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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
DRDO to make missiles lighter, cost-effective
Hyderabad, Sept. 24 With an intention to make the country’s missiles lighter, cost-effective and possess greater hit power, the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) is augmenting its composite materials facilities ...
MEDICAL & SURGICAL EQUIPMENTS:
Cryos sets up sperm banks in Mumbai
Plans countrywide presence in 2 years. Mumbai, Sept. 24 The growing acceptability for assisted reproduction technique (ART) has triggered the need for quality sperm ...
FOREIGN TRADE:
‘FTA with Asean, EU to boost India’s outward investments’
Cross-border M&As of Indian cos touch $30 b in 2007: Unctad report. New Delhi, Sept 24 India’s free trade agreement with the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) and the launch of negotiations for a bilateral trade and ...
ECONOMY:
Nooyi calls for an India-US bilateral investment treaty
Sees agriculture, infrastructure, tech development as focus areas. New Delhi, Sept. 24 Calling for the “unfettered opening of organised retail in India”, Ms Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo, also gave her thumbs-up to the ...
ECONOMY:
Chinese walls within China’s economy
Chennai, Sept 24 A recent study by the Georgia Institute of Technology, US, placed China at the top of the countries for its ‘Technological Standing’, giving the country a score of 82.8 compared with 76 for the US, 66.8 for ...
POWER:
Greenko Group to start green power retailing from 2009
Hyderabad, Sept 24 Greenko Group, a Hyderabad-based renewable energy developer, plans to start green power retailing from the first quarter ...
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS:
Chambers flay killing of CEO
Industry chambers have condemned the killing of the Italian multinational Graziano’s CEO, Mr L. K. Chaudhary, triggered by labour unrest at its manufacturing facility. “It is a tragic, unwanted and gory act of violence and we ...
PETROLEUM:
ONGC, RIL slip in Unctad rankings of TNCs from developing countries
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Reliance Industries have slipped in Unctad’s latest ranking by foreign assets of the top 100 non-financial transnational corporations (TNCs) from developing ...
URBAN DEVELOPMENT:
Centre granting funds for cities to take BRTS route
Visakhapatnam, Sept. 24 The Union Government is encouraging the municipal corporations of several cities in the country to take up bus rapid transport systems by granting them funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal ...
EDUCATION:
AIMA undergoes image makeover
All India Management Association (AIMA) is shedding its image as a distance education learning ...
URBAN DEVELOPMENT:
AP cities get 39 projects under urban mission
Visakhapatnam, Sept. 24 The three cities chosen in Andhra Pradesh — Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam — under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), have been sanctioned 39 projects worth Rs 3,770 ...
WATER:
Kerala Govt hikes water tariffs
The Kerala Cabinet has decided to increase water tariffs with effect from September 1, even as those below the poverty line (BPL) and using less than 10,000 litres a month have been exempted from paying ...
ECONOMY:
‘Interest rates may not come down soon’
Chennai, Sept. 24 Noted economist and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Dr C. Rangarajan, has said he did not see any scope of interest rates softening in the near future, though they may not ...
LINGUISTICS:
Hero Mindmine launches learning centre in Chennai
Chennai, Sept. 24 Hero Mindmine Institute Ltd, a training and consulting organisation, recently launched its learning centre for English training programmes in the city. With this, the company has a network of 170 learning centres across ...
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
CCMB bags tech award for fourth time
Hyderabad, Sept. 24 The Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) has bagged the Technology Award 2008 of the Council of Scientific and Industrial ...
PETROLEUM:
John Energy deploys new Microsoft ware
Ahmedabad, Sept. 24 Intech Systems, an IT firm specialising in developing and implementing Microsoft Dynamics’ ERP solutions, has announced the successful implementation of Microsoft Dynamics’ IT solutions for John Energy Ltd, ...
NATURAL CALAMITIES:
NDMA finalising cyclone risk mitigation project
Hyderabad, Sept. 24 The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has unveiled an ambitious plan to combat natural and man-made ...
HUMAN RESOURCES:
Concern over delay in implementing pay revision report
New Delhi, Sept 24 The Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), which is the representative association of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs), has expressed concern over the delay in implementation of the recommendations of ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
QVC project coming up in Bangalore
Bangalore, Sept 24 IL&FS funded realty firm QVC Realty today announced the launch of its first project, a residential community located close to the Bangalore International Airport. The Rs 480-crore project in which QVC is investing Rs ...
INCOME TAX:
Agents of non-residents exempted from e-filing of returns
New Delhi, Sept 24 Agents of non-residents have been exempted from mandatory electronic filing of income-tax returns for assessment ...
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