• Star Alliance looking for Indian partners
• VSNL requests BSNL to reconsider India-Singapore cable plan
• BSNL to slash broadband tariffs by half
• Bharti signs Rs.1000 crore outsourcing contract with BPOs
• Equity firm 3i picks up 35 per cent stake in Nimbus Communications
• RIL strikes gas in coal-beds of Madhya Pradesh
• Tata Indicom and Nokia launch handset range

GENERAL

• India and Indonesia to boost bilateral trade
• Private sector to fuel Indo-US economic growth
• Assocham: Exports to Africa to touch $6bn by 2010
• FM:Economic growth in Q1 likely to be higher than 6.9%
• Spectrum policy likely in 15 days

• Rupee declines marginally - securities fall
• Canara Bank begins China operations
• Corporation Bank to push business to Rs.55,000 crore
• SIDBI to disburse Rs.2,500 crore to the SME sector
• Banking and financial cos. Results: Indian Bank, ICICI Prudential, PNB

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