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City-states as viable alternatives murali772 - 20-OCT-2008
If Bangalore, for instance, has to become an international city, like Singapore, it must be made into a separate province. China has done it. Its cities deal directly with Beijing. And it has worked. We remember the likes of IT icon Narayana Murthy having spoken on similar lines. Such out-ofthe-box ideas sometimes help in finding viable solutions. |
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Learn from past mistakes and move on murali772 - 19-OCT-2008
The recent convulsions in the international financial markets have provoked an unseemly amount of gloating on the part of many in the developing world. What worries me, though, is the number of people in India who are saying similar things. "See, we were right in opposing all this liberalisation," one told me. |
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10 Lakh Employment Oppurtunites in Karanataka ! kbsyed61 - 19-OCT-2008
It seems there is good news for our youths in terms of employment opportunities. Karnataka government has announced measures to employ about 10 lakhs. I wish and pray that government sets a new and unique trend of living upto its promises. This news was reported in Deccan Herald today, ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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murali772 - 18-OCT-2008
The Karnataka government appears to be looking seriously at the DG set plan, experimented by Pune two years ago, involves getting companies with large captive generation sets to utilise those sets during peak hours instead of drawing power from the state grid. |
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Lessons from the American Melt Down psaram42 - 18-OCT-2008The Sunday October 5 2008 Hindu magazine carried an article by Shyam P When the bubble burst “ |
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Bangalore Traffic website in Ascii Characters and spelling mistake pradeep - 17-OCT-2008
I wanted to complain of traffic situation on Bannerughatta Road. The median intersection opposite to Spar is causing lot of traffic jams especially evening times when Accenture and Oracle office timings.So I visited our Bangalore Traffic website and I was shocked to see this. |
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How infrastructure projects get delayed and stopped mcadambi - 17-OCT-2008
The ROB at Whitefield is delayed because of inability of the parties (tenderer and tenderee) to work out a commodity rise formula. As noted in the following article, because of unexpected and steep rise in steel and cement prices, the tenderee could not complete the project and had to cite force majeure clause. |
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murali772 - 17-OCT-2008
Blame empty coffers for power outages. The crisis has arisen as power generation in hydel power stations has been low due to a weak monsoon. The main power generation centre, Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS), has been affected as coal suppliers have been demanding KPCL clear outstanding debts and increase pay per load. |
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Petition against road widening shas3n - 17-OCT-2008Campaign Appeal: Endorse Petition to High Court Appointed Committee to review Bangalore Mega Road Widening Project http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nammaraste Dear All, |
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Ravi_D - 17-OCT-2008
Seen this interesting article in DH on state of KLDA? Summary: Budget allocation - Rs 3.15 Cr for 40,000 lakes in the state. Karnataka Lake Development Authority has 4 officers and 6 contract employees, 1 vehicle and 1 telephone for the whole state!. |