India drop one place in FIFA World rankings for Feb

Friday, February 15, 2008, 18:37 [IST]

Mumbai, Feb 15 (UNI) India has dropped one place in the February FIFA/Coca Cola world ranking to 145, while it stays on the same 27th place in the Asian Zone rankings, released by FIFA today.

In the world rankings, Argentina continues to occupy the top spot closely followed by its neighbour, Brazil and Italy in the third spot, with just a few points separating the three teams.

The African Nations Cup has seen two teams break into the top 20 with Ghana going up 29 places to be placed 14th and Cameroon going up eight places to be 17th in the world rankings, a release stated here today.

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Sikkim promoting adventure tourism in a big way

Friday, February 15, 2008,18:48 [IST]

Gangtok, Feb.15 : Sikkim is fast emerging as a destination for adventure tourism. And, the State government's support to promote it in a big way has ensured employment to many people here. Nesting in the foothills of Himalaya's Sikkim presents a huge potential for adventure tourism, as the River Teesta provides one of the best rafting experiences to the rafters here. And, realizing river rafting's latent potential in the State, Sikkim government with the help of Central government's tourism.....

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Friday, February 15, 2008,19:02 [IST]

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Jindal to expand seamless tube facility at Malegaon

Friday, February 15, 2008,19:02 [IST]

Mumbai, Feb 15 (UNI) Jindal Saw Ltd today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Maharashtra government for a Rs 350 crore expansion project of its seamless tube manufacturing facility at Malegaon in Nasik district. The company in a release here said that the capacity of the plant would be expanded to 220,000 tonnes from the current 75,000 tonnes. The project is expected to be completed by August this year. The company in a release said.....