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How Ludo King Became a COVID Quarantine Sensation in India
Ludo King, the strategy board game that was launched back in February 2016, gained huge success in terms of fresh downloads and new users in the initial phase of the national lockdown that is in place due to the coronavirus outbreak. But how big has the game become so far? We try to find its answer.
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Mahindra Board Holds Plans To Invest Fresh Equity In SsangYong Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
Mahindra & Mahindra has announced that its board has rejected the proposal to inject fresh equity in SsangYong Motor Company (SYMC), amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The Indian auto giant holds a controlling stake in the South Korean carmaker and the latter had requested a fresh funding of 500 billion wons ($406 million) over the next three year...
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What Is The IL&FS Crisis And How It Is Linked To Your Money: 10 Points
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services or IL&FS is in deep trouble. After the corporate affairs ministry moved the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal, the NCLT has named six people to take over the board and management of the major infrastructure lender to defuse the crisis. The IL&FS group has a debt burden of over Rs 90,000 cr...
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Rs 18,000 Crore Ken-Betwa River Linking Project Cleared
The investment clearance committee, comprising officials from NITI Aayog and Union Water Resources Ministry, for Ken-Betwa river linking today gave the approval for the Rs 18,000-crore national projectenvisaged to address drinking water and irrigation requirements of the parched Bundelkhand region.
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Australia Wheat Board Iraq 'Kickback' Chairman in Court
The former chairman of an Australian wheat firm that allegedly paid sanctions-busting bribes to secure UN oil-for-food programme contracts in Saddam Hussein's Iraq appeared in court Monday more than a decade after the scandal erupted.
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Obama Names Two Indian-Americans to Key Posts
President Barack Obama has nominated two Indian-Americans to key posts of chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) and member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
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PM to head Cabinet Committee on Investment that will fast track clearances for mega projects
In a major initiative to course-correct lethargic infrastructure development, a new Cabinet Committee on Investment has been set up by the government for fast-tracking major infrastructure projects.
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Government divided over investment body; Chidambaram clears note that pushes for it
The Cabinet has postponed its decision on setting up a National Investment Board (NIB) or a Cabinet Committee on Investments (CCI) which will expedite projects over Rs. 1,000 crore by setting timelines for concerned ministries.
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CEOs of state-run firms complain to PM about green ministry
Public sector undertakings have complained to the Prime Minister that the environment ministry is creating hurdles in the expansion of existing projects as well blocking clearances for new ones, sources told NDTV.
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Karunanidhi cautions UPA against 'hasty' reform announcements
The Congress' biggest ally, the DMK has cautioned the government about rushing into reform like Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail and forming the National Investment Board (NIB).
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Jayanthi Natarajan writes to PM against Chidambaram's proposal: Full letter
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has written to the Prime Minister, strongly objecting to Finance Minister P Chidambaram's next reform-oriented move - setting up a national investment board or NIB, a three-minister panel that can fast-track mega infrastucture projects if ministries fail to give clearances in stipulated time.
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War within Cabinet over final say for Chidambaram's fast-track investment board
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has written to the Prime Minister, strongly objecting to Finance Minister P Chidambaram's next reform-oriented move - setting up a National Investment Board or NIB, a three-minister panel to fast-track mega infrastructure projects. The NIB would ensure that clearances required for major projects would be gran...
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How Ludo King Became a COVID Quarantine Sensation in India
Ludo King, the strategy board game that was launched back in February 2016, gained huge success in terms of fresh downloads and new users in the initial phase of the national lockdown that is in place due to the coronavirus outbreak. But how big has the game become so far? We try to find its answer.
-
Mahindra Board Holds Plans To Invest Fresh Equity In SsangYong Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
Mahindra & Mahindra has announced that its board has rejected the proposal to inject fresh equity in SsangYong Motor Company (SYMC), amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The Indian auto giant holds a controlling stake in the South Korean carmaker and the latter had requested a fresh funding of 500 billion wons ($406 million) over the next three year...
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What Is The IL&FS Crisis And How It Is Linked To Your Money: 10 Points
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services or IL&FS is in deep trouble. After the corporate affairs ministry moved the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal, the NCLT has named six people to take over the board and management of the major infrastructure lender to defuse the crisis. The IL&FS group has a debt burden of over Rs 90,000 cr...
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Rs 18,000 Crore Ken-Betwa River Linking Project Cleared
The investment clearance committee, comprising officials from NITI Aayog and Union Water Resources Ministry, for Ken-Betwa river linking today gave the approval for the Rs 18,000-crore national projectenvisaged to address drinking water and irrigation requirements of the parched Bundelkhand region.
-
Australia Wheat Board Iraq 'Kickback' Chairman in Court
The former chairman of an Australian wheat firm that allegedly paid sanctions-busting bribes to secure UN oil-for-food programme contracts in Saddam Hussein's Iraq appeared in court Monday more than a decade after the scandal erupted.
-
Obama Names Two Indian-Americans to Key Posts
President Barack Obama has nominated two Indian-Americans to key posts of chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) and member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
-
PM to head Cabinet Committee on Investment that will fast track clearances for mega projects
In a major initiative to course-correct lethargic infrastructure development, a new Cabinet Committee on Investment has been set up by the government for fast-tracking major infrastructure projects.
-
Government divided over investment body; Chidambaram clears note that pushes for it
The Cabinet has postponed its decision on setting up a National Investment Board (NIB) or a Cabinet Committee on Investments (CCI) which will expedite projects over Rs. 1,000 crore by setting timelines for concerned ministries.
-
CEOs of state-run firms complain to PM about green ministry
Public sector undertakings have complained to the Prime Minister that the environment ministry is creating hurdles in the expansion of existing projects as well blocking clearances for new ones, sources told NDTV.
-
Karunanidhi cautions UPA against 'hasty' reform announcements
The Congress' biggest ally, the DMK has cautioned the government about rushing into reform like Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail and forming the National Investment Board (NIB).
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Jayanthi Natarajan writes to PM against Chidambaram's proposal: Full letter
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has written to the Prime Minister, strongly objecting to Finance Minister P Chidambaram's next reform-oriented move - setting up a national investment board or NIB, a three-minister panel that can fast-track mega infrastucture projects if ministries fail to give clearances in stipulated time.
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War within Cabinet over final say for Chidambaram's fast-track investment board
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has written to the Prime Minister, strongly objecting to Finance Minister P Chidambaram's next reform-oriented move - setting up a National Investment Board or NIB, a three-minister panel to fast-track mega infrastructure projects. The NIB would ensure that clearances required for major projects would be gran...
