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Aircel - Maxis deal: special CBI court issues letters rogatory to UK, Bermuda, Malaysian and Mauritius
16 Apr 2012
Reliance Comm in exclusive pact with Google to market Android devices in India
16 Apr 2012
ADAG group firm Reliance Communications today said it plans to exclusively market Android devices in India over its network for the next two years.
ED calls Vodafone chief for grilling over 2001-02 allocations
14 Apr 2012
The agency has sought a lengthy list of documents from the company as part of its probe into the alleged irregularities and losses in the allocation of airwaves when the BJP-led NDA was in power
France Telecom to buy majority stake in Egyptian telecom operator Mobinil for $1.97 bn
13 Apr 2012
France Telecom yesterday said that it would acquire most of its partner's stake in Egyptian telecom operator Mobinil for $1.97 billion
Bharti in talks to buy Qualcomm licences: report
11 Apr 2012
Bharti Airtel is reportedly in advanced discussions with US chipmaker Qualcomm to buy the latter’s fourth-generation licences for about Rs6,000 crore
ACCC approves Foxtel’s acquisition of Austar
10 Apr 2012
Loop to shut Indian ops, barring Mumbai
10 Apr 2012
Loop Telecom will close down all but its Mumbai operations on 2 June after the Supreme Court cancelled most of its licences and spectrum allocation this year
Spread of 3G hampered by pricing, admits Sibal
10 Apr 2012
SC dumps telecos’ review pleas in 2G spectrum case
04 Apr 2012
The apex court, however, will, on 13 April, hear a government plea on the court’s observations on the allocation of 2G spectrum that led to the cancellation of 122 licences
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation