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Committed to affordable and clean power 24x7: Goyal
12 Jan 2015
Union minister of state for power, coal and new and renewable energy, Piyush Goyal today said that the government is committed to delivering 24x7 power for all
Shire acquires specialty drug maker NPS Pharma for $5.2 bn
12 Jan 2015
The announcement is the first major corporate takeover deal of the year signalling continued global consolidation of drug companies
Charlie Hebdo attackers killed along with second Paris shootout assailant
10 Jan 2015
The brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, said to be behind Wednesday's massacre of 12 journalists and policemen, were both killed after they came out shooting following a six-hour siege
Debt levels of telecom companies to rise: ICRA
10 Jan 2015
India cancels two power projects as all private bidders pull out
09 Jan 2015
The power ministry under Piyush Goyal is seeking to renew the bidding terms for the projects that would entail a combined investment of Rs50,000 crore
SC clears Ruia, Mittal of charges in 2G scam-related case
09 Jan 2015
The apex court set aside an order of a special CBI court summoning them as accused in a case related to allocation of additional spectrum during the previous NDA rule in 2002
FCC to hold net neutrality vote on 26 February
08 Jan 2015
Hike acquires voice calling company Zip Phone
08 Jan 2015
France in mourning amid manhunt for ‘Hebdo’ killer brothers
08 Jan 2015
France began a day of mourning for the journalists and police officers shot dead on Wednesday by black-hooded gunmen using Kalashnikov assault rifles
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