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Last Updated: May 15, 2007 - 7:22:41 PM |
India Sci-Tech
Indian social activists leverage free software
New Delhi, May 16 - Indian voluntary groups are being offered solutions in free software - with training and support thrown in - to give them options to using illegally copied software for their work and campaigns.
May 16, 2007 - 8:27:05 AM
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India Business
Spanish firm prefers India to China for joint venture
Bangalore, May 15 - A leading Spanish manufacturer of printed circuit boards - has opted to set up its first overseas joint venture in India with an eye on the growing domestic demand and huge export potential.
May 15, 2007 - 12:29:23 PM
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India Business
Sun Micro, Tech Mahindra join hands for IPTV services
Mumbai, May 14 - Leading IT firm Sun Microsystems India and telecom software major Tech Mahindra Monday announced a strategic alliance to roll out cost-effective and efficient Internet protocol television - services in the Indian and Asia Pacific markets.
May 14, 2007 - 7:06:31 PM
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India Business
Achuthanandan has delayed Smart City project: Chandy
Thiruvananthapuram, May 14 - Former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy said Monday that the Smart City project, inked a day earlier by the state government and Dubai Internet City -, was their baby and the present government had only delayed the Rs.15 billion --IT project by two years.
May 14, 2007 - 6:20:02 PM
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India Business
Maran's tenure saw Indian telecom's growth blossom
New Delhi, May 14 - His proximity to DMK chief M. Karunanidhi secured IT and Communications Minister Dayanadhi Maran a berth in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet. And this proximity again cost him the job he landed in his very first term as an MP.
May 14, 2007 - 2:21:12 PM
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India Sci-Tech
Biggest cluster of dinosaur eggs found in central India
Bhopal, May 14 - A team of Indian palaeontologists has discovered a nest with 12 dinosaur eggs - the largest in a single nest - in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. The fossilised eggs will be subjected to radio scan to ascertain whether there is an embryo inside them.
May 14, 2007 - 10:31:32 AM
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India Business
Smart City deal inked: to firm ties between Kerala and Middle East
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 - The much-delayed Rs.15 billion --Smart City project between the Kerala government and Dubai Internet City -, aiming to put Kerala on the global IT map, was inked here Sunday.
May 13, 2007 - 6:25:18 PM
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India Business
Finally, Smart City project inked
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 - The much-awaited Rs.15 billion --Smart City project between the Kerala government and Dubai Internet City -, aimed to put Kerala on the global IT map, was inked here Sunday.
May 13, 2007 - 3:48:33 PM
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India Diaspora
IIT alumnus takes software to battlefront and beyond
Bangalore, May 13 - An Indian expatriate trained at the Indian Institute of Technology --Kharagpur is playing a crucial role in taking software to the battlefront.
May 13, 2007 - 9:57:56 AM
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India Sci-Tech
Nurture creative leaders for growth: Kalam
New Delhi, May 11 - For a prosperous and developed India, it is imperative to nurture creative leaders, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said Friday.
May 11, 2007 - 11:00:04 PM
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India Business
Google to expand operations in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, May 11 - Andhra Pradesh government has decided to allot 20 acres of land on the city outskirts to Google for expanding its operations.
May 11, 2007 - 9:15:12 PM
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India Business
ISRO to launch three more commercial satellites
Bangalore, May 11 - Antrix Corporation Ltd, the marketing arm of Indian space agency ISRO, will soon sign new contracts to launch three more overseas commercial satellites in the next two years, a top official said here Friday.
May 11, 2007 - 6:58:01 PM
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India Business
Kerala's Smart City project to be inked Sunday
Thiruvananthapuram, May 11 - The Rs.15 billion - Smart City project at Kochi would finally be inked with its developer Dubai Internet City - Sunday nearly three years of after it was first mooted, officials said Friday.
May 11, 2007 - 1:29:05 PM
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India Education
Patnaik writes to PM, wants IIT in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, May 11 - Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that a greenfield Indian Institute of Technology - be set up in Orissa during the 11th Five Year Plan.
May 11, 2007 - 12:34:18 PM
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India Sci-Tech
Committee to explore mass rapid transport system for Chandigarh
Chandigarh, May 10 - The hopes of having a mass rapid transport system - project for Chandigarh has been revived with the Chandigarh administration Thursday constituting a 10-member committee to review an earlier report submitted on the project.
May 10, 2007 - 9:08:01 PM
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India Business
TRAI proposes lower FDI for Internet service providers
New Delhi, May 10 - In a move that could make Internet and broadband services costlier, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - Thursday proposed to lower foreign direct investment - for Internet service providers - from 100 to 74 percent.
