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NEW DELHI: Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station of NTPC, the largest power station in the country, completes 25 years of its successful operations on November 1 this year. During this period, this power station has emerged as a jewel among the NTPC plants, winning many awards and consistently ensuring steady supplies of power to a large number of states of the country like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Daman and Diu as also Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Two of the world’s largest democracies, separated by half the globe, are surely inching close to each other. An atmosphere of bonhomie and understanding marked the last meeting of the India-US Partnership in Bombay last week. The participants were comfortable with each other’s points of view, a stark contrast from the days when John Kenneth Galbraith was the American ambassador to India.

Never before has Indian media come under such heavy fire simultaneously from high-profile billionaire businessmen and powerful politicians holding high offices at the Centre and states.

After the installation of Akhilesh Yadav government in March 2012, the communal situation of Uttar Pradesh is worsening day by day. Till now over 35 incidents of communal violence have been witnessed so far and out of them over a dozen incidents were full fledged communal riots between the two major religious communities of the state.

WUHAN, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – Ministers of the 10 Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program nations have agreed on a plan to implement more than $23 billion in new regional transport infrastructure projects, together with energy and trade initiatives, aimed at creating seamless connectivity and greater prosperity in the region.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology ( U.K.) Delhi Network honored Shri Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC with “Outstanding Engineers Award” in recognition of his unfailing commitment to Excellence in Project Management in New Delhi today. Dr. Mike Short President IET and VP of Public affairs, Telefonica Europe presented a citation, plaque and a medallion to Shri Roy Choudhury and his contribution as a leader in both private and public sector organizations through team excellence were lauded on the occasion.

The fanfare with which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched a service delivery scheme in Rajasthan based on the Aadhaar (foundation) unique identity (UID), and celebrated the issue of the first Aadhaar number topping the 200 million mark, should make the Indian National Congress a very worried party indeed—assuming it has a good survival instinct and basic grasp of practical politics.

The Reserve Bank of India may have disappointed policy-makers in North Block keenly looking for an immediate interest rate cut to revive investment, but the central bank logically pursues its management of a rising inflation at present while holding out the prospect of policy rate reduction in the fourth quarter (January-March) with likely easing of price pressures.

The Reserve Bank of India has chosen to ignore all expectations of the markets, analysts, forecasters and, more than them all, the finance minister in deciding its monetary policy. Upholding its high independence from the government, keeping its own counsel, the governor, Dr Duvvuri Subbarao, carried on his uncompromising battle with inflation. In this he is like the German central bank.