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A report on booming Indian Power Sector

by Chirag on August 15, 2009

The latest buzz in the power sector is that many companies are planing out to go public by offering IPO’s. Reliance Power came up with an IPO in Jan 2008 just before the market crashed. Later during 2008 REC (Rural Electrification Corporation) came up with an IPO. Last month Adani Offered IPO and will get [...]

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Eight Biggest employers in the world.

by Chirag on August 14, 2009

Here is a list of Eight biggest employers in the world. Out of the eight companies mentioned 4 are from China, 2 from US, 1 from India and 1 from France. (The figures ore based on June 2009 statistics as mentioned in Rediff. Rank Name of the Company No. of Employees 1 Wal-Mart 2.1 Million [...]

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Fact file on Indian Animation Industry

by Chirag on August 4, 2009

The animation industry in India is estimated at $460 million (Rs 2,232 crore). It is expected to grow at a CAGR of 27 per cent and reach $1.16 billion (Rs 5,644 crore) by 2012. This industry can be categorised into four different components: Entertainment, education, content development and multimedia/web design. The animation market in India [...]

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10 countries with largest foreign reserves

by Chirag on July 26, 2009

Foreign exchange reserves, often taken as a yardstick to gauge a country’s financial strength, are the foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks or monetary authorities (it is the Reserve Bank in the case of India). Forex reserves include a country’s gold holdings and convertible foreign currencies held in its banks, including special [...]

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The rise of multinational IT in India

by Chirag on July 16, 2009

India is seen globally as the major R&D provider for the IT companies in the world. There is no technology giant that does not have a R&D centre in India. These R&D centres tap into the country’s vast pool of skilled manpower and help their parent companies to churn out world class products and technologies. [...]

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The next generation telecom : 3G

by Chirag on July 15, 2009

The third generation phone (3G) technology allows users to transfer large music and data files in a jiffy. Mobile TV is another popular application of this next generation phone. Since long time the allotment saga is going on. There is dispute on the licensing fees. By the license fees government is going to earn a [...]

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Highlights of Indian Union Budget : 2009 – 2010

by Chirag on July 6, 2009

Here are highlights of Union Budget 2009 – 2010. Our Finance Minister presented the budget today in the parliament. The Budget was basically meant for Common man. The stock markets reacted negatively due to budget and plunged 800 odd points. CHALLENGES To lead economy to high GDP growth rate of 9 per cent per annum [...]

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Mumbaikars happy with the start of Bandra Worli Sea Link

by Chirag on July 1, 2009

The much awaited Bandra Worli Sea Link was finally inaugurated yesterday by Sonia Gandhi. The Significant importance of the Sea Link : This bridge will reduce the travel time of current 50 – 60 mins to just 7 to 8 mins flat. Commuters will have to pass out through just 4 signals from current 23 [...]

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Laptop market in India

by Chirag on June 23, 2009

Last year the laptop sales in India doubled. (In the year 2008). HP has the largest market share of 21 per cent in the Indian laptop market, followed by HCL and Lenovo. Besides the corporate sector, laptops have been in demand in the education sector, with schools and colleges encouraging their day-to-day use. Laptops sales [...]

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Best Indian TV Advertisements

by Chirag on June 19, 2009

It is very difficult to judge best TV Commercials as most of them tend to be creative to attract maximum attention. I was studying deep on this topic with a friend of mine who is a BMM student and I found out various results. In my view the best advertisement is which fulfills following things [...]

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