Indian Investments News 17 March 2008

DSPML Natural Resources and New Energy Fund
Hindu Business Line - Chennai,India
... managed by the BlackRock Investment Managers. The latter proposes to acquire a 40 per cent stake house in the DSPML fund house in India. ...
 

Go for equity or MF depending on your risk appetite
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
... rate of around 8-8.5 percent this year too. Also, due to the slowdown globally, many foreign funds and companies are looking at investments in India.
 

Telecom to attract Rs 30000 cr more
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
With new licence holders rolling out services, the Indian telecom sector is set to witness an investment of over Rs 1,30000 crore in the next two years. ...
 

Cues from the market decline
Hindu Business Line - Chennai,India
A combination of higher aversion to risk and some earnings disappointments has led to a significant de-rating of Indian stocks. Investors who joined the ...
 

India can become major IT force: Infosys Chief
Hindu - Chennai,India
Asking to reduce dependency in foreign companies, he said investments should be heavily made in domestic IT industry and promote homegrown successful ...
 

`India`s growth can and must be symbiotic`
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Our investments in expanding IITs, IIMs and other institutes of higher learning will ensure that our brightest minds continue to shine on the world stage. ...
 

'Investment barriers must go'
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
By aggressively pushing Indian companies into these countries and making investments there and using these countries to buy back from them is the next big ...
 

Abu Dhabi eyes India's energy, power sectors
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The ambassador said that idea is to divert financial resources to India's burgeoning infrastructure sector, which needs huge investments for up-gradation ...

Odds around around the world 17th March 2008

Mars & Venus in the classroom
Times of India - India
Jamia Millia Islamia professor Farida Abdulla Khan's reasons for supporting single-sex schooling are very practical. ''In India, many parents are not ...
 

EXCLUSIVE: Casual sex, drink and drugs: The disturbing last days ...
Daily Mail - UK
I WISH SOMETHING BIG WOULD HAPPEN It's a week before I go to India and we're all staying home to help out and then I got a couple of days. ...
 

Music, drugs, flirts and sex in the world's longest rave party
maltaStar.com - Malta
But also it could be a backpacker's hostel in India. One night costs ten Dollars. Mostly two or three youngsters share the room. Why they come to Kazantip? ...
 

World of Women
Organiser - New Delhi,India
In India according to Article 15 of the Constitution no discrimination can be made among citizens on grounds of religion, race, caste or sex. ...
 

Games people make
Times of India - India
The potpourri that is India has become psychedelic stimuli for its gaming industry. Developers have discovered engaging material in the neighbourhoods they ...
 

Philippines exporting labor and sex
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
This makes the Philippines number three in the world for foreign remittances, behind only Mexico and India. Each year funds sent from abroad represents ...
 

'Why don't we go there and help?'
MPNnow.com - Rochester,NY,USA
She had read about sex slavery being a huge problem in that part of the world and found a woman at an agency working to rescue women and girls from forced ...

Hollywood, celebrity 17th March 2008

Thousands protest Iraq war in Hollywood: police
AFP -
Police said at least 2000 people marched down Hollywood Boulevard in the tourist district of the US city, carrying banners denouncing President George W. ...
 

Celebrity Golf Tournament to Honor LA's Bravest
LAFD News & Information - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society 2008 Fallen Firefighters Celebrity Golf Tournament will take place March 24, 2008 at the Porter Valley ...
 

Hey Suri, who are you wearing??
Globe and Mail - Canada
Shumka has helped South Surrey, BC's Peekaboo Beans send free samples of its children's clothing to Hollywood parents in an effort to attract celebrity ...
 

Nonprofits need care, time to draw celebrities
Houston Chronicle - United States
It's hard to get a celebrity interested in a local or regional effort, unless it's about disaster relief. And the farther away you are from Hollywood and ...
 

GERE CLEARED ON 'OBSCENE' KISS
UK Express - UK
... yesterday for kissing Britain's Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty. Almost a year after a warrant was issued for the Hollywood star's arrest, ...
 

Paris Hilton wants to find a new best friend to train
Courier Mail - Australia
Paris will mentor the winner in all the wiley ways she uses to leverage her celebrity status in Hollywood. It sounds like the reality TV remake of Clueless. ...
 

Return From the Serious Life: Reality TV Has Paris Hilton Again
New York Times - United States
And Ms. Stolper, who formerly oversaw celebrity talent development for VH1, said she had been in discussions with Ms. Hilton about the idea for some time. ...
 

Psst...Heard this one?
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
Every skeleton from celebrity cupboards fetches millions today and no media person or TV channel is prepared to miss the jackpot. ...

India: Opinion & Analysis News 17th March 2008

Dismantle Devaswom Boards-II Enforcing atheist agenda in temples
Organiser - New Delhi,India
Similar is the experience of Hindu pilgrims wherever they go on a pilgrimage in India whereas the local secular governments are concerned only about the ...
 

MINISTRY OF TOURISM'S REACTION TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM REPORT
Press Information Bureau (press release) - New Delhi,India
Growth of tourism in India has to be appreciated in its entirety, and a piecemeal analysis does not do justice either to the situation or to those drawing ...