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Parsvnath Developers won the bid for 38 acres of prime railway land in Delhi for Rs. 1,651.51 crore, outbidding Indiabulls. The company plans to develop luxury housing, commercial, hotel and civic amenities on the land. India and Canada have started negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement to increase bilateral trade beyond the current $4.2 billion in the next five years. Ajit Isaac acquired Hyderabad-based tech staffing firm Magna Infotech for Rs. 100 crore to benefit from growing demand for contracted software programmers. Australia overhauled its skilled migration test to favor applicants with higher skills, work experience and English proficiency.
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1) Farmers in drought-hit districts in India will receive a diesel subsidy of Rs. 500 per hectare due to unusually heavy monsoon rains.
2) Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines maintained the top two positions on the domestic aviation market in India in August 2010.
3) HUL has filed a lawsuit against P&G claiming a Pantene shampoo advertisement disparages HUL's Dove brand.Weekly news 3
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India is expected to hike interest rates again to battle inflation that remains around 10%. Skilled professionals are in high demand as companies face talent shortages. Mukesh and Anil Ambani's groups accounted for over 90% of failed M&A deals this year totaling $27 billion, including Reliance Industries' $14.5 billion bid and Reliance Communications' $10.8 billion tower merger. Food inflation rose to 11.47% while fuel inflation remained at 12.71% according to government data. Mukesh Ambani is forecasted to become the richest man in the world in 2014 with a net worth of $62 billion according to Forbes.Weekly news 2
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1) Maruti Suzuki plans to build a new auto assembly plant in Manesar, India to produce 250,000 vehicles annually and meet growing demand.
2) Rishad Premji, son of Wipro founder Azim Premji, has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Wipro and will help chart the company's future strategy.
3) After stepping down as chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata said he is looking forward to the freedom that retirement will bring.Weekly news
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1) Maruti Suzuki plans to build a new auto assembly plant in Manesar, India to produce 250,000 vehicles annually and meet growing demand.
2) Rishad Premji, son of Wipro founder Azim Premji, has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Wipro and will help chart the company's future strategy.
3) After stepping down as chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata said he is looking forward to the freedom that retirement will bring.Weekly news (compiled by: Taranpreet )
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ONGC's royalty payments on oil fields in Rajasthan have been reduced, removing an obstacle to the proposed Vedanta-Cairn merger and saving ONGC $350 million annually. The CEO of Tech Mahindra resigned after six years, with the vice-chairman taking over operational responsibilities. Tata Motors signed an agreement with IndusInd Bank for financing passenger vehicles. Air India decided to lower fares on 48 domestic routes by 3-23% to increase its market share.Ad
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- 1. Weekly News (8 th -14 th Nov 2010)
- 2. Parsvnath buys NCR railway land for Rs 1,652 cr DELHI-BASED realty major Parsvnath Developers has bagged a prime 38-acre railway land in the heart of the national capital for Rs1,651.51 crore, by outbidding Indiabulls in an auction. A total of 19 real estate developers had qualified for the auction. The site is with the Railway Land Development Authority , which has over1 lakh acre of surplus land across the country and its duty is to monetise this asset.
- 3. Contd Confirming its successful bid, Parsvnath CMD Pradeep Jain said: We will use the land to create luxury premium housing in the capital apart from commercial, hotel and other civic amenities.
- 4. Cheaper Indian goods in Canadian market after free trade deal India will join China in filling up Canadian stores with cheaper goods once New Delhi and Ottawa sign a free trade agreement to do away with many taxes and duties. The prime ministers of the two countries announced the start of talks for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Seoul. The two countries aim to push their trade more than three-fold from the current $4.2 billion in the next five years.
- 5. Ikyas Issac buys HR co Magna for Rs100 crore AJIT Isaac, who sold his PeopleOne Consulting to Swiss staffing giant Adecco six years ago, has acquired Hyderabad-based tech staffing firm Magna Infotech for Rs100 crore. As demand for temporary software programmers picks up, outsourcing companies are increasingly looking to avoid adding more staff on their payroll, and are instead sub-contracting projects to companies such as Magna. Already, the Indian contracted staff market is expected to become around $2.5 billion industry in five years.
- 6. Australia revamps skilled migration test Australia has drastically changed its skilled migration test to favour potential migrants with higher skills, experience and better command over the English language. While there has been a significant drop in Indian students going to Australia for studies in the recent past, the Thursday changes could jeopardise permanent residence plans of hundreds of thousands of overseas students already studying in Australia.