New Delhi: (MW) By invitation from Mr. N K Goyal, President of the Communication, Multimedia and IT (CMAI) association of India, Norscan Instruments has joined India’s prominent business leaders as part of its Telecom community. CMAI, fosters growth and innovation through the introduction of best practices, technology and services from global technology leaders such as [...]

New Delhi: The Union Service Public Commission has announced the result of the Indian Forest Service Examination held in July 2009.  The list in order of merit contains names of 84 candidates, including 33 belonging to Other Backward Classes, 12 to the Scheduled Castes and 07 to the Scheduled Tribes.
The appointment to the Service will be [...]

New Delhi: Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN), a joint venture of the Government and the State Government of Himachal Pradesh has set out on the path  toward becoming  a 6500 MW company for which a number of projects in the States of Himachal Pradesh,Uttaranchal, Bhutan and in Nepal  have been taken up for preparation of DPR and subsequent execution. These include Rampur HEP [...]

New Delhi: The Union Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram has stressed the need to ensure complete coverage of population without duplication while preparing the National Population Register (NPR). He was addressing here today All India Conference of State Coordinators/ District Magistrates/ Collectors/ Deputy Commissioners on the subject of “Census of India 2011 & National Population [...]

New Delhi: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at “The Energy Resources Institute”, Disttt. Mukteshwar, Uttaranchal. Letter of Intent had been issued to the Institute after recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC). The Community Radio Station is [...]

CHALLENGES
! To quickly revert to the high GDP growth path of 9 per cent and then find the means to cross the ‘double digit growth barrier’.
! To harness economic growth to consolidate the recent gains in making development more inclusive.
! To address the weaknesses in government systems, structures and institutions at different levels of governance.
OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMY
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Gurgaon: The Economic Times, India’s largest and most popular business news paper, ET Now – the newly launched business news TV channel and economictimes.com have joined hands with the leading social networking site, Facebook, to let users share their thoughts with the FM regarding the Union Budget for the financial year 2010-11. The new initiative, [...]

New Delhi: Economist Conferences, a division of the Economist Intelligence Unit, will host its annual flagship event, the 14th Business Roundtable with the Government of India, on March 16th and 17th, 2010, at the ITC Maurya, New Delhi. With senior government and business leaders in attendance, this year’s edition of the roundtable will focus on the emergence [...]

New Delhi: mydala.com, the “power of group buying” portal offering one unbeatable discount deal every day, today announced an alliance with i-mint, for the first ever i-mint customer reward program for a “power of group buying” daily deal site.  i-mintis India’s first multiple partner consumer rewards program with more than 3000 merchant outlets and has a customer base [...]

New Delhi: Avian Influenza is a regional problem and requires a regional approach. This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sharad Pawar in his opening remarks at the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his Ministry here today. He said, most of India’s neighbours are frequently affected by Avian [...]

New Delhi: The Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Mr. Mukul Wasnik inaugurated the 9th National Meeting of Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities organized by the Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities here today.
Addressing the Meeting, Wasnik announced that the Persons with Disabilities Rules, 1996 have been amended to simplify the [...]

New Delhi: The decision of the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (I/C), Mr. Jairam Ramesh, to place a moratorium on the clearance accorded by Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), to the environmental release of the Bt brinjal variety developed by M/s Mahyco (an Indian seed company with substantial investment from US multinational, [...]

New Delhi:  Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom service provider, today announced the launch of Unlimited Sunday on the occasion of Valentine’s Day for its 2.9 million Fixed Line customers across the country.
Airtel’s Unlimited Sunday will offer its Fixed Line customers unlimited free Local and STD calls to other Airtel Fixed Line numbers on the three Sundays [...]

New Delhi: The Indian electronics manufacturing industry which faced a temporary slowdown last year will receive a shot in the arm when South Asia’s premiere exhibition on Electronic manufacturing – ELECTRONICS NEXT INDIA 2010 – “Global Marketplace and International Trade Exhibition for EMS, electronic components, material and production equipment” will come to the city on [...]