India needs to rebuild its telecom narrative
Rohit Bansal and Manoj Kumar | 06 Feb, 2012
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| Telecom sits on the top of the incredible India story. But the mess, evident in the award of second generation (2G) licences, shows how at least six principal characters worked overtime to deface it. To borrow from the cricketing cliche, and but for the Supreme Court (SC), this team of public functionaries snatched defeat from the jaws of global telecom sweepstakes.. |
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Indian coal sector needs to enhance production
PIB Feature | 04 Feb, 2012
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| The Coal sector in India has continued to remain vital and of fundamental importance for the growth of Indian economy. India is on the path of rapid growth. High economic growth and increased economic activities would create much larger demand for energy and predominantly of coal.
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Bizarre case of India versus the Internet
Prasanto K. Roy | 30 Jan, 2012
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| It isn't just one angry Indian against Google and Facebook. Internet freedom is on trial in India! The ham-handed, state-backed censorship of Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literary Festival earlier this month grabbed headlines -- "The Republic bows before the Mob".. |
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A new word for Chinese diplomacy -- 'duplimacy'?
Ravi M. Khanna | 24 Jan, 2012
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| "China wants to develop long-term friendship and cooperation with India." So said the Chinese official who held border talks with Indian officials this week. He also predicted a "golden period for India-China relations" in the near future. What he did not say, but sceptics like me heard him say between the lines, is that all this is possible only if it is done on China's terms.. |
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SAARC can bring real cooperation in South Asia
Ravi M. Khanna | 16 Jan, 2012
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| At last India and Pakistan, it seems, have woken up to the need for genuine cooperation in South Asia where countries of the region start depending on each other for those crucial products which they now import from the West. This way they will pay lower freights and at the same time contribute to the economic growth of the region.. |
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