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Praveen first casualty

Feb. 7: Serious doubts have arisen over seamer Praveen Kumar’s World Cup participation thanks to a continuing problem with his elbow. And for its part, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is kee

Sensex hits 7-month low

Feb. 8: Another day, another fall. On Tuesday both the Sensex and Nifty touched seven month lows — levels last seen in July 2010. And no one is predicting that it will not go lower. The market sentim

EU bid to ban endosulfan may drive up food prices

Food prices would shoot up further, if Europe has its way on its proposal at a global green forum to ban a cheaper generic pesticide — endosulfan — across the world.

“A ban on endosulfan would drive

ONGC holds key for Cairn deal: Centre

Feb. 8: The government wants the concerns of the PSU oil major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) over royalties to be addressed before it approves the $9.6 billion acquisition of Cairn India by V

Couleur Rouge, The Senator impressive

Feb. 8: Couleur Rouge, Cavalry Charge and The Senator excelled in the workouts when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Tuesday.

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600 metres: One For The Money (B

On-song Sree gets Cup call-up

Feb. 8: A couple of weeks ago, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was busy composing a song to cheer on Team India’s cricket team in the World Cup with his band S-36. The song was his way of dealing with the pa

Eden Gardens gets ICC nod

Feb. 8: Eden Gardens can finally breathe a sigh of relief with the International Cricket Council saying it was satisfied with the pace of renovation work at the historic venue in Kolkata.

“The ICC w

GDP will grow at 8.6% in ’11

Feb. 7: India’s GDP is projected to grow by 8.6 per cent in 2010-11 (FY11) led by strong performance in the agriculture sector, according to advance estimates released by the government on Monday.

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Banks woo depositors with double-digit rate

Feb. 7: At a time when stock markets are in a disarry, fixed deposits with banks were already looking attractive. More so now because of the recent hikes in interest rates — with some banks even offer

India raises visa concerns with US trade secretary

India on Monday took up the visa issue with US asking to it not to take any step which is detrimental to the interest of Indian IT professionals.

“We hope that there will not be any measure which ne

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