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Topic: BSNL

TCS receives over Rs 150 billion contract from BSNL to deploy 4G network across India

Navamya Ganesh Acharya -
Tata Consultancy Services, which had reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results, had said its order book stood at $10 billion.

BharatNet synonymous with operational inefficiency. Merger with BSNL must address gaps

Anirban Sarma -
BharatNet’s goal of connecting 250,000 panchayats and 600,000 villages with high-speed broadband is central to the government’s vision.

BSNL won’t be profitable in another 2 yrs, although VRS will save Rs 10,000 cr/yr: MPs’ panel

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Parliamentary panel says BSNL will be profitable by 2023-24 only if it fully realises revenue & cash flow from services and monetises its assets.

‘BSNL staff traitors, don’t want to work’ — BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde stirs up another row 

Rohini Swamy -
Anantkumar Hegde says Modi govt is looking to bring private players to take over BSNL and will ‘remove all 88,000 employees working in the PSU’.  

Dead landlines, billing issues — BSNL, MTNL users face poor service as staff opt for VRS

Pia Krishnankutty -
BSNL official says the manpower shortage is being addressed, and the issues will be resolved soon.

Modi govt’s BSNL-MTNL makeover off to a positive start, 92,000 employees opt for VRS

Remya Nair -
The VRS scheme, which closed Tuesday, will pay employees between Rs 30 lakh & Rs 1 crore, depending on pay scale & designation. But workers are still concerned.

Modi govt must learn from Vajpayee on how to generate wealth from disinvestment in PSUs

Ashutosh Sinha -
The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government’s disinvestment record has still not been matched by any government. UPA government’s record has been relatively pathetic.

Pratap B Mehta says Indian economy ‘lacks credibility’, K Thapar questions MEP Kashmir visit

Pia Krishnankutty -
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Zee sees ‘conspiracy’ against Hindus in Kamlesh Tiwari murder, News 18 goes after Pakistan

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BSNL and MTNL to merge, govt to spend Rs 68,751 crore on revival package

PTI -
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced the merger and the revival package, which will include the 4G spectrum allocation and a voluntary retirement scheme.
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Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

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Economy

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

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At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

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Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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