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- · 35 people have died in Sikkim in last evening's powerful earthquake, eight in Bihar, six in West Bengal, Seven each in Nepal and Tibet.
- · The NSG commando hub at Kolkata will soon be fully operationalized for anti-terror and counter-hijack operations.
- · The demand of foodgrains in the country is expected to touch 280 million tonnes by the year 2020-21, thus the agricultural sector is very crucial for the Indian economy as it also provides employment to nearly 58 percent of the total workforce and contributes more than 14 percent of the GDP.
- · Nepal’s Prime Minister, Baburam Bhattarai left Kathmandu for New York last night to attend the 66th session of the UN General Assembly.
- · The government has cleared 12 proposals for foreign direct investment, FDI in the country worth a total of over 242 crore rupees which include one from Indian Rotorcraft to carry out the assembly of both military and civil helicopters. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board, FIPB deferred decisions on 15 FDI proposals, including those of Vodafone Essar and Bangladesh-based Rahimafrooz Batteries, and rejected seven applications.
- · Government today released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of August which is 1.18 per cent higher than that of July.
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