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EU
team to take up textile row with Lamy
New Delhi: A delegation from the European Parliament,
on a two-day official visit to India, has given assurance
that it would take up the issue of extending concessions
similar to the ones provided to textile exporters from
Pakistan, with the European Union trade commissioner Pascal
Lamy.
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US
to hike California prune export to India
Washington: The United States is planning to increase
its export of California prunes and soyabean products
to India in the coming days.
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Assocham
for uniform import duty at 10%
Mumbai: The Assocham has suggested alignment of
import duty rates to a uniform 10 per cent and adoption
of request-offer method and product-by-product negotiation
on tariffs instead of formula based approach.
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IAF
plans special unit to guard air bases
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will soon
set up its own specialised unit, the Tiger Force Commandoes,
to guard air bases which are vulnerable to terrorist attacks
as was exposed by the raid on the Awantipur Air Base in
Jammu & Kashmir earlier this year.
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15
killed in mid-air collision
Panaji: Two Russian maritime reconnaissance aircraft
of the Indian Navy IL-38 collided mid-Air during an Air
show in Goa killing 15 people 12 crew on board and 3 on
the ground hit by debris near Dabolim Aaval Airbase, in
the worst-ever accident involving forces planes.
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Seafood
exporters mull Spain boycott, await govt move
New Delhi: Seafood exporters, who took a beating
with the Export Inspection Agency imposing an export and
production ban on five major units are considering boycotting
the Spainish market first.
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PM
to open Indo-Asean Summit on Oct 17
New Delhi: The two-day Indo-Asean business summit
later this month is expected to provide an opportunity
to the top executives from India and Asean-member countries
to have interface and strategise across a range of business
sectors.
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Services
want to keep the unspent money
New Delhi: The armed forces have requested the
government to hold the unutilised portion of the defence
budget for two years.
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