Rajasthan election by a single vote.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/my-web-portal-keeps-me-in-touchthe-youth-c-p-joshi/491578/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:16:56 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Anurag Kashyap]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It is 3:00 p m on a Sunday afternoon when I walk into The Westin, a hideous grey-and-glass monstrosity in Gurgaon.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-anurag-kashyap/491043/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:20:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tea with BS Subhash Chandra]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[At 61, Subhash Chandra is looking slim and happy.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/teabs-subhash-chandra/490373/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Both Cong, BJP culpable, we are for Third Front Babulal Marandi]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) has withdrawn its support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/both-cong-bjp-culpable-wefor-third-front-babulal-marandi/490222/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:54:53 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Shaida Abdali]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The 33-year-old ambassador says the war against terrorism cannot be fought in Afghanistan&rsquo;s villages.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-shaida-abdali/489658/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:27:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Any agency, not just CBI, can probe corporate bribery R C Sharma]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[You were the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 1997-98.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/any-agency-not-just-cbi-can-probe-corporate-bribery-r-c-sharma/489484/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:22:23 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Christopher Bayly]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[For a generation of history students in Indian universities, his book Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars, a study of north Indian society during British expansion, was standard recommended reading.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-christopher-bayly/488910/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:19:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Corruption in Gujarat will prove detrimental to BJP Arjun Modhwadia]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Assembly elections in Gujarat on December 13 and 17, the state&rsquo;s main Opposition party Congress is set to take on the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/corruption-in-gujarat-will-prove-detrimental-to-bjp-arjun-modhwadia/488727/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:02:15 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Habil Khorakiwala]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Habil Khorakiwala seems to have done his research quite well: he knows that Lunch with BS also &ldquo;writes about the menu&" and has made sure that the best home-made Bohri cuisine is served at his private dining room on the ninth floor of Wockhardt&rsquo;s headquarters at Mumbai&rsquo;s Bandra Kurla complex, writes Shyamal Majumdar.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-habil-khorakiwala/488158/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:17:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Congress-NCP alliance will continue Manikrao Thakre]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Manikrao Thakre tells Sanjay Jog the Congress party in Maharashtra is unmoved by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar&rsquo;s resignation.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-congress-ncp-alliance-will-continue-manikrao-thakre/488024/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:36:29 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The debt restructuring package for SEBs is a matter of survival Veerappa Moily]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Union power ministry is one place where ministers seldom stay.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-debt-restructuring-package-for-sebs-ismattersurvival-veerappa-moily/487914/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Wendell Rodricks]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[As I wait for my guest, one of the most respected designers in Indian fashion, who is also 15 minutes late, I wonder if he&rsquo;s chosen a suitable venue for our lunch.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-wendell-rodricks/487437/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:25:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mamatas reasoning behind pullout flimsy Pradip Bhattacharjee]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) President Pradip Bhattacharjee is a busy man.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mamata\s-reasoning-behind-pullout-flimsy-pradip-bhattacharjee/487330/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:49:57 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Lalit Jalan]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Midway through the lunch, Lalit Jalan recites a verse from the Bhagavad Gita, &ldquo;Do your duty, to the best of your abilities.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-lalit-jalan/486698/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:18:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[States have the final say in coal block allocation Subodh Kant Sahai]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This is a conspiracy by the Opposition with 2014 elections in mind.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/states-havefinal-say-in-coal-block-allocation-subodh-kant-sahai/486535/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:54:08 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Vineet Nayar]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Vineet Nayar kicks off the conversation with a reference to Carlos Ghosn, the legendary leader of the Renault-Nissan alliance, whom he met recently in France.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-vineet-nayar/486086/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:57:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The quota Bill is Congs commitment to Dalits P L Punia]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[P L Punia, chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and a Congress MP, has been at the forefront of SC/ST reservation in government job promotions.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-quota-bill-is-cong\s-commitment-to-dalits-p-l-punia/485781/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:45:41 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Regional players, not MNCs, give Amul tough competition R S Sodhi]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Since he took charge as the managing director at Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), R S Sodhi has been working towards making Amul a younger brand.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/regional-players-not-mncs-give-amul-tough-competition-r-s-sodhi/485551/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:56:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Chandra Shekhar Ghosh]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Not so long ago, a senior West Bengal minister expressed surprise when Chandra Shekhar Ghosh told him that Bandhan, the highly successful microfinance institution (MFI) that he has founded, was a venture that grew and flourished entirely out of the state.