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India is set to emerge as a major white sugar importer in calendar 2010, and is expected to buy some 3 million tonnes, Jonathan Kingsman, head of the Lausanne-based Kingsman SA consultancy, said on Tuesday.

Reliance Industries has reopened 900 gas stations, which were shut down when state firms were selling heavily subsidised fuel, the head of the firm's refinery business, P. Raghavendran, said.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) There was no ambiguity in the agreed price, tenure and quantity of natural gas to be supplied by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) from the Krishna-Godavari fields, counsel for Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) told the Supreme Court Tuesday.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Tired of pushing and jostling in order to get a bus ticket? From now on all you need to do is to touch a card on a validator machine for a hassle free transaction, as the Delhi government Tuesday started the smart card automated fare collection in a pilot stage.

An investigation against illegal mining is under way in Orissa and 128 mines of various minerals have been asked to suspend operations, Mines Minister B.K. Handique told the upper house of parliament, a government press release stated on Tuesday.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Hundreds of people are expected for a rally in Delhi Thursday to demand change of government policies to ensure food security for all.

Vadodara, Nov 24 (ANI/Business Wire India): Indusface an end to end Information Security Solutions and Services provider was declared a winner in the Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 India Program.

Hyderabad/ Chennai, Nov 24 (ANI/Business Wire India): Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services company that offers a broad spectrum of business consulting, IT services and IT outsourcing, today announced it's the winner of Information Management's 2009 Innovative Solutions Award in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) category.

Hyderabad/ Maryland (US), Nov 24 (ANI/Business Wire India): Ocimum Biosolutions today announced that its specialty life science Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), BiotrackerT has been awarded the prestigious caBIG(r) (cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid(r)) Bronze Compatibility Certification by the National Cancer Institute, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, U.S.

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian equities markets closed Tuesday on a dull note, with a key index ending trade 0.29 percent lower than its previous close with major global bourses going quiet on profit booking.

Panaji, Nov 24 (IANS) Filmmaker Manmohan Shetty, who started the trend of multiplex cinema chains, now says single screen theatres and cheap movie tickets will revive the Indian film industry, which he feels is weighed under increasing production costs.

Reliance Industries has reopened 900 gas stations, which were shut down when state firms were selling heavily subsidised fuel, the head of the firm's refinery business, P. Raghavendran, said.

U.S. auto maker Ford Motor will launch a new car model in India every 12-15 months over the next five years, with its new Figo small car to drive a tripling of sales in 2010, its India head said Tuesday.

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Unit 5 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Project, a 220 MW pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR), attained criticality at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, an official of the Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) said here Tuesday.

Bhubaneswar, Nov 24 (IANS) Orissa Tuesday declared 3,264 villages in the state's 15 districts as drought hit.

Panaji, Nov 24 (IANS) The film piracy industry in India is worth Rs.1,500 crore and its profits are being used to fund terrorism in the country, a top official of CD-DVD manufacturer Moser Baer said Tuesday.

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian equities markets closed Tuesday on a dull note, with a key index ending trade 0.28 percent lower than its previous close.

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), under the aegis of its youngest-ever chief executive and a new top team, is looking to list and innovate to win back market share lost to upstart rivals.

Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) The Rs.2,500-crore diversified business group Emami is looking at winter care product sales of Rs.500 crore this year, and will spend Rs.40 crore on advertising and promotion for this purpose.

Jindal Steel & Power said on Tuesday its unit Jindal Power will be setting up a 1,600 MW hydro power plant on the tributary of Subansiri river in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.