Obama leads Romney nationally: Poll
September 19th, 2012 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) Amid a political row caused by Mitt Romney's controversial remarks that 47 percent of Americans looked themselves as victims, a new poll showed President Barack Obama ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
India to grow faster in 2012-13: Kaushik Basu
January 31st, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Indian economy would grow a little over 7 percent this fiscal ending March 31, and it would turn around in 2012-13, the government's Chief ... Read more...
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Nasscom confers lifetime award on Tally’s Goenka
November 9th, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) Wednesday conferred, for the first time, its Lifetime Achievement award on Tally Solutions managing director Bharat Goenka ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Ex-Wipro executive Paranjpe to head US energy firm
May 26th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 26 (IANS) Former Wipro joint chief executive Girish S. Paranjpe has been named the managing director of US-based Bloom Energy International, the energy firm said Thursday."Paranjpe, who will ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Afghanistan could face ‘eye-watering violence’ after foreign troops leave: Mark Sedwill
November 18th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Nov 18 (ANI): Afghanistan could experience "eye-watering" levels of violence following the withdrawal of foreign combat troops in four years' time, as a "residual insurgency" is likely to continue in many ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Biocon net profit up 20 percent in second quarter
October 22nd, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 22 (IANS) India's leading biotech firm Biocon Ltd posted net profit of Rs.89 crore for the second quarter (July-Sep) of this fiscal (2010-11), registering a 20 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth.In ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata lag behind in global cities’ list
August 17th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata barely make the grade of global cities as the culture and market influence moves from nations to cities and from the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
IIT alumnus Nohria named next dean of Harvard
May 5th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Boston, May 5 (IANS) Professor Nitin Nohria, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, has been named the first Indian-American dean of the prestigious Harvard Business School, a role ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Other cognitive skills decline prior to memory in Alzheimer’s patients
October 13th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 13 (ANI): People, who go on to have Alzheimer's disease (AD), lose many cognitive abilities, much before they actually succumb to dementia caused by the neurodegenerative disorder, a new study ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nasscom projects $9-12 bn software products revenue by 2015
August 11th, 2008 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian software product segment is set for a phenomenal growth over the next seven years to post $9.5-12 billion aggregate annual revenue by fiscal 2015 from $1.4 billion ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Growth in Domestic BPO Market to outpace that of offshore BPO
July 29th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): While the offshore (international) BPO market faces pressures with economy-wide slowdown in developed markets, the domestic BPO market is getting ready to take off.
According Arun ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Indian economy at crucial juncture, says expert
March 22nd, 2008 - 10:37 pm ICT by admin
Kozhikode, March 22 (IANS) The time has come for India to take vital decisions to chart the course of further economic progress, according to C.K. Prahalad, noted professor of corporate strategy and ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
India can use diversity, democracy to secure its demographic dividend, says WEF report
December 1st, 2007 - 4:48 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Dec.1 (ANI); India is at an inflection point the prospect of sustaining 8-10 percent growth is achievable, but a number of basic challenges are acting as a handbrake on development ... Read more...
Posted in Business |