Word: giridhar
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...example, now generates one-third of its sales in the U.S. Though domestic sales for Indian drugmakers as a whole are growing at less than 10% a year, their exports soared by 20% last year. "Even the small and midsize companies are looking to go into the U.S.," says Giridhar Iyengar, a pharmaceutical analyst at ABN AMRO. Thanks to their successes in America, Iyengar thinks profits of Indian drugmakers might grow by up to 30% over the next few years...
...Unlike earthquakes or avalanches, a cyclone can be predicted. Meteorologists warned that a supercyclone was brewing in the Bay of Bengal three days before it hit. Giridhar Gamang, Chief Minister of Orissa, took unusual precautionary measures. According to Banerjee, he called in three powerful astrologers and kept a personal vigil as they appealed to the gods to deflect the storm. As frenzied winds snapped telecommunications and power lines, the pundits assured their boss he had little to fear. One said Gamang's stars would protect the state. Another predicted the cyclone would miraculously split into two, dodging Orissa. The third...
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