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Credit
crunch! What credit crunch? Obviously nobody
has told Lakshmi Mittal about the collapse in
the property market as he's just splashed out
£70 million on a third house in billionaire's
row. Given that his existing pad rivals Buckingham
Palace, what does he need the extra home for...
parking spaces??
There's
some gazumping going on in the art world. Barely
had Sotheby's announced that it would sell works
by Subodh Gupta and Bharti Kher on 1st July,
when Christie's jumps in with its sale of Subodh
Gupta on June 30th. Ironic that Bharti Kher's
work is a wild dog...grrrr! Still Subodh Gupta's
work 'Curry 2' looks like we could all give
it a go with our spare pots and pans....guess
all that stainless steel keeps Mr Mittal in
the house buying business!
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Mittal
makes it three-in-a-row on London Billionaire's
Row
Only a month after buying Britain's most
expensive home for his son, billionaire
Laxmi Niwas Mittal has reportedly bought
a third house on London's costliest street
for £70 million (Rs.6 billion). The
house in Kensington Palace Gardens is the
former Philippine embassy and looks on to
Kensington Palace, home of the late Princess
Diana. 
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Until
next time,
Lopa Patel (Editor - Redhotcurry.com)
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Build
Your Brand in India Conference, Thursday 26 June 2008
With brands developing rapidly in India, UK Trade &
Investment (UKTI) is staging an event to help companies
grasp the opportunities for brand building in this emerging
market. The "Building Your Brand in India Conference",
at the London Capital Club, EC4, on Thursday 26 June,
is part of UKTI's International Month to encourage British
companies to expand overseas.
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Anil
Ambani group close to deal with Spielberg's studio
The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group is close to clinching
a deal with the Steven Spielberg-founded Hollywood studio
DreamWorks to invest $500-600 million towards equity,
the Wall Street Journal reported.
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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 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 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 Tamil Nadu 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 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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NEWS *** |
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Vaz
launches probe into Britain's proposed migration
system
Keith
Vaz, chairman of the British parliament's home affairs
committee, Friday launched an inquiry into plans
for sweeping changes to the migration system, saying
there are concerns about their impact on the catering
industry. The British government plans to introduce
a points-based system that will give preference
to high-earning, English-speaking, young applicants
to live and work in Britain.
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Caste
discrimination does not exist in Britain
A
report released by the Hindu Forum of Britain (HFB),
'Caste in the UK' has found that caste discrimination
is not endemic in British society. The report exposes
MPs who have failed to declare in the Members Register
that they sit on the Board of lobbying organisations
on whose behalf they have run campaigns in the House
of Commons.
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Watermans
wins judicial review of Arts Council decision
Watermans
has won its case for a judicial review of the Arts
Council decision to withdraw its £500,000
funding grant. Following the Court’s Notification,
the Arts Council has now asked Watermans to withdraw
its legal action in return for a new funding recommendation
being taken to the Arts Council’s next London
Regional Council Meeting. The matter is to be now
settled out of court.
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IT
to improve literacy rates in rural India
India
has one of the world’s fastest growing economies
yet over one third of the population is still illiterate
and more than 35% of children don’t attend
secondary school, according to UNICEF. However,
a revolutionary initiative has been designed to
improve the quality of education in rural India
by taking new technology into remote villages.
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Indian
contemporary artists to feature in Sotheby's summer
sale, July 1 - 2, 2008
Eight works by leading Indian contemporary artists,
including Subodh Gupta and Bharti Kher, will feature
in Sotheby's summer sale here on July 1-2, 2008.
The other Indian artists whose works will be put
up are Anish Kapoor, Raqib Shaw and T.V. Santhosh.
The sale will also include a work by Pakistani artist,
Rashid Rana.
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Subodh
Gupta to feature in Christie's post-war art auction,
June 30 2008
Thrilled with the sale of New Delhi-based contemporary
artist Subodh Gupta's work for $1.2 million at its
auction earlier this month, Christie's is featuring
three works by him in the June 30 post-war art auction
here, which will also include creations of S.H.
Raza and Anish Kapoor. The June 30 auction includes
Gupta's "Curry 2, estimated at £250,000
- 350,000, which is made of stainless steel.
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Souza,
Mehta top Christie's Indian modern art sale
Works of Francis Newton Souza and Tyeb Mehta were
the highlights of the Christie's sale of contemporary
Indian art here, which also included works from
Tina Ambani's Mumbai-based Harmony Art Foundation.
Souza's 1955 work "Birth" sold for £1,273,250
($2.5 million) as against an estimate of £600,000-800,000
while Mehta's 1984 untitled (Figure on Rickshaw)
went for £982,050 as against an estimate of
£300,000-500,000 pounds.
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City
of London Festival 2008 celebrates India, 20 June
- 10 July 2008
Anurekha
Ghosh presents 'Noor', 10 June - 3 July 2008
The
Dying Song by Bireshwar Gautam, UK Tour 10 June
- 27 July 2008
The Ramayana: Love and Valour in India's Great
Epic: 16 May - 14 September 2008
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