Reliance Gas Corporation Ltd (RGC), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has been roped in by the Andhra Pradesh as a majority partner in the Krishna Godavari Gas Network Ltd, (KGGNL) a special purpose vehicle carved out for gas distribution through a pipeline grid.

The CESC has signed an MoU with SP Global Solutions (SPGS), a subsidiary of Singapore Power and a leading power utility for consultancy support.

Mr. Sanjiv Goenka, vice-chairman of CESC, after signing the agreement with Mr. Ong Boon Hwee, chief operating officer, Singapore Power and director of SP Global Solutions said, "At present, three of CESC's generating units rank among the top five units in India ........a recent analysis, carried out by Netherlands-based KEMA, who developed the System Average Interruption Duration Index, rated the power distribution system in Singapore as the most reliable in the world, which leads cities like Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Melbourne. It has the shortest power disruption in any city, at 1.14 minutes.”

Konkana Sen Sharma has proved her versatility and talent in a lot of films ranging from the popular commercial to the serious unconventional portrayal of today's woman in a Bengali film.

Likeher mother Aparna Sen, Konkona has shown an openness to change and a desire to try new things. Konkana is all excited and thrilled about her role in the English film 'The President is coming', which is due to be released by September or October.

Automobile industry registered biggest decline in vehicle sale in eight years. Vehicle sale declined 14.42% in October with selling of 8.65 lakh units as compared to 10.11 lakh in the same period last year. Companies were optimistic to revive the growth of industry in the festival season but all these hopes ended in smoke with unexpected decline in auto sale.

Global slowdown, liquidity problem and high financing cost, severely impacted the automobile and commercial vehicle sector. Car purchase also declined following high finance rates by dealers.

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has demanded a special bailout package for highly labour-intensive textile sector.

The growth of textile industry is declining following slowdown and global factors and any package would mitigate chances of retrenchment in textile sector. It is recalled that PM asked the industry to refrain from job cuts but industry has now thrown the ball in center's court.