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The Indian market today is flooded with Chinese and plastic toys. And it became nearly impossible for these women to preserve the traditional art of making lac toys.

There seems to be no relief for Indian markets as Sensex and Nifty close below 13000 and 4000, respectively.

Sirmaur, June 29(ANI): Milk cooperatives are turning into a potent instrument for women empowerment. A milk cooperative society in Himachal Pradesh is economically supporting women of the region and making them financially independent. 'Indira' women milk production cooperative society is supporting about a 1000 women through 13 women associations.

The financial institutions in recent years have faced a lot of criticism from all quarters for employing intimidating collection agents but now the days are gone when recovery agents used to threaten loan defaulters..

An exhibition has been organized in Kolkata on Friday, to create awareness among Mango exporters and growers.

Mumbai, June 27(ANI): The 30 share Sensitive Index or Sensex ended this week in the negative region. It tanked 620 points to close at 13,802, a loss of 4.3 persent compared to Thursday's close. The Sensex hit a 10 month intra day low on extremely weak global cues and amid worries about a further rise in inflation.

A junior ally of the congress party led ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir has threatened to pull out from the coalition government.

Tata Steel, the world's sixth-largest steelmaker reported a tripling in consolidated net profit for the 2007/08 financial year.

The annual pilgrimage to Amarnath Yatra is undertaken by hundreds of thousands of Hindus from across India in summer.

Apple growers in Nainital are delighted. They are cheering a new breed of apple that agriculture scientists have developed.

Washington, June 26 (ANI): Made all the arrangements to crack that business deal worth millions, but still apprehensive? Well, then get a woman involved in the negotiation, for according to a new research, the ladies may be more skilled in the talks than their masculine counterparts.

Washington, June 20 (ANI): Individuals often sacrifice their personal self interest for the common good - and expecting them to behave selfishly by giving incentives can lead to bad policy, a new research has warned.

Nicosia, June 18 (ANI): The news that Saudi Arabia has told the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that it will increase its crude output to 9.7 million barrels a day (b/d) in an effort to bring down prices, was welcomed by some OPEC members, while others said that it would not tame prices.

San Francisco, June 13 (ANI): Google has agreed to deliver ads next to some of Yahoo's search results and on some of its websites in the United States and Canada according to an agreement signed by both the companies.

Nicosia, June 12 (ANI): Speaking at a meeting of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company, the country's Electricity Minister Hasan Yunis has said that the Egyptian Government plans to spend 7.5 billion dollars on power generation over the next five years.

Nicosia, June 10 (ANI): The Manager of the National Iranian Oil Company NIOC) Seifollah Jashnsaz has said that NIOC will start development work on the ffshore Arash oil and gas field.

Mumbai, June 9 (ANI): Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) fell 3.3 per cent on Monday led lower by Reliance Industries Limited and Infosys Technologies Limited.

New York, June 6 (ANI/Business Wire India): Trikona Capital Ltd ., the leading fund management firm for institutional investment in Indian real estate and infrastructure, announced it has extended its relationship with SachsenFonds Holdings GmbH, a German fund manager with 7.

Nicosia, June 5 (ANI): Syria's Minister of Finance Muhammad al-Husain has recently announced that the Syrian government will introduce VAT as from next year with a flat rate of 10 per cent.

Mumbai, June 4 (ANI): The markets slided in reaction to the fuel price hike announced by the Central Government today with Bombay Stock Exchange's (BSE) Sensex falling by 447.77 points or 2.81% to 15,514.79 level and the National Stock Exchange's Nifty sliding by 2.86 per cent or 134 points to 4581.90.