Published on 25 Jan 2008 in: Economy & Policy
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Published on 24 Jan 2008 in: Career & Education| Economy & Policy| Technology
From Business Week
Young and Impatient in India
Workers raised in an age of economic optimism want it all, and they want it now
Read Reporter’s Journal: India’s Generation Gap
Published on 24 Jan 2008 in: Sports
The high-profile Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday an overwhelming response with some of India’s top industrialists like Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallya and film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta winning bids to own teams in the Twenty20 venture.
IPL governing council Lalit Modi on Thursday disclosed the names of the winning bidders
1. Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance for Mumbai - $111.9 million
2. Deccan Chronicle for Hyderabad - $107.01 million
3. Vijay Mallya’s UB Group for Bangalore - $106 million
4. India Cements for Chennai - $91 million
5. GMR Holdings for Delhi - $84 million
6. Consortium led by Preity Zinta for Mohali - $76 million
7. Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies (with Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta) for Kolkata - $75.09 million
8. Emerging Media, a consortium including Manoj Badale of England, Lachlan Murdoch and some other investors for Jaipur - $67 million
$1 million = approx 4 crores rupees
Published on 23 Jan 2008 in: Economy & Policy| General
A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism unveil the first comprehensive analysis of pre-war rhetoric that chronologically tracks top Bush administration officials Iraq-related public pronouncements.
To view the report go to the Center for Public Integrity.