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Traffic at Indian Ports to Grow at 11.32% Annually

Special Correspondent - 22-12-2010 12:50 GMT-0000
New Delhi: The Minister of Shipping Shri G K Wasan today addressing the India Public Private Partnership Conclave on “Reforms, Development and Urbanisation” has said that to sustain India’s present high rate of growth, India has to increase its share in world trade. Since 95% of India’s external trade by Volume and 70% by Value takes place through Ports, it is imperative to augment and upgrade Port infrastructure.
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India and Malaysia Signs MoU in the Field of Highway Management and Development

Special Correspondent - 22-12-2010 12:43 GMT-0000
New Delhi: India and Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote technical assistance services in the field of highway management and development in India. The MoU was signed by Shri Kamal Nath, Minister of Road Transport and Highway, Government of India and Dato’ Shaziman bin Abu Mansor, Minister of Works, Government of Malaysia, in the presence of Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
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Lifetime achievement award to Prof. D.P. Chattopadhyaya and Prof. Balasubramanian

Special Correspondent - 22-12-2010 12:42 GMT-0000
New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh conferred the Indian Council for Philosophical Research (ICPR)’s lifetime achievement award to Prof. D.P. Chattopadhyaya and Prof. Balasubramanian, at a function, here today. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the scholarship and the intellectual accomplishments of both of these eminent philosophers are truly outstanding.
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Civil Aviation Ministry Sets up Working Group on Regulatory Framework

Special Correspondent - 22-12-2010 12:35 GMT-0000
New Delhi: In pursuance of the decision taken in the First meeting of Civil Aviation Economic Advisory Council held on 13 December 2010, it has been decided to set up a Working Group on Regulatory Framework to protect consumer interest including disclosure of tariffs and conditions of service by domestic airlines under Civil Aviation Economic Advisory Council (CAEAC) in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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Consumers! Discharge your Responsibilities : Assert your Rights

Dr Sheetal Kapoor - 22-12-2010 12:28 GMT-0000
24th December is an important day in the history of consumer movement in India as on this day the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 came into existence. Consumer Protection Act is considered as the Magna Carta for protecting consumer rights through establishment of advisory and adjudication authorities. This year the theme proposed by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs is “Consumers! Discharge your Responsibilities: Assert your Rights” which clearly means ‘there cannot be rights without responsibilities’.
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OVERSEAS ACQUISITION OF ENERGY ASSETS

CII STUDY UNDERLINES IMPORTANCE
Special Correspondent - 22-12-2010 09:57 GMT-0000
NEW DELHI: Given continuing uncertainties with regard to supplies, Energy security has emerged as a matter of priority and concern for India. Acquisition of energy assets overseas and diversification of oil and gas supply base therefore, assume greater urgency. This was stressed at the CII organised Round Table Session on Overseas Energy Assets Acquisition here today.
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TRINAMOOL WANTS ALLIANCE ON ITS TERMS

CONGRESS FACES A DIFFICULT CHOICE
Ashis Biswas - 22-12-2010 09:53 GMT-0000
NEW DELHI: Relations between the Congress (I) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) worsen by the day in West Bengal, as 2011 Assembly elections loom closer.
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CONGRESS MOVES TO SEEK CLEAN IMAGE OUT OF SCAMS

GOVERNANCE WILL BE THE LITMUS TEST
S. Sethuraman - 22-12-2010 09:48 GMT-0000
Awakening to new challenges to its credentials, the Congress led by Ms. Sonia Gandhi , with a better grasp of ground realities than what the complacent UPA office-holders would admit, has given itself a reinvigorated charter of effective political and economic governance at the Centre, underlining its determination to take corruption “head on”, adhering to “probity and transparency” in public life.
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ADB, Partners To Help Manage Pacific's Marine Resources Against Climate Change

Special Correspondent - 22-12-2010 09:41 GMT-0000
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) are helping five Pacific countries manage their marine resources in the Coral Triangle.
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THOUSANDS HEADING BACK TO SOUTHERN SUDAN AHEAD OF INDEPENDENCE VOTE

Special Correspondent - 22-12-2010 04:49 GMT-0000
New York: With the referendum on independence for Southern Sudan just weeks away, the United Nations refugee agency reported today that thousands of southerners living in the north are heading back by road, rail, barge and plane in both organized and spontaneous returns.
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