Oil price spurt throws reforms out of gear
Crude oil prices for September delivery soared to $32 a barrel in the North Sea last week, to send shivers through an oil-guzzling world.



Japanese curbs must go -- IT players
Unless the existing Japanese restrictions on India are scrapped, the much-hyped and awaited visit of Nippon premier Yoshiro Mori to India may not bear much fruit, according to infotech industry observers.



DoT specifies 100 per cent STD network rollout in 5-7 years
Government has specified 100% rollout of network and coverage of all uneconomic and remote areas by the seventh year as a precondition for entrants to the national long distance business.



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