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-chandra-shekhar-ghosh/485218/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:03:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Functioning of Parliament is govts responsibility Yashwant Sinha]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BJP has stalled Parliament session for a week, demanding PM Manmohan Singh&rsquo;s resignation.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/functioningparliament-is-govt\s-responsibility-yashwant-sinha/485107/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:24:55 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[India is in a state of denial on cyber security Kamlesh Bajaj]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kamlesh Bajaj, former government servant and now CEO of the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), tells Aditi Phadnis that India must beware another attack on its cyber security and suggests ways in which this can be countered.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-is-instatedenialcyber-security-kamlesh-bajaj/484908/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:26:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Should coal be denationalised?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Coal mining was nationalised in two phases in 1973, which translated into the enactment of the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973, the central legislation determining the eligibility of coal mining in India.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/should-coal-be-denationalised/484687/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:07:36 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Rahul Khosla]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It happened quite serendipitously,&" quips Rahul Khosla when I ask how a dyed-in-the-wool multinational banker arrived at a promoter-driven, healthcare-to-insurance firm Max India.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-rahul-khosla/484580/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:24:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Laws can be changed only if all states are on board Kapil Sibal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[What the CAG has done is made a set of certain assumptions which are in the nature of policy.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/laws-can-be-changed-only-if-all-states-areboard-kapil-sibal/484414/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:51:32 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Once FDI creates healthy competition, some of the profit will trickle down to farmers Ajay Jakhar]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The prominent north India-based farmers&rsquo; organisation Bharat Krishak Samaj wants a mandatory 75 per cent direct sourcing from farmers as a condition for allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/once-fdi-creates-healthy-competition-somethe-profit-will-trickle-down-to-farmers-ajay-jakhar/484146/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:42:35 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sensitivity is the answer to the Northeast problem V Kishore Chandra Deo]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo tells Aditi Phadnis why people from the Northeast find the rest of India so inhospitableAs a liberal Indian, I find it hard to understand why people from Northeast India who have been hosted by cosmopolitan cities all over India for several decades &ndash; we even had H T Sangliana being elected an MP from Bangalore North in the 14th Lok Sabha &ndash; suddenly turning their backs on these cities, just on the strength of a]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sensitivity-isanswer-tonortheast-problem-v-kishore-chandra-deo/483620/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:43:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Manisha Girotra]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Rose Princess of Chandigarh at the age of 3 and show-stopper at a Mumbai fashion show in her later years.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-manisha-girotra/483188/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[In principle, we aren`t against FDI in multi-brand retail Jagdish Shettigar]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Jagdish Shettigar, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and member of the national executive, tells Gyan Varma the BJP could agree to foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail if some conditions are met.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/in-principle-we-aren`t-against-fdi-in-multi-brand-retail-jagdish-shettigar/483054/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:22:28 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Indian exports story is like an F1 race T C A Ranganathan]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) Chairman and Managing Director T C A Ranganathan asserts that a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21 per cent between 2001 and 2011 attests to the success of India&rsquo;s exports story.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-indian-exports-story-is-like-an-f1-race-t-c-a-ranganathan/482819/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:43:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The official residence of the new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav (39), where I am invited to lunch, smells overwhelmingly of fresh paint.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-akhilesh-yadav-chief-minister-uttar-pradesh/482515/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:31:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Build schools in Muslim areas and ensure attendance Maulana Mahmood Madani]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maulana Mahmood Madani, general-secretary of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, and former member of Parliament from the Rashtriya Lok Dal, in an interview with Gyan Varma, says reservations for minorities should be on the basis of social, economic and educational backwardness, not religious grounds.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/build-schools-in-muslim-areasensure-attendance-maulana-mahmood-madani/482371/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:02:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Its tension time, but I pray that its short term K Venkataramanan]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[K Venkataramanan, 65, has been a passionate engineer since he graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, 43 years ago and joined Larsen &amp; Toubro (L&amp;T).]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/it\s-tension-timei-pray-that-it\s-short-term-k-venkataramanan/482163/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:31:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Arvind Panagariya]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Myth-buster par excellence, contrarian and reformist, and irrepressible optimist &mdash; Arvind Panagariya is a bit of all three.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-arvind-panagariya/481816/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:13:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Those against land acquisition per se are anti-industry Mihir Shah]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[I have a definite objective.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/those-against-land-acquisition-per-seanti-industry-mihir-shah/481679/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:04:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FDI does not benefit any country Madhav Gadgil]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Madhav Gadgil headed the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel set up by the ministry of environment and forests in 2010.