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    Sharma invites British investment in infra, food processing

     India has invited British investments into sectors such as infrastructure and food processing. There is a huge demand for infrastructure in the country and the sector is expected to absorb about USD 1.7 trillion over the next decade, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said while speaking at an interactive Britain- India economic discussion in […]

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    UK to talk to Pak on ending terror in India

    Endorsing India’s stand that no cause is good enough to justify terrorism, Britain on Thursday said that it will discuss with Pakistan “frankly, clearly and openly” on the need to reduce and eliminate terror from India.   Addressing a joint press conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the end of their discussions, visiting British PM […]

    Information Technology

    BlackBerry agrees to address India’s security concerns

    The government on Thursday said the makers of BlackBerry – Research in Motion (RIM) – has given an assurance to it on soon addressing its security concerns and hoped that the Canadian service provider and security agencies would be on the “same page”. “BlackBerry has assured the Ministry of Home Affairs that the issue of […]

    Health

    A therapy ‘to slow tumour growth in breast cancer patients’

    Scientists have developed a new therapy which they claim could significantly slow tumour growth in patients with advanced breast cancer. An international study has found that the therapy, designed to attack tumours in patients with a genetic mutation in either BRCA1 or BRCA2, slowed tumour growth in 85 per cent of advanced breast cancer patients, […]

    Health

    Smoking ‘influences gene function’

    Here’s yet another reason why you should kick the butt – smoking influences gene function, a new study has claimed. Researchers at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research have found that exposure to cigarette smoke can alter gene expression — the process by which a gene’s information is converted into the structures and functions of […]

    Currency

    Rupee gains 7 paisa against dollar in early trade

    The Indian rupee appreciated by 7 paisa to 46.68 a dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Thursday, largely on the back of fresh capital inflows by foreign funds and dollar’s losses against other currencies. The rupee had lost 9 Paisa at 46.75/76 against the dollar in Wednesday’s trading. Forex dealers said capital […]

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    Food inflation down to single digit at 9.67 pc

    Food inflation fell to single digit at 9.67 percent for the first time this year at a time when the government is facing a concerted Opposition attack on rising food and fuel prices. Inflation fell by 2.80 percentage points for the week ended 17th July from 12.47 percent in the previous week, as prices of […]

    Campus News

    Chicago business school names Indian-American as dean

      Indian-origin Stanford University Professor Sunil Kumar has been named dean of the prestigious Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Kumar’s five-year term as dean at Chicago Booth will begin on 1st January, 2011. The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore alumnus is currently Stanford Business School’s senior associate dean for academic affairs. […]

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    PM to hold talks with British PM Cameron

    Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to hold delegation level talks with visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron later in the day during which the two sides are slated to take up security related issues along with talks on boosting bilateral commerce.   The visiting Prime Minister is accompanied by seven cabinet ministers and a huge trade […]

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    IDBI Fortis enters the Cultural Capital of Kerala

    Mumbai: IDBI Fortis Life Insurance is one of India’s fastest growing new private life insurance companies having started operations in March 2008, leading with their innovative product ‘WealthsuranceTM’. As on March 31st 2010, the company has collected more than 900 Cr in premiums (including 570 Cr of premiums collected in the FY 2009-10) with over […]

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