Expert team to submit report on Posco by October
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (IANS) An expert team reviewing the environmental impact assessment of Posco's proposed $12 billion steel plant in Odisha will submit its report by October, the team said ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
MoEF expert team visits Posco plant site in Odisha
August 21st, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) A four-member expert team deputed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Tuesday visited the site of South Korean steel major Posco's proposed steel plant ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
India plans sovereign fund to buy coal assets abroad
May 4th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Realising that India needs to be more aggressive in acquiring coal assets overseas to boost energy security, the government is considering setting up a sovereign ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Pioneers of India’s n-energy programme to help US
January 4th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 4 (IANS) Canada's CANDU reactors - famous in India for pioneering its nuclear energy programme in 1963 - are now likely to help the US meet its demand ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
India, Bangladesh look to doubling bilateral trade
November 11th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 11 (IANS) Leading industry chambers of India and Bangladesh have formed a task force to increase the trade between the two neighbours, officials said here Thursday.The Confederation of Indian Industry ... Read more...
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Acquisition plans still on hold: Bharti (Lead)
December 3rd, 2009 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Telecom giant Bharti Airtel Thursday said its overseas acquisition plans were still on hold.
"There is no change in acquisition plans (as of now)," Bharti Airtel chief executive ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Bharti’s overseas acquisition plans still on hold
December 3rd, 2009 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Telecom major Bharti Airtel's overseas acquisition plans are still on hold, a top company official said here Thursday.
"There is no change in acquisition plans (as of now)," ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Regulatory hurdles remain for Bharti-MTN deal
September 30th, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Regulatory roadblocks remained unresolved for the proposed $24-billion equity swap-cum-strategic tie-up between Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN even as their deadline for ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Soon, a pill that could end curse of diabetes
August 15th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 15 (ANI): A pill that could spell the end of type one diabetes has been created by researchers.The treatment, which could be available within three years, raises hopes that it ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Soon, drug that may make diabetes jabs history
August 11th, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): Hopes have been raised of a new treatment to free thousands of diabetes sufferers from the burden of daily needle injections.Found in 30 percent of all human cancer ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Royal Bank of Scotland to break up Asian business: report
June 21st, 2009 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 21 (IANS) The Royal Bank of Scotland is to break up its Asian business, including that in India, after running into trouble with an attempted auction of the 600-million-pound (Rs.4,760-crore/$990-million) ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Despite n-deal, US sees hurdles in trade with India (Repeating for all needing)
March 4th, 2009 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 4 (IANS) While the India-US civil nuclear deal has opened "the door even wider" for US exports, Washington says India's tariff and tax regime, intellectual property rights policies, investment climate ... Read more...
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US sees many hurdles in trade with India despite n-deal
March 3rd, 2009 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 3 (IANS) While the India-US civil nuclear deal has opened "the door even wider" for US exports, Washington says India's tariff and tax regime, intellectual property rights policies, investment climate ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Pakistan intensifies Cyber War propaganda against India (Update)
August 11th, 2008 - 8:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.11 (ANI): Pakistan is taking steps to intensify its cyber war propaganda against India with the help of its intelligence outfit, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) by carrying reports of alleged ... Read more...
Posted in National |
ISI promoting TV channel in Bangladesh
August 11th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.11 (ANI): Pakistan''s ISI is setting up a TV channel in Bangladesh as a part of its war over airwaves in the region, says the US based Global Geopolitics Network. ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Microsoft and Yahoo intensify takeover talks
May 3rd, 2008 - 3:57 am ICT by admin
DPA
New York, May 3 (DPA) Microsoft and Yahoo executives intensified takeover talks Friday but could not reach agreement on a price for the deal, The Wall Street Journal reported. The intensified talks ... Read more...
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