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Life insurance industry may grow 10 percent in 2010

By Venkatachari Jagannathan • Feb 15th, 2010

Chennai, Feb 15, India’s life insurance industry is expected to grow by around 10 percent in 2010 over the previous year, mainly by improving efficiency but also by expanding in small towns and villages, industry experts say.



India draws roadmap to 1,000 MW fast breeder reactor design

By Venkatachari Jagannathan • Jan 29th, 2010

Chennai, Jan 29, Indian nuclear scientists will take three steps to improve their experience and expertise before they start on the design of a 1,000 MW fast breeder reactor that will not only generate electricity, but produce more fuel than it consumes.



Food festival from the land of the rising sun

By Venkatachari Jagannathan • Jan 21st, 2010

Chennai, Jan 21, Do you love sushi and sashimi but don’t know where to get it? Now you won’t have to travel far as a 16-day food festival from the land of the rising sun has started at the Courtyard Marriott hotel here.



Nuclear industry grows, but where are the components?

By Venkatachari Jagannathan • Jan 8th, 2010
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Chennai, Jan 8, The quick growth of the Indian nuclear industry is posing new challenges, especially for the delivery of components for new power plants, says Srikumar Banerjee, the new chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).



A new dawn for the Poompuhar fishing community

By Venkatachari Jagannathan • Jan 2nd, 2010

Chennai, Jan 2, The fishing community in Poompuhar, one of the coastal districts affected by the 2004 tsunami, is now looking forward to a new beginning in 2010, thanks to the setting up of a centre to process their catch.



She flinches every time the sea howls

By Venkatachari Jagannathan • Dec 25th, 2009

Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu), Dec 25, Lily, 14, was born in a fishing family in Vanagiri near Poompuhar, almost right on the beach. But she gets tense every time she hears the sea howl.



Indian auto industry in top gear despite global gloom

By Venkatachari Jagannathan • Dec 25th, 2009
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Chennai, Dec 25, Even as global auto majors went into reverse gear in 2009, the Indian industry largely bucked the trend, launching new models for the domestic market and registering significant growth in exports.



Nissan plans to heat up Indian car market

By Venkatachari Jagannathan • Dec 14th, 2009

Chennai, Dec 14,With its product portfolio expected to jump to nine models soon from the current two and competition set to heat up the Indian car market next year, Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nissan Motors, Japan, is getting ready for the fight, first by beefing up its distribution network.



Northeast England woos Indian investments

By Venkatachari Jagannathan • Dec 11th, 2009

Chennai, Dec 11, One North East, a London-based development agency, is wooing Indian companies to set up operations in the “cost-effective” northeastern region of England.



India hopes to join cryogenic rocket engine club January 2010

By Venkatachari Jagannathan • Dec 4th, 2009

Chennai, Dec 4, India’s heaviest rocket – the 49-metre tall, 414-tonne Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV), powered by the indigenous cryogenic engine, will be launched in January 2010, making it a member of the select club of countries possessing this technology.