DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday that her country would seek duty-free access for some of its products to Indian markets during her coming visit to New Delhi. She directed the ministries concerned to finalise the list of products and prepare strategic papers to further strengthen regional cooperation.Ms. Hasina was presiding over the second meeting of the Regional and...
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Taking note of India as a key player in the Asia-Pacific region and an emerging global power, Australia today proposed to it creation of a strong regional mechanism to ensure peace and stability in the region.''We need strong regional engagement and a strong regional mechanism to ensure that strategic cooperation rather than friction - or worse, strategic polarisation - prevails,'' said visiting Australian...
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With cash-starved businesses struggling to survive, some politicians are championing regional stock exchanges as a source of vital investment.When 70 members of Liverpool's business community gathered for their latest breakfast event, many were feeling let down by financial institutions.So it may seem surprising that when guest speaker, Labour MP Phil Woolas, raised the idea of a local stock exchange,...
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asked its South Asian neighbours to increase intra-regional trade as a cushion against slowdown in exports to the US and European markets.Addressing the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Ministerial Council here, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said with the recession in the developed markets, all SAARC member-nations would have witnessed a slowdown in their exports."This challenge reaffirms...
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MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services and consulting firm, announced the extension of its Regional Support Center in Dubai to its core banking customers in the Middle East. The Dubai Center, which earlier supported the capital market customers, is now geared to provide on-call services and any emergency support needed in the region to its core banking customers as well,...
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The All India Regional Rural Bank Employees Association wants regional rural banks to have a greater autonomy in opening branches in the rural areas, and hence in the process of financial inclusion.Recently, a working group setup by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had recommended that “domestic scheduled commercial banks (other than regional rural banks) would now be free to open branches in Tier-3 to...
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The 10th annual The Hindu Young World Quiz Coimbatore Regional round will culminate in a grand finale in Coimbatore on November 6.Participation is open to students of Classes VII to IX. Teams must consist of any two bonafide students from the same school, and each institution can send in a maximum of four teams.In each regional centre, the teams will take a preliminary written test to decide the six...
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applicants for M. Tech courses are required to have passed, at least in second class with not less than 55% marks in anyone of the following subjects presented in the following:Physics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Geophysics, Meteorology, Oceanography, Geology, Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, Master's in Urban Planning/ City Planning/Physical Planning/Regional Planning, Any...
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India today asked its South Asian neighbours to increase intra-regional trade as a cushion against slowdown in exports to the US and European markets.Addressing the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Ministerial Council here, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said with the recession in the developed markets, all SAARC member-nations would have witnessed a slowdown in their exports."This challenge...
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V.K. Shanmugam (right) inaugurating the State Bank of India, Krishnagiri town branch, on Monday. M. Adhikesavan, Chief Manager, SBI, Krishnagiri Main Branch (left), R. Viswanathan, Regional Manager, SBI, Regional Business Office, Salem (second left) and T. Kannan, Branch Manager, SBI, Krishnagiri town branch, are in the picture. —KRISHNAGIRI: The State Bank of India’s Krishnagiri Town branch was inaugurated...
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