Mumbai, Delhi among world's dirtiest cities/Outsourced e-publishing slated for rapid growth/Allow 49 percent FDI in India's defence industry: Assocham/U.S. slowdown offers opportunity to Indian IT industry

Daily Dose |   March 03 2008

>> TOP NEWS Mumbai, Delhi among world's dirtiest cities Mumbai and Delhi are among the 25 dirtiest cities in the world while the four Indian metros and Bangalore are among the 20 densest cities, according to the Forbes magazine. Outsourced e-publishing slated for rapid growth India is becoming a hot destination for outsourced e-publishing work since the country's firms are charging a sixth of the prices prevailing in the West, an seminar organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has found. Allow 49 percent FDI in India's defence industry: Assocham U.S. slowdown offers opportunity to Indian IT industry >> TECHNOLOGY TCS, Nokia Siemens join hands for R&D in Germany TCS and Nokia Siemens Networks have entered into a multimillion-euro agreement to jointly research and develop telecom products at Nokia Siemens' Dusseldorf centre in Germany. Virgin Mobile launches youth-focused services in India Virgin Mobile, part of British communications group Virgin Media, on Sunday launched youth-oriented mobile services in India through telecom operator Tata Teleservices(TTL). Instructions to railway drivers and guards now via mobile SMS Prism expands operations in India >> BUSINESS Indian farm equipment maker acquires Swiss firm India's major farm irrigation equipment manufacturer Jain Irrigations Systems (JISL) has acquired 69.75 percent shareholding in Thomas Machines SA of Switzerland. HEC to become $1 Bn company in four years The state-run Heavy Engineering (HEC), set to post profit for the second successive year, will be worth Rs.40 billion in the next four years, a top official has said. Call centre to provide information on new Hyderabad airport TRAI initiates discussion on FDI limits in broadcasting >> VENTURE NEWS ICICI Securities plans pre-IPO sale ICICI Securities, the broking arm of ICICI Bank, plans to sell about three percent of its equity to institutional investors. INCAT and HAL in JV for services in aero-structures INCAT and Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) have announced a joint venture - INCAT-HAL Aero structures. Reliance Retail in JV for optical stores >> OTHER NEWS Indian in Canadian cabinet gets new role Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has appointed Deepak Obhrai, the highest-ranking Indian in his ministry and MP for Calgary East, parliamentary secretary to the minister of international cooperation. ICICI Bank opens first U.S. branch ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, has opened its first branch in New York. It will manage salary accounts of US employees of large Indian companies like Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services. Google India announces engineering awards for women Candidates walk away with offers at The Smart Techie job fair >> BLOGS Moser Baer, in memory marketing business - G Venkata Krishnan CD people, Moser Baer, are evidently in on a niche market for vintage movies, catering to an ageing population. What they sell are not movie CDs, but memory discs that unleash a.... MAGAZINE Cover Story The global mobile telephony market has grown at a rapid pace in the last few years. Kirusa, with its patented Voice SMS software is already making waves in this booming market across various geographies.. Guest Contributor India: the hub for scientific research By Vinod Khosla The author is Founder & CEO, Khosla Ventures Featured Mentors Raj Chatterjee Principal Research Engineer(Same as Associate Prof.) in IIT Kanpur Dr Rajeev Shrivastava Shrivastava Service Video spotlight What do Companies look for in Experienced IT Professionals. SiliconIndia Books The Romance of Tata Steel The Romance of Tata Steel is a moving and fascinating account that draws upon extensive archival material and rare photographs to paint a compelling story that all Indians .... Buy Now Nuclear Weapons & Indian Security This book deals comprehensively with the evolution of Indian nuclear weapons strategy.... Buy Now

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