Sun Pharma Reports Q2 FY2010-11 Financials

Mumbai:  Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd reported financials for the second quarter and first half ending Sep 30, 2010. These consolidated financials also include those for Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (“Taro”) from Sep 21, 2010. Highlights of Q2 FY11 consolidated financials •             Net sales / income from operations at Rs. 1370 crores, growing 16% over Q2 […]

Dr. Singh meets Hilary Clinton at the sidelines of ASEAN summit

Zero accident not merely a slogan but a realizable goal:Kharge

The Government of India celebrated the year 2008-09 as the Year of Industrial Safety and Health. The year-long celebrations culminated into the declaration of the National Policy on Safety, Health and Environment at Workplace on 20th Feb., 2009. The policy recognizes safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental human right. It aims at enhancing […]

PRIME MINISTER’S STATEMENT AT THE 8TH INDIA-ASEAN SUMMIT, HANOI

Following is the text of the Prime Minister’s statement at the 8th India-Asean Summit at Hanoi in Vietnam today: “I thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for your warm welcome and generous hospitality. It is a pleasure for all of us to gather here on the auspicious occasion of the commemoration of 1000 years of the […]

India Keen to Invest in Oil Projects of Sudan

India and Sudan have expressed desire to further expand cooperation in the oil and gas sector. In a bilateral meeting held here on Saturday, the countries decided to engage their oil companies in greater discussions during the International Conference Petrotech-2010. The Petroleum Ministers of two countries, namely, Shri Murli Deora, Minister of Petroleum and Natural […]

Sachin’s bat fetches Rs 42 lakh at sports auction

Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar’s willow fetched the highest bid of Rs 42 lakh at a glittering sports auction in Mumbai that saw personal items donated by 25 top sportspersons from the country and overseas go under the hammer. The champion batsman had scored an unbeaten 163 against New Zealand at Christchurch last year, his […]

Clinton: Asia sea rows should be resolved by international law

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday, that maritime rows should be settled by international law, remarks likely to rile China, which wants to handle them directly with its neighbours. Clinton waded into the dispute over South China Sea and East China Sea islands as she took part in the 16-nation East Asia […]

135 missing people found in Indonesia tsunami zone

More than 130 people listed as missing, have been found alive on high ground on a remote Indonesian island, that was devastated by a tsunami five days ago, an official said. “Rescuers have found some of the missing people on higher ground in North Pagai island,” disaster management official Agus Prayitno told adding that 163 […]

Kanishka families may get ex-gratia payment soon

Canada is considering bringing closure to the 25-year-old bombing case of Air India’s Kanishka flight, with proposed ex-gratia payments to family members of the victims of the worst terrorist attack in the country in which 329 people were killed. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney spoke with relatives of the 329 […]

Russian Prez in Vietnam, nuclear deal in the offing

President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Vietnam on Saturday, for a visit that will see Russia sign a multi-billion-euro nuclear power plant deal, with the former Soviet-era Communist ally. Medvedev said he was expecting “serious results” from the trip, which is aimed at establishing wider energy ties. Referring to close links between the Soviet Union and […]