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29 October 2013

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SPOTLIGHT

 

Nightmare in Nairobi revisited : Any lessons learnt?

 

The terrorist attack on an upmarket mall in Nairobi is over a month old and more bodies are still being found in the rubble even as investigations proceed in an opaque manner. The Westgate carnage has left 75 people dead and several hundred injured; and twenty-three people still remain missing....

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INDIA AFRICA COOPERATION

 

India's Power Grid wins tender to manage Ethiopian power co.

 

Ethiopia is to outsource the management of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), a company owned by the Indian government.  ...

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India's mining company to invest in Ethiopian coal mine

 

Indian mining firm May Flower Mining Enterprise Ltd is to invest $116 million in the Delbi Mining S.C.'s coal mine in south-western Ethiopia, 400 km from here.  ...

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Zimbabwe bank to use Infosys' financial product

 

Zimbabwe's leading merchant banking services provider Tetrad Investment Bank selected the financial software product Finacle of Infosys Ltd for its core banking system, the Indian IT bellwether has said....

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India-US-Africa agriculture training programme

 

A graduation ceremony in Jaipur marked the completion of the first training programme on agricultural marketing management under the India-US-Africa Triangular Training Program.  ...

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NEWS

 

Ghana committee to probe import of India-made drug

 

Ghana's health ministry has set up a ministerial committee to investigate the import from India of an anti-malarial medicine for children, Gsunate Plus, recently banned by the country's Food and Drugs Authority (FDA).  ...

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India's tour of South Africa confirmed

 

Ending months of speculation, the Indian cricket board confirmed that India will tour South Africa at the end of the year to play two Tests and three One-Day Internationals (ODI)....

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Chinese, Egyptian onions to the rescue

 

In a bid to check the soaring onion prices, the United Progressive Alliance government would soon import the vegetable bulbs from China or Egypt, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Wednesday.  ...

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BUSINESS

 

Coke plans to make India among its top 5 markets

 

Keeping in line with Coca Cola’s plan to invest $5 billion in its India operations till 2020, Guy Wollaert, Senior Vice Persident & Chief Technical Officer of the Atlanta- based beverage giant inaugurated Coca Cola India’s 58th manufacturing plant in the country on Thursday.  ...

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Bangalore ranked India's top business destination

 

Bangalore tops the list of 21 best business destinations in India ranked on the basis of socio-economic and infrastructure factors, according to a combined study.  ...

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EDUCATION

 

Panjab University's big contribution to science

 

Panjab University, known for its alumni like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Nobel Laureate Hargobind Khorana, contributed to science in India and internationally -- a facet that is not well known. Now that is about to change.  ...

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IT/TECHNOLOGY

 

European defence co. to fund aerospace research in India

 

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS) will fund Indian universities and institutes for research projects in aerospace, the global aerospace major said.  ...

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SPORTS

 

Formula 1 needs India, says McLaren's Perez

 

McLaren driver Sergio Perez believes that Formula 1 is getting highly popular in India. He says the sport certainly "needs India" and hopes the race returns in 2015 after giving the next season a miss.  ...

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