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New Delhi, (IANS) As the UPA Wednesday continued talks with opposition parties to elicit their support to foreign investment in retail during the vote in the Lok Sabha, the Samajwadi Party (SP) said it was against the move but would not do anything to “trouble the government”. “We are in talks with opposition parties to [...]

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iPad Mini may not be able to stand against a fully endowed iPad 4 in terms of specs and features, but Mini will badly affect iPad 4 sales Apple’s iPad Mini has become a rage in the market since its launch a few weeks ago. As expected, Apple fans have enthusiastically grabbed the small tablet [...]

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New Delhi, (IANS) Jubilant Energy, in a statement issued Tuesday, denied accusations by Aam Aadmi Party founder and activist Arvind Kejriwal alleging a gift of 10 percent participating interest in the K.G. Deendayal gas block off the Andhra Pradesh coast. “Jubilant Energy, a subsidiary of Jubilant Enpro, won the block in international competitive bidding in [...]

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New Delhi, (IANS) Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily Tuesday stressed the need for more tie-ups between Indian and Australian oil companies to meet India’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) needs. His remark came at a meeting with visiting Australian Energy, Tourism and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson, in view of Australia augmenting its LNG supply capacity, India’s [...]

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New Delhi, (IANS) Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of giving undue favours to some corporate companies and said the impression of him being honest was wrong. “Modi has gifted away 20 percent of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation’s (GSPC) stake in the Krishna-Godavari Basin to two companies, [...]

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New Delhi, (IANS) In an outreach diplomacy aimed at pacifying India, Maldives’ Foreign Minister Abdul Samad Abdullah Tuesday rang up External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and explained his government’s view on the cancellation of the airport contract given to Indian firm GMR. The Maldives minister explained legal and other reasons behind the cancellation of the [...]

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New Delhi, (IANS) Even as the Election Commission (EC) Tuesday expressed its concern over the government’s announcement of direct cash transfer and asked it to put it on hold in poll-bound Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the Congress said it was not a snub to the government. The poll panel, in a strongly-worded letter to Cabinet [...]

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Samsung’s budget-friendly Galaxy S3 Mini is heading to more markets. It has just been uncovered in the Middle East by AXIOM Telecom, the major vendor of phones in the region. Samsung is cunning in designing, planning and marketing its products. It is amazing to see that the Korean firm has brilliantly distributed its line of [...]

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Beijing, (IANS) China and India have the capability and wisdom to resolve boundary issues and it is Beijing’s strategic choice to step up cooperation with New Delhi, said key Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo Tuesday when he met India’s National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), [...]

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London, (IANS) The winter is already here with shorter days and chillier nights but there is an universal antidote within reach of all — nostalgia, which offers comforting warmth during the season. Research from the University of Southampton, based on volunteers drawn from universities in China and the Netherlands, investigated the effects of nostalgia on [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S III continues as the most popular Android phone ever. The handset is creating news from across the world. In spite of rumors about its successor the Galaxy S IV, the S3 III is doing well in markets all over the world. Here we make a roundup of the marketing performance and firmware [...]

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More and more details are pouring in about Samsung Galaxy S4, cheap Note2 and 13.3-in tab likely for early 2013 release Samsung is evidently hard at work with its next version Galaxy S IV. Leaks have divulged more details about the phone. Recent reports suggest that work for the device is fast progressing under a [...]

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Washington, (IANS) The US manufacturing sector contracted in November after two consecutive monthly increases, a troubling sign for the economic recovery, a leading industry survey showed. The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) said the manufacturing index, also known as the purchasing managers index (PMI), dropped from the estimated 51.7 percent in October to 49.5 [...]

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