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Vodafone offers mobile banking service to 700 million Indians

Vodafone offers mobile banking service to 700…

New Delhi, Apr 18 (KNN)  Having a bank account is a luxury for many in the developing countries.  But that is about to change in India with the launch…
Tourists to Rajasthan expected to grow by 7-8 per cent in 2013

Tourists to Rajasthan expected to grow by…

Jaipur, Apr 18 (KNN)  The number of foreign tourists visiting Rajasthan is expected to grow by 7-8 per cent in 2013, despite slowdown in the western countries,…
Salient features of Annual Supplement to FTA

Salient features of Annual Supplement to FTA

New Delhi, Apr 18 (KNN)  Following are the salient features of Annual Supplement (2013-14) to the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14, announced today by Commerce…
Small enterprises go online to cut costs and expand customer base

Small enterprises go online to cut costs…

New Delhi Apr 18 (KNN)  The success rate of the SMEs has remarkably grown since they've started using internet as their marketing tool, according…
More than two million hits marks for Incredible India Website

More than two million hits marks for…

New Delhi, Apr 18 (KNN) The revamped Incredible India website www.incredibleindia.org has crossed two million hits mark with almost six thousand hits every…
Skill gap: Pharma sector has only six per cent researchers with PhD degrees

Skill gap: Pharma sector has only six…

New Delhi, Apr 18 (KNN) Merely five to six per cent of about 12 lakh people employed in the Indian pharmaceutical sector are holding post-graduate and doctorate…
SEBI opens its new branch in Lucknow

SEBI opens its new branch in Lucknow

Lucknow Apr 17 (KNN) Market regulator SEBI today said it has established a local office at Lucknow, a move that will help it decentralise its operations and more effectively…
Small businesses more prone to cyber-attacks: Symantec report

Small businesses more prone to cyber-attacks: Symantec…

New Delhi, Apr 17 (KNN) Small businesses are becoming more vulnerable to cyber-attacks due to their less sophisticated defence according to a new report from…
Pharma sales growth slowed to 11.9% in 2012-13

Pharma sales growth slowed to 11.9% in…

New Delhi, Apr 17 (KNN) Sale of pharma products to retailers slipped to 11.9 per cent in 2012-13 as compared to 15.8 per cent last year, said a media report…
MP to woo tourists with better connectivity and infrastructure

MP to woo tourists with better connectivity…

New Delhi, Apr 17 (KNN) In an effort to boost tourism in the state, the Madhya Pradesh Government has identified four 'mega circuit' projects.
India to double renewable energy capacity by 2017

India to double renewable energy capacity by…

New Delhi, Apr 17 (KNN) India will more than double its renewable energy capacity by exploiting non-conventional clean energy sources such…
SEBI is planning new norms for SME listing in 3-4 months

SEBI is planning new norms for SME…

New Delhi, Apr 17 (KNN) The new framework for listing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which would enable companies to be listed without the mandatory…
AP youth unwilling to enrol for skills training

AP youth unwilling to enrol for skills…

From: Manne Sreenivas Rao

Hyderabad Apr 15 (KNN)
Youth in Andhra Pradesh are unwilling to enrol in skills training programme…
Government plans measures to promote horticulture

Government plans measures to promote horticulture

New Delhi, Apr 17 (KNN) The government is planning a slew of measures to promote horticulture including the establishment of hi-tech nurseries of improved…
Awareness programme on govt schemes for SMEs

Awareness programme on govt schemes for SMEs

Chennai, Apr 17 (KNN) Thoothukudi District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association (THUDITSSIA) will organise an awareness programme for entrepreneurs…
Government sets target of building 9,000 km National Highway this year

Government sets target of building 9,000 km…

New Delhi, Apr 16 (KNN) The government today said that it has fixed a target of building 9,000 km of National Highway in 2013-14 in order to ensure award of at least 7,300…
Ahmednagar to get fruit and vegetable processing plant

Ahmednagar to get fruit and vegetable processing…

Mumbai, Apr 16 (KNN)  Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB)  is planning to set up a fruit and vegetable processing plant in Ahmednagar,…
Small businesses under pressure to hike wages

Small businesses under pressure to hike wages

Gurgaon, Apr 16 (KNN)  Small enterprises in Gurgaon are under pressure from the surging demands of workers to increase wages.

The worker…
Haryana developing new industrial town at Sonipat

Haryana developing new industrial town at Sonipat

New Delhi, Apr 16 (KNN) The Haryana Government is developing an Industrial Model Township (IMT) at Bidhal, Lath in Sonipat district under public-private partnership.
Poultry farmers in Punjab and Haryana up against increased feed cost

Poultry farmers in Punjab and Haryana up…

Chandigarh, Apr 16 (KNN) Poultry farmers in Punjab and Haryana are facing a twin problem of increase in feed cost and low return on eggs.  There has been…