May 10, 2007 - 6:53:42 PM
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India Business
Oracle to increase headcount in India
New Delhi, May 10 - Oracle India, a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based Oracle Corp., is planning to increase its headcount in India 'significantly' above its current workforce of 19,000, the company said here Thursday.
May 10, 2007 - 5:57:47 PM
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India Sci-Tech
Hi-tech landmines baffle Jharkhand Police
Ranchi, May 10 - When some Jharkhand cops succeeded in tracing a radio signal-based landmine this week, they considered themselves lucky. For, Maoists in the state are increasingly going high-tech with their landmines, resulting in heavy casualties in the police force.
May 10, 2007 - 4:42:29 PM
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India Business
Dell's Indian unit to start functioning 2007 end
New Delhi, May 10 - World's largest computer maker Dell Inc. Thursday said its first manufacturing unit in India, which is coming up near Chennai, will start operating by the end of this year.
May 10, 2007 - 4:17:24 PM
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India Business
Vodafone completes Essar-Hutch deal for $10.9 bn
New Delhi, May 9 - Global mobile telephony giant Vodafone Wednesday said it has formally acquired the controlling stake in Hutch-Essar from Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecommunications International for $10.9 billion.
May 9, 2007 - 2:22:25 PM
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India Sci-Tech
Indian Army test fires Prithvi-1 missile
Balasore -, May 9 - The Indian Army Wednesday successfully conducted a user trial of the surface-to-surface medium-range Prithvi-1 missile from a military base in Orissa, an official said.
May 9, 2007 - 1:49:34 PM
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India Sci-Tech
Indian BPOs successfully competing with global rivals: study
Mumbai, May 9 - Indian BPOs have achieved a critical mass and are now successfully competing with major global suppliers of business process outsourcing, says a new study.
May 9, 2007 - 12:36:07 PM
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India Sci-Tech
Army tests surface-to-surface Prithvi-1 missile
Balasore -, May 9 - India Wednesday tested its surface to surface medium range Prithvi-1 missile from a defence base in Orissa.
May 9, 2007 - 11:00:01 AM
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Healthcare
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India Healthcare
Cheap laser technology to heal kidney stones
Kolkata, May 9 - Diagnosed with kidney stones, Indrajit Roy wanted to get the best cure at an affordable cost. When a hospital in Kolkata promised to remove the stone in a bloodless laser-aided operation at less than half the fee quoted by other hospitals, his prayers were answered.
May 9, 2007 - 10:47:14 AM
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Seeking a global role for Hindi through cyberspace
Agra, May 9 - A pioneer of the Hindi blogosphere, Manisha Kulshreshtra is busy scripting a global role for India's national language via the Internet from a single PC in her Agra home.
May 9, 2007 - 7:39:53 AM
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India Business
BharatMatrimony judged India's best portal for 2007
New Delhi, May 8 - BharatMatrimony Group, one of India's leading Internet companies, Tuesday grabbed the awards for the best Indian portal 2007 under three different categories of matrimony, property and jobs.
May 8, 2007 - 7:20:38 PM
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India Business
Indian BPO potential still untapped, says study
New Delhi, May 8 - Indian IT companies, which are bagging multi-million-dollar deals every other day, have not yet fully tapped the huge global offshoring market, a global consultancy firm said here Tuesday.
May 8, 2007 - 6:35:15 PM
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India Business
Infosys BPO certified by Carnegie Mellon
Bangalore, May 7 - Infosys BPO Ltd, a subsidiary of the IT bellwether, Monday announced that it was certified for e-Sourcing Capability Model for service providers - at level 4 by the reputed Carnegie Mellon University's IT services qualification centre.
May 7, 2007 - 8:12:51 PM
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India Sci-Tech
Chandigarh village gets e-governance
Chandigarh, May 7 - Khuda Jassu village in the union territory of Chandigarh Monday had its first brush with modern technology after the administration opened its first rural e-governance facilitation centre there.
May 7, 2007 - 7:57:14 PM
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India Business
US tourist firm chooses Kerala IT company for bookings
Thiruvananthapuram, May 7 - Vail Resorts, Inc. -, the premier mountain resort operator in the US, has chosen IBS IT solutions firm Tour PartnerTM here to integrate and upgrade its reservations system.
May 7, 2007 - 6:25:44 PM
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India Entertainment
New technology paves the way to Cannes for 'Dharm'
New Delhi, May 7 - The Hindi film 'Dharm', which will premiere at the 60th Cannes Film Festival beginning May 16, was shot with high-definition - technology and represents a breakthrough for Indian cinema, says cinematographer S. Nallamuthu proudly.
