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United States finance regulator is probing bribery charges against Cadbury India. Kraft Foods Inc. revealed in its regulatory filing that US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened an investigation against company for bribe charge in its India operations.

The company said in the filing that it has received an enquiry from SEC about its Cadbury India plant. Cadbury has its manufacturing plants in India in states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. SEC is considering a potential violation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on the company.

Chairman of India's leading conglomerate Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani is highly optimistic about economic growth in India. In a recent conference, he gave his opinion about the future and Indian economy and said Indian economy would reach a whooping $5 trillion mark by 2022-2025.

ICICI Bank chairman, K V Kamath has also positive thoughts about Indian economy. He also said India would be $5 trillion economy by 2022. These business leaders, among others, gathered at Institute of International Finance (IIF) to attend a discussion.

Speaking at the discussion meeting, Mukesh Ambani said, "India will be a USD 5 trillion economy by 2022-25. There can be a debate whether it would 2022 or 2025."

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Targeting at cost-efficient endorsement of health care schemes, a Central agency has formulated a decision support system software attempting to merge the best of Indian medicinal systems with innovative technology.

The software named 'Cure@Home' has been formulated by Pune-based Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).

'Cure@Home' unites the best practices in Allopathy, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Yoga.

The 30-share barometer BSE Sensex, on Friday, hit a five-week high of 18,736.97 before closing the week on a flat note on the back of profit booking amid strong worldwide trends.

Chasing rally in Asian scrips, The Sensex opened on a sturdy note and hit a five-week peak of 18,736.97 points.

Afterward, profit booking at subsisting higher levels, however, pulled the Sensex down to 18,486.45 in the end, a fall of mere 3.31 points.