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Tata Steel sales up 38% in Oct
Tata Steel, the world’s sixth largest steelmaker, said on Friday steel sales at its Indian operations jumped 38 per cent in October to 462,000 tonnes, compared to same period last year. The Indian operations contribute about a quarter of the group’s total annual global capacity of 30 million tonne, which includes Corus, Europe’s second-largest steel maker. Saleable steel production in October rose by 27 per cent from a year earlier to 570,000 tonne and crude steel production gained 22 per cent to 599,000 tonne, the company said.
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Letters: Idiotic behaviour

When an actor of the stature of Aamir Khan refuses to acknowledge the creative input of Chetan Bhagat in his blockbuster movie 3 Idiots, it makes you realise just how poor the copyright protection is in India. - I love Aamir, says apologetic Chetan Bhagat - 3 Idiots makes B"wood history - Nilanjana S Roy: Three Point Someone Idiots">Nilanjana S Roy: Three Point Someone Idiots - 3 Idiots to come under Maha govt scanner - Chetan Bhagat is lying, says director of 3 Idiots - Aamir is not saying the truth: Chetan Bhagat Bhagat was not asking for a share of the film’s collections, but just for an acknowledgment of his work. Bollywood biggies who are so used to ripping off from Hollywood movies clearly think nothing of doing this from a book written by an Indian author. Rajat Dutta, New Delhi


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