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| Indian
group crowned world energy champion at the 'Green Oscars' |
 An
Indian technology and alternative energy group has been crowned
'Energy Champion' of the world by a prestigious British environmental
organisation the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. Bangalore-based
Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (Tide) was awarded the
title along with a prize of £40,000 by Nobel laureate
and environmentalist Wangari Mathai in London. 
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| Anti-Primark
demo in support of Indian garment workers |
 A
British rights group will demonstrate in front of the flagship
London branch of low-price fashion retailer Primark for jeopardising
jobs of Indian garment workers. War on Want, a rights charity,
says Primark's action of axing its three south Indian suppliers
following a television expose that part of the supply deal was
sub-contracted to firms using child labour is "precipitous".
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| Indian
garment exporters deny using child labour |
 Garment
exporters in this Tamil Nadu textile manufacturing hub denied
that they used any child labour, a day after a large British
retail chain cancelled a 300,000 pound (about $586,000) order
over the issue. The exporters have also charged local NGOs with
"concocting" the story.
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| British
retailer rejects Indian clothes made by child labourers |
 Britain's
leading clothes retailer Primark has cancelled the contracts
of three suppliers in India's Tamil Nadu state for using child
labour and has withdrawn the garments from its shelves. The
retailer took the step after being alerted by a BBC Panorama
programme. Primark's
clothing business is worth £700 million from India each
year.
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| CII
to make Birmingham annual destination |
 The
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will bring a business
delegation to Birmingham every year, the leader of the city's
council said.The
assurance was given by a high-profile CII delegation led by
the group's director general Chandrajit Banerjee, who wants
increased trade between India and the Midlands region of England.
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| INAB
'Strategies for Success' |
 With
entrepreneurship levels being much higher within the Asian community
than the population as a whole; how will the current down turn
affect Asian businesses? Are Asian businesses well placed to
take advantage of the opportunities that arise during a downturn?
These were the topics debated at the INAB 'Strategies for Success'
event on 12 June 2008 in London.
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| UK
BUSINESS NEWS 2008 |
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Indian
group crowned world energy champion at the 'Green Oscars'
Anti-Primark demo in support
of Indian garment workers (06/08)
Indian garment exporters
deny using child labour (06/08)
British retailer rejects
Indian clothes made by child labourers (06/08)
CII to make Birmingham
annual destination (06/08)
INAB
'Strategies for Success' (06/08)
Lengthy paperwork
before NRIs can invest in India (06/08)
Women's self-help
groups shore up India's farm communities (06/08)
Japan's Daiichi to buy
majority stage in India's Ranbaxy for $4.6bn (06/08)
British electronics major
forays into India (06/08)
India's
S. Kumars acquires Scottish fashion chain (06/08)
Vijay Mallya in
talks with European firm for business jets (06/08)
Tesco in secret talks with Indian
partner: report (04/08)
India's Tata seals
deal to buy Jaguar, Land Rover for $2.3 bn (03/08)
Gender bias continues
in India's corporate boardrooms (03/08)
Reliance Digital to
open 150 stores across India (03/08)
Indian mobile TV market
to reach $360 million in 2008 (03/08)
Corporate tea
estates in Sri Lanka are withering (03/08)
Tata-Virgin tie-up
can go ahead, says Indian DoT (03/08)
ICICI Bank loses
$264 million to sub-prime crisis (03/08)
Narayana Murthy
on HSBC board as profits rise on Asian success (03/08)
Tata Motors may ink Land
Rover, Jaguar deal next week (02/08)
The LSE's first
India Careers Day (02/08)
Reliance
in joint venture talks with 'Marks & Spencer' (02/08)
Asian 'non-doms' plan
an exodus (02/08)
British minister criticises
government on non-domicile tax (01/08)
Indian BPO can grow
to $50 bn by 2012 (01/08)
Hero Group's
UK company posts major jump in profits (02/08)
Britain faces recession:
Deloitte Economic Review (02/08)
Shah Rukh earns more
from ads than movies (01/08)
Mumbai showcased
as future global financial centre (01/08)
Oxford to set up
business research centre in India (01/08)
Jet Airways
now eyes British Midland Airways (01/08)
Cobra Beer acquires
first brewery in India (01/08)
Indian transport projects
ready for investment (01/08)
Pakistan reeling
under wheat shortage (01/08)
World Bank
loans misused in five Indian health projects
UK showcases automotive
expertise in India (01/08)
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