May 7, 2007 - 1:34:40 PM
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India Business
Haryana to train 10,000 drivers
Chandigarh, May 6 - In a bid to tackle the growing number of accidents in the state, the Haryana government Sunday announced it would impart training in driving skills to 10,000 drivers.
May 6, 2007 - 7:31:30 PM
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India Business
TCS, Microsoft tie up for RFID solutions
Mumbai, May 6 - Tata Consultancy Services has joined hands with Microsoft Corporation to deliver radio frequency identification - solutions to global companies.
May 6, 2007 - 4:35:12 PM
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India Education
Jaipur to get 200 kids' computer education centres
Jaipur, May 5 - Jaipur will soon have over 200 learning centres to promote computer education among underprivileged schoolchildren by providing them access to educational content and games, officials said Saturday.
May 5, 2007 - 5:32:46 PM
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India Sci-Tech
Yamuna a major problem: scientist
Agra, May 5 - The man heading India's space programme says the pollution of the river Yamuna is a major problem.
May 5, 2007 - 12:47:46 PM
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India Sci-Tech
India's would-be space tourist gets tips from Kalam
New Delhi, May 3 - Counting the months till he lifts off into space as India's first tourist, Santhosh George Kulangara Thursday got some vital tips on the vast extraterrestrial canvas from President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
May 3, 2007 - 8:59:50 PM
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India Business
Rohtang tunnel may be ready before 2014
Shimla, May 3 - The use of latest tunnel boring machines in building the 8.8 km Rohtang tunnel in Himachal Pradesh could reduce the time taken for its construction by at least a year, besides reducing costs.
May 3, 2007 - 6:54:33 PM
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India Business
Satyam opens facility in Visakhapatnam
Hyderabad, May 3 - Satyam Computer Services Ltd., a leading global consulting and IT services company, Thursday opened its facility in the port city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
May 3, 2007 - 5:38:21 PM
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India Diaspora
Emigration process to become easier with computerisation
New Delhi, May 3 - The process of emigration from India will become easier as the government has begun computerising the eight offices of Protector of Emigrants -.
May 3, 2007 - 3:31:28 PM
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Healthcare
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India Healthcare
A device to 'hear' what they can't see
Agra, May 3 - A group of IT students here have developed a device that can enable the blind to hear what they cannot see or read.
May 3, 2007 - 11:02:03 AM
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India Sci-Tech
Kolkata geek finds global slot to organise music on PC
Bangalore, May 3 - At 23, most youngsters are uncertain of themselves. But Debarshi Rishi Ray has used his IT skills to propel a global project forward to organize the music on computers in a useful way.
May 3, 2007 - 8:23:04 AM
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Healthcare
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India Healthcare
India, US body to jointly develop AIDS vaccine
New Delhi, May 2 - India Wednesday signed an agreement with the US-based International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - to develop an AIDS vaccine.
May 2, 2007 - 10:31:24 PM
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India Business
Indian IT industry set to surpass $100 bn by 2011: report
New Delhi, May 2 - The burgeoning Indian IT industry will cross the $100 billion mark in revenues within the next four years with a growth rate of 18 percent, said a report.
May 2, 2007 - 6:54:46 PM
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India Business
Fiserv to increase headcount in India by 2009
New Delhi, May 1 - US-based IT major Fiserv Inc. Tuesday announced its plans to increase its headcount to 5,000 in India within the next two years.
May 1, 2007 - 8:30:00 PM
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India Business
Computer sales zoom in third quarter of 2006-07
New Delhi, May 1 - Sale of personal computers - in India grew 28 percent in the third quarter of 2006-07 as compared to the corresponding period in the previous year with 1.3 million units sold between October-December 2006, a leading IT hardware and training body said Tuesday.
May 1, 2007 - 5:33:20 PM
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India Business
VSNL launches wireless international broadband
Mumbai, May 1 - Tata Group company VSNL is all set to provide roaming wireless broadband services to international travellers during their stay in India.
May 1, 2007 - 11:16:02 AM
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India Business
Planning your holidays on the Net could get simpler
New Delhi, May 1 - The way you plan your travel itinerary is changing at the speed of Internet. To keep pace with the rest of the world, India too needs to focus on new online strategies for inbound and outbound travel, suggest organisers of an upcoming conference on the subject.
