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The Delhi high court on Thursday asked Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd to clarify if it was interested in arbitration regarding its dispute with Reliance Infocomm over the alleged routing of international calls as local ones.

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday gave an in-principle approval for listing of unlisted profitable public sector companies with a net worth of more than Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion).

Dabur India on Thursday announced the acquisition of Balsara Hygeine and Home Care businesses for Rs 143 crore (Rs 1.43 billion) and said it would look at more buyouts to capitalise on the consolidation in the sector.

Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran and the late parliamentarian Dr Shrikant R Jichka are among the winners of the first Bharat Asmita Awards announced in New Delhi on Thursday.

Reliance Industries Ltd would set up about 2,000 outlets across the country by 2006 while another private oil retailer Essar Oil Ltd would set up 500 outlets by the current fiscal.

Indigo Lever Shared Services, the BPO arm of the Unilever Group of companies, has acquired 26,000 square feet in First Technology Place, a technology park at Whitefield, Bangalore.

After the revival of its ailing subsidiary IISCO, Steel Authority of India Ltd has sought the Centre's approval to merge it with itself.

Tsunami disaster has a taken heavy toll on the tourism industry of Andaman and Nicobar islands.

ICICI Infotech Ltd is planning to tap the capital markets by way of an initial public offering and has changed its name to '3i Infotech' as part of its strategy to project itself as a global technology company.

The government On Thursday decided to set up a National Investment Fund comprising proceeds from divestment of public sector units. It will come into effect from April 01, 2005.

Jaipur will host 'India Stonemart 2005' to showcase fabulous range of stones being offered by Rajasthan.

Korean major LG Electronics hopes to launch its notebook computers in India at attractive prices in anticipation of a further cut in import tariffs in the Budget for 2005-06.

Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc, the wholly owned subsidiary of Lupin, has entered into an alliance with Cornerstone BioPharma Inc.

BPO major Sutherland Global Services has entered into a marketing alliance with Talisma, a leading provider of online customer service and support market software.

Economic think-tank NCAER on Thursday projected a comfortable 6.6-6.7 per cent economic growth this fiscal but said revenue deficit seems a "bit out of control" and concern on inflation remains.