Saturday, June 23, 2012

18-06-2012

Russia may send warships and troops to Syria to protect its logistics base in Tartous, according to a Russian military source. “It is quite possible that warships of the [Russian] Black Sea Fleet may go to the Mediterranean Sea in case it is necessary to protect the Russian logistics base in Tartous, Syria, since is a zone of the Fleet’s responsibility,” a source in the Russian General Staff told the Itar-Tass government news agency.


The restructured Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (R-TUFS) for the textile sector, operational from April 28, 2011 to March 31, 2012, has been extended for one more year; According to a circular issued by the Office of the Textile Commissioner, the R-TUFS for the textile sector will continue for 2012-13. As a consequence, the office will continue to issue Unique Identity Numbers (UID numbers) for new sanctions issued by the lending agencies on or after April 1, 2012. The allocation for the scheme last fiscal was Rs.1,972 crore and only about Rs.200 crore was utilised. The domestic textile industry saw hardly any investment in 2011-12 because of several problems, says Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry S. V. Arumugam.


The initiative has been spearheaded by The Leela Palace Chennai to make the city clean and green. Earlier, the hotel had initiated a sapling plantation drive in and around MRC Nagar and has so far planted a mammoth number of 1,000 saplings around the vicinity. 

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