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		<title>Rural micro insurance scheme launched</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government Saturday launched a micro insurance drive in Tamil Nadu aimed at expanding the Rural Postal Life Insurance (PLI) network.
Communications and Information Technology Minister A. Raja launched the scheme in Sholur Mattam, Coimbatore....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:54:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>British PM revives global tax idea at G20 meet</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Saturday resurrected the idea of the international community imposing a global tax on banks as a repayment for the billions of pounds of taxpayers' money they have received from governments.
The idea is said to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:48:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Food prices to decline after winter crop: Sharad Pawar</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food prices will decline after the rabi crop as production of wheat, rice, pulses, oil seeds and sugarcane during the winter is expected to be higher than in the drought-hit kharif season, union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:37:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Ajit Singh threatens to lay siege to parliament over sugarcane pricing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh, who is spearheading a campaign against the central government's sugarcane pricing policy, said Saturday that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Samajwadi Party had offered their support to the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:35:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>UAE, France seek to boost economic cooperation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France have pledged to enhance cooperation in the trade sector, which grew by 25 percent to more than $4 billion in 2008, WAM news agency reported.
UAE Foreign Trade Minister Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:05:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Airtel brings service tax operations under one roof (Lead)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Friday launched a centre where functions relating to human resource, supply chain, finance and service taxes would be undertaken under one roof.
The unit, Centre for Shared Services for Taxation, was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>India, EU to resolve generic drugs expots tangle</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union (EU) is not opposed to  exports of generic medicine by Indian companies through its ports, European Commissioner for Trade Catherine Ashton said here Friday.
Answering a query on the confiscation of Indian consignments of generic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:44:02 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Infosys offers multi-function human resource solutions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Infosys Technologies, in association with Oracle, will offer managed services platform that will help companies streamline their human resource (HR) operations and reduce costs.
"The platform enables us to offer the next generation of multi-process...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:20:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Government to expand Krishi Vigyan Kendra network</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government will open a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), a centre for agricultural training, in each of the  newly created districts across the country, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here Friday.
Speaking at the fourth national conference of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:07:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>US unemployment rate rises to 10.2 percent</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US unemployment rate surged to 10.2 percent in October, the highest in 26 years, as another 190,000 people lost their jobs during the month, officials said Friday.
The figure reported by US Labour Department came after the 9.8 percent jobless...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:49:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Airtel launches centre on tax issues</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Friday launched a centre where functions relating to human resource, supply chain, finance and tax would be undertaken for the entire company.
The unit, Centre for Shared Services for Taxation, was inaugurated...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Now ticket examiners, railway force can act against smokers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smokers beware! Ticket examiners and Railway Protection Force (RPF) assistant sub-inspectors have been authorised to take action against those found smoking in trains and on railway platforms.
The health ministry has issued a notification in this...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:10:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>No change in foreign equity norms in retail, aviation: Minister</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commerce Minister Anand Sharma Friday said there would be no review of present policy on foreign direct investment in the retail and aviation sectors.
The statement comes after S. Robson Walton, chairman of global retail giant Wal-Mart,  met him and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Kolkata riverside project on schedule: Realtor</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Realty firm Riverbank Developers, which is developing a 262-acre integrated township project along the Hooghly river in joint venture with Bata India, Friday said a detailed plan to upgrade social infrastructure in the area has been prepared.
"A...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:40:02 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>S Tel achieves financial closure</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[S Tel, one of the new entrants in the Indian mobile telephony space, Friday said it has achieved financial closure for its Rs.2,000-crore project and that it would start rolling out services this year.
In a statement, S Tel said an eight-bank...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:40:02 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Jayalalithaa criticises sugarcane pricing policy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Friday criticised the central government's sugar cane policy and asked the Tamil Nadu government to clarify its position on the cane procurement price in the state.
"The Tamil Nadu government should now make...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:08:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Gurgaon administration intervenes to settle Ricco dispute</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing dispute between workers and management of Ricco Auto Industries here, which had even turned violent last month and left one person dead, has been resolved after the intervention of the Gurgaon district administration, officials said here...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:54:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Mid-small sized scrips are flavour of the day (Roundup)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a91192.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Indian equities markets Friday benefited from a buying momentum, with representative indices for mid-to-small sized scrips performing better than a key benchmark index.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>State Bank lowers deposit rates</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The country's largest lender State Bank of India has lowered deposit rates by 25-50 basis points on amounts less than Rs.1 crore effective Nov 9.
The new interest rate for a deposit of 15-45 days would be 2.5 percent, down from the current 2.75...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:58:02 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Jet, Kingfisher domestic fares up Rs.200</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a91171.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines Friday increased fuel surcharges, pushing up their domestic fares by up to Rs.200.
National carrier Air India and other low-cost carriers haven't taken a decision in this regard.
According to Jet Airways, the fuel...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:41:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Marriott Courtyard opens in Gurgaon, group in expansion mode</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global hospitality major Marriott International has opened one of its flagship hotels -- Courtyard -- in Gurgaon, near here, and said it was planning an expansion spree in the country.
The Gurgaon Courtyard is a 199-room four-star deluxe hotel and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:33:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Rising prices of food articles pinch common man</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the season's exotic vegetables, even the common potato, tomato and onion are now beyond the common man's reach.
According to official data on select commodities, prices of food articles have gone up by more than 13 percent in the last one...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:26:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Ghodawat group, Percept ink multi-crore entertainment deal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sanjay Ghodawat group, which has business interests in diverse spheres such as realty, education and textiles, has entered the entertainment sector through an agreement with Bollywood production house Percept Picture.
As part of the deal, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:01:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Sensex ends 0.68 percent up after volatile trade (Lead)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A benchmark Indian equity index shut shop Friday 0.68 percent up after a highly volatile trading day.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened higher at 16,137.42 points, closed at 16,172.97 points...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:52:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>New price index shortly, says commerce ministry</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a91143.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The wholesale price index (WPI) for October will be according to the old base year of 1993-94 and the WPI new series with base year 2004-05 will be released shortly, according to a senior commerce ministry official.
&#8220;We will have WPI with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:04:01 +0530</pubDate>
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