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Does anyone have pictures of the street area around Hyderabad Central its 3 years since I've been there. Like to see the changes there :)
 
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India's tallest tower receives go-ahead‎


Abu Dhabi-based Arabian Construction Company and India's Simplex Infrastructures have won the contract to construct India's tallest tower, the 117 storey World One in Mumbai.

When complete in 2015 the 442 m-high World One will be the second tallest residential building in the world.
 
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$3bn State of the art studio in Mumbai


India Studio City will be a one-stop destination for Indian and foreign filmmakers; targeting domestic and international tourism. Both the companies aim to bring growth in the field of entertainment and technology leading to economic growth of the country."

He adds, "It was a dream project to develop such kind of a Studio City and to bring something exceptional for the entertainment industry. ISC will be unique in many senses. It is located in Mumbai city and above all it's a one stop shop for any production house and entertainment industry across the world. Our endeavour will put Mumbai on the World Tourist Map and not just on the global financial map."

State of the art studio in Mumbai - The Times of India


India to get $3.3 bil studio - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety
 
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India's L&T gets $242 mln power plant order

Feb 14 (Reuters) - Indian engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro (LART.BO) on Monday said it has secured a contract worth more than 11 billion rupees ($242 million) to build a gas-based power plant in western India.

The project is to be commissioned in two and half years, L&T said in a statement.

India's L&T gets $242 mln power plant order | Reuters
 
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Coal India Posts $575 Million Net Profit

NEW DELHI –Coal India Ltd., the world's largest coal producer, Monday reported October-December quarter net profit of 26.26 billion rupees ($575.62 million) on net sales of 126.92 billion rupees.

The company didn't provide the year-earlier comparative figures, as it was not listed at that time.

The state-run entity reported a production of 113.85 million tons in the third quarter of the current fiscal year, against 111.08 million tons in the year-ago period.

Its offtake stood at 110.52 million tons in the third quarter, compared to 107.31 million tons a year earlier.

Coal India Posts $575-Million Net Profit - WSJ.com
 
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Government encourages manufacturing hybrid cars in India


Indian Government is working on launching a new policy that will invite car manufacturers to launch new hybrid cars in the country. This new policy will not only give concessions on excise duty to the manufacturer, but will also provide the consumer with rebates and incentives.
Mr Praful Patel, Minister for Public Enterprises and Heavy Industries said, “Besides, the fiscal sops like differential excise on the car, the policy is likely to incentivise research and development for development of the hybrid vehicle. To encourage the production of these cars (hybrids), there is a need to upgrade the laboratory knowledge.”
In order to get this policy working, Dept. of Heavy Industry will need a nod from the Central Cabinet as well. If everything goes according to plan, the policy will be ready to be implemented by September this year.
Hybrid cars is the answer to alternate fuel and global warming. Currently India does not manufacture hybrid cars, it has to import them. Because, of which they are too expensive for consumers to even consider buying a hybrid car. “We have to see as to how to reduce the price to a reasonable level,” Mr Praful added.

Government encourages manufacturing hybrid cars in India | Rush Lane
 
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Scope for generating 68,000 MW of green power: World Bank report

The World Bank has stated in its latest report that India can generate 68,000 MW of power, costing less than Rs.6 a unit from renewable energy sources, a step that can address the country's energy security concerns.

The report released here by the multilateral funding agency on Friday said the 68,000 MW of wind, hydro and biomass energy can be harnessed at less than Rs.6 a unit. “Developing indigenous renewable energy sources, which have low marginal costs of generation, are more economically viable in the long run,'' the study — Potential of renewable energy in India — has stated.

India's electricity demand is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 7.4 per cent in the next 25 years. The generation capacity will have to increase five-fold to keep pace with the growth of demand.

At present, the installed capacity of the country stands at about 1.70 lakh MW from all sources of energy, as per official data.

The report also suggested that renewable energy development can be an important tool for regional economic development within the country. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand have 65 per cent of India's small hydro power resources. Much of the economically attractive wind potential in Orissa or the biomass potential in Madhya Pradesh lies largely undeveloped, the report adds.

The report emphasises that coal, gas and oil have witnessed considerable price volatility in recent years, renewables are the only free hedging mechanism against price volatility of fossil fuels. The risk-adjusted cost of renewable energy is lower than that of fossil-based fuels, and their use enhances the price certainty of the portfolio and increases energy security, the report says.

The entire renewable potential, including solar, is less expensive than diesel, where the existing 20,000 MW of diesel based installed capacity points to innovative possibilities of scaling up renewable in a big way, according to N. Roberto Zagha, World Bank Country Director in India.

The government has set an ambitious target of installing at least 44,000 MW of additional capacity of renewables in the next 10 years.