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/fdi-does-not-benefit-any-country-madhav-gadgil/481503/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:01:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Deep Kalra]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It was easy to choose the venue for lunch with Deep Kalra, Founder &amp; CEO of MakeMyTrip.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-deep-kalra/481200/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:07:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Companies need to come forward and help athletes Ajay Maken]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Olympic Games kick off in London next week.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/companies-need-to-come-forwardhelp-athletes-ajay-maken/481085/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:27:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[He may be a maharaja but he is the most courteous, polite and soft-spoken minister in the Indian cabinet.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-vyricherla-kishore-chandra-suryanarayana-deo/480577/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:18:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indiscriminate use of any technology becomes counter-productive K R Kranti]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a recent article on 10 years of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton, published in US journal Cotton International, K R Kranti, director general of the Central Institute of Cotton Research, makes a realistic assessment of the impact of the first genetically modified (GM) crop variety to be introduced in India and discusses the issues involved in adopting technology in agriculture.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indiscriminate-useany-technology-becomes-counter-productive-k-r-kranti/480232/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:06:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS U K Sinha]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not often that you have the privilege of the capital markets regulator reciting the works of Sahir Ludhianvi and Ghalib.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-u-k-sinha/479909/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:24:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free drugs for all is the beginning of health reforms S Selvaraj]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Of all the components of UHC, strengthening public health system in the country is the most significant.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/free-drugs-for-all-isbeginninghealth-reforms-s-selvaraj/479706/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:29:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[I am long on India and China Stephen Bird]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Stephen Bird has been a Citibanker for the last 14 years.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/i-am-longindiachina-stephen-bird/479490/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:13:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dinner with BS V Sumantran]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[V Sumantran, executive vice-chairman, Hinduja Automotive, readily agreed to lunch when we invited him.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dinnerbs-v-sumantran/479141/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:17:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[We back Pranab, but not his wrong economic policies Sharad Yadav]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Sharad Yadav, Janata Dal (United) chief and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) convener, tells Gyan Varma if the United Progressive Alliance had discussed Pranab Mukherjee&rsquo;s nomination for Presidential election before announcing his name, the NDA would not have put up its candidate against the former finance ministerWhy has the Janata Dal (United) decided to support United Progressive Alliance&rsquo;s (UPA&rsquo;s) nominee Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential election, instead of former]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/we-back-pranabnot-his-wrong-economic-policies-sharad-yadav/478982/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:18:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tea with BS Uday Shankar]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Uday Shankar had always been a news editor.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/teabs-uday-shankar/478435/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:07:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The BJP central leadership bows down to Modi Govardhan Zadaphia]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Recently, your former colleague and close friend from Gujarat, Sanjay Joshi, was unceremoniously removed from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) because he doesn&rsquo;t get along with Chief Minister Narendra Modi.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-bjp-central-leadership-bows-down-to-modi-govardhan-zadaphia/478283/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:39:55 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Kamal Sharma]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kamal Sharma isn&rsquo;t fond of networking dos &mdash; he&rsquo;d rather have roti-sabzi with office colleagues.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-kamal-sharma/477709/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:09:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oil firms should link petrol prices with global crude Digvijay Singh]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Even as the Congress managed to get its own man in the Presidential election, the United Progressive Alliance&rsquo;s (UPA&rsquo;s) image lies tattered.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/oil-firms-should-link-petrol-pricesglobal-crude-digvijay-singh/477535/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:11:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Its an unfair, almost subprime-like situation Anil Sardan]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Tata Power plunged into a loss of over Rs 1,000 crore for the year ended March 2012.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/it\s-an-unfair-almost-subprime-like-situation-anil-sardan/477324/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:59:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Rajiv Lall]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[He is an economist by training who slipped into the corner office.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-rajiv-lall/476985/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:55:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hurriyat wants to resume dialogue process with govt M M Ansari ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Of the 30 Muslim boys and girls who successfully passed the civil services examination, at least 10 are from Jammu and Kashmir.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/hurriyat-wants-to-resume-dialogue-processgovt-m-m-ansari-/476823/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:06:46 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Roberto Zagha]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[His stint saw a big jump in the development bank&rsquo;s commitment in the country.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-roberto-zagha/476245/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:31:00 +0530</pubDate>
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