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Scomi eyes partners for monorail projects
Malaysia-based Scomi International is scouting for partners to tap the monorail market in India, which is estimated to be around $15 billion (Rs 72,000 crore) in the next five years.

Lisbeth Salander returns
The late Swedish journalist/author Stieg Larsson was the man behind Lisbeth Salander — the undeniably twisted and talented female protagonist of his “Millennium” trilogy. The second part in the series, The Girl Who Played With Fire, translated from Swedish by Reg Keeland, continues from where the first book left off — asocial heroine Salander once again back to her punch-throwing, expert computer hacking ways that she honed as a former security analyst in Stockholm, spinning yet another edge-of-the-seat crime thriller. Interestingly, Larsson’s father Erland Larsson, while receiving an award for his late son last year, revealed in an interview that the character of Salander seems to have been inspired by his son’s niece Terese, to whom the author had been very close.

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Asian stocks fall on stimulus concern, UBS loss
Asian stocks fell, led by banks and developers, as UBS reported a wider-than-estimated loss amid investor concern that the withdrawal of stimulus measures will cause the global recovery to falter.
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20-25% emission cuts by 2020 voluntary domestic commitment: min

The government today said the pledge to cut 20-25 per cent emissions intensity by 2020, which is equivalent to the 2005 level, is a voluntary domestic commitment and not globally binding, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. - RS adjourns sine die after month-long session - Govt terms Axelrod as a "spin doctor" - Parliament nod for free air travel to ministers" kin - China fumes at "hijacked" climate talks accusation - RS adjourns after condoling sitting BJP member"s death - Copenhagen: Intense negotiations as emerging nations resist scrutiny "This (intensity cuts) will be a voluntary domestic commitment and will not form part of any international agreement committing to binding emission intensity on emission reduction targets," Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in a written reply. "The exercise in Planning Commission has found that the emission intensity has declined by 17.06 per cent between 1990 and 2005. "Further the Commission has concluded that we can have a 20-25 per cent reduction in emission intensity between 2005 and 2020," he said, adding that the government is fully committed to sustainable development in the country. Replying to another query, he said India"s position states that voluntary domestic commitments that are not supported by international finance and technology should not be subject to any international monitoring, reporting and verification. Ramesh said there was no proposal under consideration to levy carbon fee in order to reduce carbon in environment.


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