The Hindu : Business / Industry : Scope for generating 68,000 MW of green power: World Bank report
 
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IIM Bangalore ranked among top 25 B-schools league in the world, retains number one position in India third year in a row


IIM Bangalore and IIM Ahmedabad made it to top 100 Business schools in the world with 24 and 55 positions respectively




After being ranked as “The Employers’ choice” in Asia in 2009 by QA Global B-School ranking survey, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB)has been awarded '5 Palmes', the highest recognition, accorded to "Universal Business Schools with major international influence", in the recently conducted Eduniversal Worldwide Business Schools Ranking 2010, carried out by the French consulting firm SMBG.



IIMB has been ranked as the number one Business School in India for third year in a row. It has been awarded 5 Palmes, the highest recognition, given to the top 100 business schools. IIMB has made it to top 25, securing 24th position amongst the 100 best business schools worldwide. However, IIM Ahmedabad has made it to 55th position, which is again a matter of proud to India.



Eduniversal identified best 1000 business schools around the world employing a Scientific Committee that has established a global mapping system meeting the criteria of universality and the international reputation of each academic institution.



The Deans of these 1000 Best Business Schools from 153 countries have voted for IIMB with a recommendation rate of 453 per thousand (395 in year 2009), followed in the India country ranking by IIM Ahmedabad at 377 (345 in year 2009).



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IIM Bangalore ranked among top 25 B-schools league in the world, retains number one position in India third year in a row | MBA portal for XAT, SNAP, CET, MAT, CAT 2011



iim -ahmdabad

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, better known as IIM Ahmedabad or simply IIM-A, is a school of management located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

IIMA is ranked as the toughest business school to get into in the world according to the Business Today B-School Rankings in 2007-08,2008-2009.[1] The Economic Times B-school Survey 2009.[2] as well as The Centre for Forecasting & Research ranked IIMA as India's top business school in 2009.[3] IIMA has European Quality Improvement System accreditation. The one year PGPX program has been ranked at No. 11 in the Financial Times Global MBA rankings for 2011. The two year PGP program is ranked No. 8 in Financial Times Masters Programme in Management rankings 2010, the first Indian institution to feature in the top 10 in Masters Programme in Management worldwide rankings (FT Masters in Management Ranking).[4] In the 2009 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report[5] the school was ranked 11th in the Asia Pacific region. According to the Economist's survey of global business schools in 2009, IIMA is considered to be the "toughest in the world to get into" as over 600 people compete for each seat.[6]

The institute is known for its academic rigor, focusing on general management and leadership. The institute has created countless CEOs and entrepreneurs. Individuals associated with the institute have created a remarkable impact on various frontiers of life and philosophy.
 
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IIMs raise the cutoff bar, entry becomes tougher




All the IIMs have already dispatched the interview letters to the short-listed candidates for PI and GD based on the overall percentile and cut-off percentile in each section. Of the four IIMs - Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Indore and Kozhikode- the IIM-Ahmedabad has a cut off percentile of 99.3 and above.

BANGALORE: Getting into IIMs is never easy. When the Indian Institutes of Management announced the cut-off percentiles for the admission process on Wednesday, a few of the IIMs had raised their cutoffs.




did islamabad have institutions like this? iam not criticizing pakisthan. see the truth we are building the nation through knowledge. what about pakistan?
Like IIM Ranchi, which had the highest cut-off of 99.65 percentile among all IIMs last year, has further raised it to 99.66 for the 2011-13 batch. At IIM-Calcutta, Ranchi's mentoring institute, the cutoff is 99.59. IIM Ahmedabad announced that 540 students whose overall percentile is 99 and of each section were 94 would be called for the personal interview. IIM Lucknow, which is one of the CAT 2010 organising institutes, has increased the weightage to CAT scores. ( Read: IIM-Bangalore ranked among top 25 business schools in the world )

What was 30% for the CAT scores has gone up to 37.5% for the next batch. The fees, too, have been raised from Rs 8 lakh to 12 lakh. IIM Kozhikode has also decided to give 50% weightage to CAT score, 15% to GD and social skills, personal interview 25% and writing task 10%.

Interestingly, many IIMs are set to take in more women and non-engineering students to increase the diversity in the institute. IIM-L has decided to give 2.5 more points for these candidates. The directors of newer IIMs will meet next week to decide on holding joint PIs and GDs. ( Read: New IIMs join hands )

The scores for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2010 were released on Wednesday. There are eight candidates who scored 100 percentile and 19 with 99.99 percentile. Of the latter group, two are women — one from Kerala and the other from Andhra Pradesh. And all of them are engineers. ( Read: CAT 2010: 8 engineers score 100 )

While many students found it difficult to access results online, the IIMs said that the website did not crash. "The highlight of the day was that the website did not crash despite around two lakh students checking the result on the web. The fact that it was slow was something that was impossible to help," said Himanshu Rai, convener, CAT. However, the rumours that the CAT results had leaked in the first week of January turned out to be true. ( Read: CAT out of the bag, but plays elusive to many )




see how india is emergin with knowledge.

knowledge build the nation.


see how india is developing with knowledge . proud to be an indian
 
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