News On Demand 22

1.The Anil Ambani-led Reliance Airport Developers Ltd is on its way to picking up five airports in rural Maharashtra on a 95-year lease for a total of only Rs 63 crore from the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.

2.Employees of public sector banks across the country are striking work for two days from Thursday to push for wage hike, a

3.Inflation falls for eighth consecutive week to -1.58% for the week ended July 25.

4."Cole Haan", which is into shoes, handbags and accessories, is an arm of "NIKE".

5.Fiama Di Wills and Essenza Di Wills ae the brands of ITC.

6.Flag carrier airline of Ireland is called as AER LINGUS.

7.PepsiCo is investing $220 million (Rs 1,000 crore) in 2009, its highest amount in India in the last 19 years.

8.Unitech Wireless has finally appointed Leo Burnett as its communication partner.

Unitech Wireless is a joint venture between India’s second-largest diversified real estate major Unitech and the Norway-based world’s sixth largest mobile services provider Telenor Group.

9.PepsiCo has come up with a new campaign to promote a new variant from the Frito-Lay

division - Doritos Late Night Chips.

The company is intent on taking its consumers to a virtual music concert if they buy a pack of the new variant. Which will have a ticket for a virtual concert by the rock band called blink-182 and Big Boi, a rapper.

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Yukiyo Amano (Japanese Diplomat) will be the next IAEA(International Atomic Energy Association) chief replacing Mohammed ElBaradei in november 2009.

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