May 1, 2007 - 10:12:59 AM
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India Sci-Tech
Malayalam web portals for all panchayats in Kerala soon
Thiruvananthapuram, April 30 - Gram panchayats - in Kerala would soon have their own custom-made web portals with all the information relating to the panchayat in Malayalam.
Apr 30, 2007 - 9:01:01 PM
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India Business
India-Italy business incubation centre to come up at Technopark
Thiruvananthapuram, 30 April - Following the visit of a 35-member industrial delegation from Italy, which toured the state Technopark campus here Monday, discussions have begun to set up a business incubation centre between the Technopark and Italian companies.
Apr 30, 2007 - 5:54:47 PM
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India Sci-Tech
India, global community differ on tourism in Antarctica
New Delhi, April 30 - Tourism in the icy Antarctica continent seems to have become a prickly issue with India, which is hosting the ongoing Antarctica Treaty Consultative Meeting - here, vehemently opposed to it as against the treaty members.
Apr 30, 2007 - 5:42:24 PM
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India Business
Asia-America gateway to be built
Mumbai, April 30 - Global leaders of the telecommunications industry including Bharti Airtel, one of India's biggest telecom services providers, signed a construction and maintenance agreement in Kuala Lumpur recently to build the first high bandwidth optical fibre submarine cable system linking South East Asia and the United States.
Apr 30, 2007 - 4:08:23 PM
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India Sci-Tech
India for third research base in Antarctica
New Delhi, April 30 - India Monday formally sought permission of the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty - to set up a third research base in the icy continent in order to bolster its scientific research there.
Apr 30, 2007 - 3:18:39 PM
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India Sci-Tech
Antarctic treaty meet to focus on human intervention
New Delhi, April 29 - The 30th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting - beginning in New Delhi Monday will deliberate on the impact of human intervention and climate change on the continent.
Apr 29, 2007 - 8:59:34 PM
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India Business
Government order paves way for Fab City project
Hyderabad, April 29 - With the Andhra Pradesh government issuing an order allotting 100 acres of land to SemIndia Inc, decks have been cleared for the proposed $3 billion semiconductor manufacturing Fab City here.
Apr 29, 2007 - 6:13:33 PM
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India Business
Indian rockets in global launch market
Bangalore, April 29 - India is now in the multi-billion dollar global launch market after the successful launch of an Italian satellite that was put into polar orbit by an Indian rocket earlier this month.
Apr 29, 2007 - 12:48:46 PM
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India Business
ISRO rockets into global market for launch pie
Bangalore, April 29 - The Indian Space Research Organisation - has entered the multi-billion dollar global launch market, with the success of its first commercial launch when an Italian satellite was put into the polar orbit this month.
Apr 29, 2007 - 8:09:46 AM
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India Sports
Lenovo designs Olympic torch with Chinese touch
Kolkata, April 27 - 'Cloud of Promise,' the torch of the 2008 Olympic Games that will be relayed across the world before arriving at Beijing, has been designed by the world's leading computer manufacturer Lenovo.
Apr 27, 2007 - 4:00:18 PM
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India Education
India to set up space science institute
New Delhi, April 26 - India, an acknowledged power in space science, will launch from the next academic year an Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology - with an initial investment of Rs.2.70 billion - to address the manpower shortage faced by the national space agency.
Apr 26, 2007 - 10:32:42 PM
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India Sci-Tech
1,007 DRDO scientists quit in five years
New Delhi, April 26 - The Defence Research and Development Organisation -, criticised for huge time and cost overruns in its multifarious projects, saw 1,007 scientists quitting in the past five years 'due to increased opportunities available in private sectors', parliament was informed Thursday.
Apr 26, 2007 - 7:42:53 PM
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India Business
AOL launches India portal with trendy features
Bangalore, April 26 - American Online -, a division of the $44-billion Time Warner, Thursday launched its India portal to offer next generation e-mail service with unlimited storage and spam blocking.
Apr 26, 2007 - 6:00:05 PM
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India Business
HCL offers data recovery technology for PCs
Chennai, April 26 - India's premier IT firm HCL Infosystems Thursday announced a new technology that will enable computer users to recover all lost data within a matter of minutes with the help of its 'mixedware' named EC2.
Apr 26, 2007 - 5:18:35 PM
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India Sci-Tech
C.N.R. Rao criticises India's declining scientific research
Kolkata, April 25 - Internationally acclaimed pioneer in chemistry and one of India's most celebrated scientists, C.N.R. Rao Wednesday took a dig at India's scientific research output and its declining contribution to the world of science.
