INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
LINGUISTICS
Text messages in 11 regional languages
Bangalore, Feb. 10 If you thought text messages are what love-crazy teenagers make them out to be, the time is here for you to think afresh. Mr T. Murali Krishna Reddy, Managing Director, Geneva Software Technologies Ltd, has bold plans to ...
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AWARDS & HONOURS
Experts share BioAsia innovation awards
Hyderabad, Feb. 10 Dr K.S. Jaganathan, senior scientist, Shantha Biotechnics, and Dr Sharmistha Banerjee, a biochemistry lecturer in University of Hyderabad, shared the BioAsia Innovation Award 2008.Dr Jaganathan and Dr Banerjee ...
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FOREIGN TRADE
Remove hurdles from India-Russia trade: FICCI
New Delhi, Feb 10 India-Russia trade can cross the targeted $10 billion by 2010 and further increase to $20 billion by 2015, if issues related to credit risk, high ECGC coverage cost, insurance cover, Russian ban on farm items import, ...
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HEALTH
WHO initiative for cervical cancer vaccine
Hyderabad, Feb. 10 If efforts of World Health Organisation (WHO) fructify, a vaccine to tackle HPV-related cervical cancer will soon be available free or at minimal costs to Indian patients. The three-shot vaccine,available only on request, ...
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PHARMACEUTICALS
Wish-list: Pharma sector divided on excise duty relief
Stands united on sops for R&D
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POWER
3,390 hectares taken so far for Jayamkondam project
Ariyalur, Feb. 10 The district administration has so far acquired a total of 3,390 hectares of land for the Jayamkondam Lignite Power Project (JLPP) being executed by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation.As many as 11,489 land owners have ...
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TEXTILES
Spinning sector in a spin over rising cotton prices
Import duty waiver sought for short staple varieties
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HCV/LCV/TRACTORS
The buzz is over iBUS
This ride promises to have you ‘transported with joy’. Here’s more on the electronics-driven bus, from the team at Ashok Leyland that crafted it.
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GOLD & SILVER
Gold may test resistance levels
Comex gold futures ended higher supported by rising crude oil prices. Gold has recently been a beneficiary of safe-haven buying due to on going uncertainty about other financial markets. Gold rallied even when the dollar was strengthening - a ...
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MINERALS
Restrictions sought on iron ore exports
Madurai, Feb. 10 The Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has appealed for restrictions on iron ore exports from the country.Expressing concern over the recent price hike by steel companies, the chamber’s President, Mr S. ...
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SOCIAL WELFARE
For a brighter tomorrow
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EVENTS
Joining hands
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INCOME TAX
NHB’s zero coupon bonds issue cleared
10-year life, Rs 10,000 redemption value
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Solvent extractors want curbs on palm oil imports reviewed
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