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India, Australia Ink Pact to Focus on Clean Fuel Production

India and Australia are joining hands to develop a solution to address the fuel shortage in both nations. The countries formed a collaboration last week to find an alternative to liquid transport fuel supplies and reduce dependency on imports, stated a news release from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia (CSIRO). Oct 15, 2013
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Top 5 Natural Disaster Alert Android Smartphone Apps

With the advent of smartphones, people can now receive disaster alerts and caution their loved ones so that they have a better survival chance against natural adversities like the Cyclone Phailin, through free (or low-cost) applications in their handset. Oct 12, 2013
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BSE closes points 255.68 up on October 11

New Delhi, October 11 (ANI): Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 255.68 points up to stand at 20,528.59. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 75.25 points up to stand at 6029.05. Unitech and ICICI Bank were among the top gainers of Group A with an increase of 8.10% and 5.01% along with MCX and UCO Bank with an increase of 5.00% and 4.97% respectively, while the top losers of Group A include Coal India and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. with a decrease of 3.88% and 3.66% along with Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. and Tata Power with a decrease of 3.07% and 2.56% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is up 215.29 points at 11,959.46 while the banking sector is up 362.49 points at 12,087.53 and the realty sector is up 35.12 points at 1,354.47. The Indian currency is up 0.48% at Rs 61.10 per dollar. Oct 11, 2013
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IFC Launches $1 Billion Bond Program for India Projects

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has launched a $1 billion offshore bond program to strengthen India's capital markets and attract greater foreign investment in a time of renewed economic uncertainty across the world. Oct 10, 2013
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BSE closes points 54.83 up on October 10

New Delhi, October 10 (ANI): Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 54.83 points up to stand at 20304.09. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 21.60 points up to stand at 6029.05. JP POWER and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd. were among the top gainers of Group A with an increase of 6.91% and 5.94% along with Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. and Tata Motors with an increase of 5.67% and 5.54% respectively, while the top losers of Group A include Jain Irrigation and Hindalco Industries Ltd. with a decrease of 2.52% and 2.38% along with Tata Power and Prestige Estates with a decrease of 2.27% and 2.13% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is up 226.09 points at 11,746.31 while the banking sector is down 7.33 points at 11,763.17 and the realty sector is up 1.85 points at 1,317.24. The Indian currency is down 0.18% at Rs 62.04 per dollar. Oct 10, 2013
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Residents bear brunt of anti- bifurcation protests in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh, Oct 7 (ANI): As the announcement of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh evoked violent protests, locals continued to suffer as normal life came to a halt, in wake of the curfew clamped by authorities in the region. Deepening the crisis, the electricity department employees struck work, plunging large parts of the region into darkness. As a result of the power situation, many trains were cancelled on Monday. Southern Railway has cancelled a number of trains between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh tomorrow, due to the violent agitations by some workers of Andhra Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation over the Telangana issue. Oct 7, 2013
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Consumers hail petrol price cut

Consumers on Tuesday welcomed the cut announced in petrol prices by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC), the first reduction in rates in over five months but anticipate further hike in fuel prices in the coming days. IOC, the country's biggest refiner, said on Monday (September 30) it would cut petrol prices by 4.8 percent following an appreciation of the rupee and softening global in gasoline prices during the second half of September. IOC however raised diesel prices by 1.1 percent to reduce its revenue losses as Indian refiners sell the fuel at state-set low prices. The consumers lauded the reduction in the petrol price but expressed their fear of a hike in future, while accusing the government of whimsical fuel pricing. Oct 1, 2013
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Gehlot Launches Web Portal 'Pehchaan'

Jaipur, Sep 30 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched a web portal "Pehchaan" in Jaipur which will accept applications for birth and death certificates. The Portal will initially benefit applicants of Kota, Sikar and Ajmer districts, under a project of State Strategic Statistical Plan in collaboration of NIC. The entire data of birth and death certificates released by the administration and local bodies will be available on the portal. Also, the new applicants can fill forms for these certificates via the portal. The department, after receiving the application, will forward it to the concerned municipal body to generate the desired certificate. Sep 30, 2013
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Death toll in Mumbai building collapse rises to 60

Mumbai, Sep 29 (ANI): The death toll in the building collapse in Mumbai's Mazgaon area climbed to 60 on Sunday. Deputy Commandant of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Sachidanad Gavde, said that special equipments were used to rescue victims, who were trapped under the rubble of the building that had collapsed on Friday. The cause of the collapse of the building, where employees of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai were housed with their families, was still not known. Sep 29, 2013
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Rescue workers save 32 people in building collapse in Mumbai, recover 25 bodies

Mumbai, Sep 28 (ANI): Rescue workers have saved 32 people and recovered 25 bodies after a five-storey apartment block collapsed on Friday in Mumbai. The commandant of the National Disaster Rapid Force (NDRF), Alok Awasthi, said on Saturday that around 83 to 89 were still in the rubble. Employees of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai were housed in the building. The building was believed to have been about 35-years-old and home to about 20 families. The cause of the collapse is not known. Sep 28, 2013
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