ECONOMY

09/22/08 11:49 - bhagyesh_r1504

Upcoming Events in Finance and Economics 2008 Events in finance and economics will be organized by various organizations around the globe. The major objective of these events is to foster discussions, debates and research on various economic and financial issues prevailing in the global economy. Most of these events are expected to have representations both from the industry and academics. The integration between academic theory and industrial implementation will be an important aspect of such events.

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Pedestrian Walk

09/21/08 18:28 - rs

It seems like a Pedestrian Walk has been organized in Chennai:

Indian city plans pedestrian walk

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'Unique PPP Initiative for Mahadevapura' - Note from R K Misra

09/21/08 07:58 - silkboard

Some like him, some don't. Recently, I met with Mr R K Misra, one objective was to learn about an initiative for development for Mahadevapura area (Whitefield, Marathahalli, Sarjapura etc). At the end of it, I got a note from RK for posting here on his behalf. Well, here it is, unedited. Pardon me if you think this is marketing for an individual's organization or philosophy. I am not endorsing one thing over another. Any developmental news is worth sharing. Whether we like one group's philosophy, or hate an individual's approach, we should be in the know of these "outlets" for activism.

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Meeting Notes - Mr Sood, Sep 20

09/21/08 07:20 - admin123

Placeholder for notes from this meeting. Started almost 2 hours late as Mr Sood had to rush off to another meeting. We were asked to wait till 1 if possible. We spent this time chatting up with each other, and even managed a lunch at Shivajinagar bus stand canteen. Right when we planned to call it a day, Mr Sood returned. psaram, idontspam, Deepika, Srivathsa, silkboard, Ravi and Devesh (only for the intro) were present. Look fwd to meeting notes from all.

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NICE jinxed ?

09/20/08 12:18 - blrsri

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/sep/190908-ashok-khenny-bs-yeddyuruppa-political-rivalries.htm

Now its the state fighting against the NICE again. We thought it was all over but problems are back with some other reasons..POLITICS!

Bellary mine owners found it very lucrative to be in power and so does Kheny think. But then BSY felt threatened! 

Why doesnt Kheny fight from Bidar, his hometown!?

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Quick Metro updates

09/20/08 03:54 - swamy

Prajagale' - two quick metro updates from last week.

1) Yeddy has asked BMRC to study extending Metro from Byappanhalli to BIA (airport at Devenahalli). Suhas sir had mentioned this in his review of CTTP here. Source: Express Buzz and other papers also.

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SH17 - road of death, need highway patrol

09/19/08 10:45 - silkboard

A few deaths on Bellary Road, and it got so much attention. By the way, police's efforts to enforce are working, I hear that a good number of cabs keep themselves to 80 kmph, and drivers either buckle up or think about putting on seat belts on Nh7. So perhaps, the fear of punishment does work. Now, how about the Bangalore Mysore highway?

First of all, its foolish to build high speed roads that are not access controlled in whatever way, limited or full fledged. That road is literally hell right now, with death awaiting at about 50-60 points along the 100 odd km length.

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Govt of India on Infrastructure

09/19/08 06:05 - silkboard

Keep digging Government websites and you come across lots of interesting stuff. Wonder if we should build a search engine dedicated to sarkaari websites. Anyway, here is an interesting site: Committee on Infrastructure. This committee was setup:

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What if the Nano had to be built in Belgaum?

09/18/08 16:55 - belgaumblog

Its breaking news on the business front that the Nano plant from singur will get shifted to Dharwad.

Tata Motors MD Ravi Kant met the Karnataka CM today and Tata Motors have confirmed that they are looking for alternatives to Singur to shift their Nano project.

The Karnataka Government has offered 1000 acres for the Nano car project and all “incentives and support. Tata Motors already has a manufacturing unit in Dharwad where it makes the low-floor Marco Polo buses.

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Car pooling: how about government facilitating it?

09/18/08 07:19 - sandeepsp

We always talk about how good it will be if people opt for car pooling while commuting to office. Although most of us agree that car pooling is a great idea, not many of us actually get to do it. There can be many reasons for it, which mostly relate to people either not wanting to share their car or not bothering to find someone to share it with.

Given this problem, I think it would make more sense for the government to come forward and facilitate car-pooling for the people.


The basic idea:

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