India signs $1.1 billion jet deal with BAE, Rolls-Royce Daily Star Lebanon | Thursday, July 29, 2010 | - Powered by | NEW DELHI: BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce will supply India with 57 Hawk military training jets in a deal worth around 700 million sterling ($1.09 billion), British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday. | The deal, worth 500 million sterling for BAE ...
India to join global network for monsoon forecast Zeenews New Delhi: India will collaborate with international organizations to develop a single weather forecast system in a bid to provide accurate monsoon predictions. | "We will be working with international organizations like World Meteorological Organisation and others to develop a forecast system where...
Israeli's life sciences ind to partner with India Zeenews Mumbai: Israeli's multi-billion innovative life sciences industry is exploring possibilities for co- development, licensing and manufacturing of their patented products here and make India a launching pad for export of their products to other Asian c...
Nepal has 155 adult tigers, 5 per cent of world population Zeenews Kathmandu: The number of adult tiger has reached 155 in Nepal's forests, an increase of 28 per cent over last year's population, a top official has said. | The tiger population grew after tiger census was conducted in the Chure area of Chitawan Natio...
Bt cotton farming revolutionizes women's employment in India: Study Newstrack India | London, July 29 (ANI): One of the first genetically modified crops, Bt cotton, has been the source of increasing employment for Indian women, says a new study. | Dr Arjunan Subramanian of WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) in the University of...
Ton-up Raina, Tendulkar help India save follow-on Deccan Chronicle Ton-up Raina, Tendulkar help India save follow-on | Share ARTICLEURL | Colombo, July 29: Suresh Raina scored a century on debut and Sachin Tendulkar built on his 48th hundred as India averted the follow-on in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka...
India's Rs.1,500 laptop a godsend for students The Siasat Daily | New Delhi, July 24: An Indian laptop priced at just Rs.1,500 ($30) and touted as the world's cheapest will come as a godsend for students for whom it has been specifically design...
Outsourcing expands from India's boomtowns to rural areas Seattle Times | BAGEPALLI, India - V. Bharadwaj had never used a computer before landing a data-entry job at an outsourcing firm in India's Karnataka state. Now he spends his days quietly tap-ta...
Indian outsourcer HCL quarterly profit up 6.9 pct The Boston Globe | MUMBAI, India-Indian outsourcer HCL Technologies Ltd. said quarterly profit grew 6.9 percent in dollar terms, beating expectations on strong global demand for its software services. | Profit for the April-June quarter was 3.42 billion rupees ($74 m...
Genzyme rebuffs takeover bid, sources say; stock's rise continues The Boston Globe | NEW YORK - , the world's largest maker of drugs for rare genetic diseases, rebuffed SA's takeover approach last week, two people with knowledge of the matter said yesterday. | , based in Cambridge, Mass., can command at least $22 billion, or $80 a share, on the potential for revenue to surge after the company resolves manufacturing defects that a...
Steve Jobs Considered Dropping AT&T 'Over Half A Dozen Times,' Wired Reports Huffington Post | In the wake of Apple's "Antennagate," Wired has published an in-depth feature on the relationship between Apple and AT&T. | What was once a "groundbreaking alliance" is now a "loveless celebrity marriage," according to Wired's report. | The two firms' relationship has been a rocky one almost from the start, Wired finds. In 2007, mere months after...