Apr 25, 2007 - 10:30:39 PM
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India Business
Yahoo! offers links to Indian cities, maps
Bangalore, April 25 - Yahoo! India, the leading search engine-cum-web services provider, Wednesday launched two new links to browse 20 Indian cities and access maps.
Apr 25, 2007 - 7:32:02 PM
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India Business
SemIndia seeks to allay apprehensions over Fab City
Hyderabad, April 25 - Allaying apprehensions over Fab City, the proposed $3 billion semiconductor manufacturing hub here, its developer SemIndia Inc Wednesday said it was waiting for the transfer of land by the Andhra Pradesh government to begin the work.
Apr 25, 2007 - 4:40:03 PM
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India Business
Smart City project to be inked this week: Achuthanandan
Thiruvananthapuram, April 25 - The proposed Rs.15 billion - Smart City project at Kochi would be inked with developer Dubai Internet City - this week, Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said here Wednesday.
Apr 25, 2007 - 4:14:23 PM
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India Diaspora
NRI's homework clicks on online tutorials
New Delhi, April 25 - Tuitions have just gone online courtesy an NRI mother's initiative to help schoolchildren in the US and Canada who can, at the click of a mouse, now learn maths or English and finish their homework.
Apr 25, 2007 - 8:41:10 AM
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India Sci-Tech
All Chandigarh police stations get CCTV
Chandigarh, April 24 - All 11 police stations in Chandigarh have been installed with close-circuit television - cameras to ensure fair and transparent dealings between police personnel and citizens.
Apr 24, 2007 - 5:13:27 PM
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India Business
Open Invention Network signs up two Indian companies
Hyderabad, April 24 - Open Invention Network -, a company formed to spur innovation and protect the Linux System, Tuesday announced that it has signed up two Indian technology companies.
Apr 24, 2007 - 3:32:09 PM
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India Business
India launches Italian satellite, joins elite club
Sriharikota -, April 23 - India Monday joined an elite cub of six nations with capabilities to launch commercial satellites when it put an Italian astronomical satellite into orbit from the space centre here.
Apr 23, 2007 - 7:24:52 PM
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India Business
India launches Italian satellite to join elite club
Sriharikota -, April 23 - India Monday joined an elite cub of nations with capabilities to launch commercial satellites when it put an Italian astronomical satellite into orbit from the space centre here.
Apr 23, 2007 - 5:31:03 PM
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India Business
India's first commercial satellite launch successful
Sriharikota, April 23 - In a quantum leap forward, India Monday successfully conducted its first launch of a commercial satellite when an indigenously built rocket put an Italian AGILE astronomical satellite into a 550-km equatorial orbit.
Apr 23, 2007 - 4:38:23 PM
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India Business
Nasscom to set up data security body for IT firms
New Delhi, April 23 - In a move to showcase India as the leader in IT best practices, the National Association for Software and Services Companies -, a leading Indian information technology industry lobby, is to establish an independent body to push the industry to follow stringent data security laws.
Apr 23, 2007 - 4:37:44 PM
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India Business
60 Indian techies make it to Google's Summer of Code
Bangalore, April 23 - Sixty Indian youngsters have bagged selections at the prestigious Google Summer of Code competition, early reports indicated.
Apr 23, 2007 - 10:10:35 AM
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India Business
ISRO set for maiden commercial launch
Chennai, April 22 - The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle -, a trusted workhorse of the Indian Space Research Organisation -, is ready for the nation's maiden commercial launch Monday when it will put Italian satellite AGILE into the orbit.
Apr 22, 2007 - 8:58:08 PM
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India Sci-Tech
India planning satellite earth station in Antarctica
New Delhi, April 21 - India is planning to build a Satellite Earth Station at Maitri -, its second base in the Antarctica, to facilitate instant data transfer from the ice continent.
Apr 21, 2007 - 8:48:20 PM
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India Education
Edusat scheme for schools in tribal Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, April 21 - The Madhya Pradesh government is planning to launch the Edusat scheme to improve quality of instruction and capacity building in schools in the state's tribal districts.
Apr 21, 2007 - 6:44:22 PM
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India Sci-Tech
India opposes tourism in Antarctica
New Delhi, April 21 - India Saturday strongly opposed the commercial exploitation of Antarctica through tourism as the trend is aggravating global warming and leading to a rise in the sea level.
Apr 21, 2007 - 5:44:54 PM
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India Politics
States asked to implement e-governance, improve administration
New Delhi, April 20 - In keeping with the government's move to make the administration easily accessible to people, Cabinet Secretary B.K. Chaturvedi Friday emphasised the need to implement e-governance programmes, especially in rural pockets.
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