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Friday, August 21, 2009
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, August 21, 2009 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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LIFE RURAL DEVELOPMENT: There’s profit all around Yes, SKS Microfinance lends at a steep 28%, but the borrowers — largely poor and rural — have shown it is possible to run a viable business even on these terms.. We are on our way to Gollapally village, 70 km from Hyderabad in Sanga ... REGIONAL RURAL BANKS: A window to rural markets SKS Microfinance now plans to go beyond lending to poor families for income-generating activities to offer a basket of new ... TOURISM: High and dry in Ladakh Spurt in tourism leaves Ladakhis thirsting for water.. Ladakh, the scenic cold desert in Jammu and Kashmir, is today one of the hottest tourist destinations in the subcontinent. As many as 75,000 tourists visited Ladakh last year — a 100 ... DOMESTIC TRAVEL: Stillwater oasis Pangong Tso — a serene lake in a cold desert where nothing stirs.. It was possibly the truck in the frame that made me click the photograph. The vehicle reminded me of trucks from old books inspired by the Soviet Union, with a design as ... SPORTS: Spirit of ‘give and take’ The World Transplant Games, opening tomorrow in Gold Coast, Australia, celebrate organ donation.. This game is different. The nearly 1,000 organ transplant recipients from 50 countries who will take part in the 17th World Transplant Games in ... PEOPLE: Feathered nest! At home with over 400 birds and 16 dogs — CavinKare’s Ranganathan.. Speeding down the scenic East Coast Road out of Chennai, you zip past a few landmarks: the Cholamandal artists’ village and the VGP amusement park, and soon ... FOOD & CUISINE: MoMo mia Momos didn’t show up on the menu at all.. Names can be quite misleading. As I realised on my first visit to the MoMo Café at Pune’s Courtyard by Marriott and found that the Tibetan dumpling wasn’t the house speciality. In ... ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE: Movies in my grocery list Moser Baer is changing the game with fast-to-market inexpensive DVDs of popular films.. This week, when you set out to replenish your stock, you can come back with a DVD of Sankat City for the princely sum of, hold your breath, Rs 27. Maybe you ... EVENTS: Down-to-earth Ganpati For those who say ‘no’ to pollutant PoP, there are several artistically crafted eco-friendly Ganpatis to choose from.. This Sunday, millions of families across the country will joyfully welcome Lord Ganesh into their homes. Once a ... Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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