New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the US-India Business Council (USIBC) Friday announced a joint partnership in the field of healthcare under the banner "Coalition for ...

Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corp posted an earning of over Rs.60 crore in 2008-09, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced here Monday. This was 38 percent ...

Kuala Lumpur, November 2 (ANI): An electrical engineer in Malaysia has accomplished a fuel feat at 21 km per litre. According to a report in New Straits Times, Ho Chee Ming's feat, in ...

By Ajitha Menon Kolkata, Oct 22 (ANI): A three-day long Lok Sanskriti Utsav, a cultural festival providing a glimpse of folk forms of various states has enthused people here. The National Educational Research ...

Bhopal, Oct 12 (IANS) Two senior scientists of the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE) in Gwalior, who allegedly tried to kill their junior colleague in a human sacrifice bid, will be ...

Chandipur (Orissa), Oct 12 (ANI): Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists on Monday successfully test fired the surface-to-surface short range ballistic missile 'Prithvi-II' from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) here. Prithvi-II, ...

Bhopal, Oct 11 (IANS) A case has been slapped against two senior scientists of the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, who were accused of attempting to use their ...

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal has agreed to meet a federation of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) teachers, who are protesting the government's rejection of ...

New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Old grenades are proving to be a problem area for the Indian Army, the officer responsible for maintaining quality assurance admitted Thursday. "They (the grenades) are very ...

London, Sep 24(ANI): A recent report on the 'Patterns of Higher Education Institutions in the UK' has found that students from China and India have played a major role in almost doubling ...

Mumbai, Sep 24 (ANI): Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar said on Wednesday that the controversy over Pokhran-II nuclear tests was unnecessary. Addressing a press conference along with senior defence scientist R. ...

New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Strongly refuting the statement of National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, former Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientist K. Santhanam said Monday he was "barking up the ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 17 (IANS) City-based IT solutions provider IBS Software has partnered with Britain's Transport Research Laboratory (LRT) to develop travel and transportation safety solutions, the company said Thursday. The ...

Washington, Sept 12 (ANI): A new study has revealed that electrical nerve stimulation can effectively reduce neuropathic pain following a spinal cord injury. Neuropathic pain is often difficult to relieve and usually managed ...

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Textile Management in Coimbatore will be upgraded and renamed Indian School of Textiles, the government announced Thursday. "The school will engage itself ...

Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) The discovery of two powerful new HIV antibodies will help tackle HIV more effectively. Researchers will now try to exploit a newfound vulnerability on the virus to craft ...

New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) From an annual auction of its hydrocarbon blocks, India is moving towards a year-long bidding process, said Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Jitin Prasada ...

Ramsar (Rajasthan), Aug 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said that Pokhran-II was successful and an "unnecessary controversy" was being kicked up over the 1998 nuclear test. "Former president A.P.J. Abdul ...

Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) Former Knowledge Commission chief Sam Pitroda has questioned the system prevailing in the country where chief ministers play a major role in selecting university vice chancellors and demanded ...

Brasilia, Aug 28 (Xinhua) Brazil's first nuclear submarine jointly built by Brazil and France would be launched in 2021, Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said. Jobim told the country's parliament Thursday that though ...

New Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said that he was puzzled over a newspaper report stating that the country's second nuclear tests in Pokhran in 1998 ...

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday said he was "puzzled" over a newspaper report stating that the country's second nuclear tests in Pokhran in 1998 had failed ...

New Delhi, Aug. 26 (ANI): Knowledge Commission Chairman Sam Pitroda has called for the application of information and communication technology (ICT) in the field of education, health, environment and agriculture in order ...

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India's exports can only be sustained if large and small companies designed globally competitive products, said a global innovative solutions provider here Thursday. "The product may be best ...

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) India, expected to become one of the largest global economies, can set international benchmarks in research and development, President Pratibha Patil said Friday. India had been playing ...

Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): A simple urine test may soon help predict patients' response to particular drugs, say researchers. The research team from Imperial College London and Pfizer Research and Development showed that ...

Toronto, July 24 (IANS) Sweden's Ericsson has entered the bid to acquire the next-generation wireless business of Nortel. Toronto-based Nortel, which is selling its various divisions as part of its liquidation plan, will ...

Melbourne, July 22 (ANI): A vaccine for swine flu could be available within weeks, claims an Australian bio-pharmaceutical company. With world-first human trials underway in Australia, the company CSL believes it will protect ...

Dhaka, July 20 (IANS) Inspired by Bangladesh's Grameen Bank endeavour, former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has mooted a separate Indian law for micro credit in rural areas, a media report ...

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The production of the indigenously built main battle tank (MBT) Arjun will continue, with an additional 77 tanks to be supplied to the Indian Army by March ...