Mumbai witnessed the sharpest decrease in new launches, at 43 per cent during 2014, followed by Hyderabad, with a 30 per cent drop.
Brent hit a session high of $114.69 a barrel, its loftiest since September last year.
The IT industry is expected to contribute 30 per cent of all foreign exchange flows into the country by 2008, Minister for IT and Communications, Dayanidhi Maran said.
New job generation in Mumbai declined by 28 per cent in the April-June quarter this year to over 13,100, while Chennai saw a decline of over 21 per cent to just over 8,000 new jobs in the quarter, the study said.
In contrast to the growth on IT and ITeS front, disbursements of venture capital and public equity funding halved to $540 million during 2003 in India
Terming India as one of the top two strategic markets, global communications network major AT&T Business Services will set up its fourth node in Chennai in first quarter of 2005.
The government has prepared a draft of the Data Protection Act, which would help protect data and confidentiality of businesses in the country, a top official of the information technology department said on Thursday.
West Bengal government hopes that Infosys Technologies will follow in the footsteps of other IT majors in setting up its development centre in the state.
Seven students were made international offers.
Thailand, Indonesia want unconditional access to India's multi-brand retail space.
The lowest employability figure across roles was observed in Chennai with employability for the civil design engineer roles as low as 1 per cent.
The government's increased thrust on investment and continued focus on job creation in India gives the sense of an improving job market scenario in the coming months.
Bangalore topped the list of space occupied by the industry during January-March 2004 with 2 million sq feet.
The Indian IT market grew 26 per cent year-on-year in 2004 to touch Rs 95,277 crore (Rs 952.77 billion), according to a study by consultancy firm Skoch.
Saudi Arabia on Sunday came under attack globally a day after it carried out mass execution of 47 people, including Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr who was a vocal critic of the government and the Saudi monarchy.
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On a month-to-month basis, the index improved by 3.14 per cent in June.
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Home sales in the top 10 cities - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), National Capital Region (NCR) and Pune - have declined at a compound annual growth rate of 8% since 2011.
Not with standing the Western nations' zeal to wage a war against the group, unless its source of funding is known and curbed, its rampage will likely continue.
India urgently faces a shortage of around 200,000 IT and ITeS professionals. The shortage is bound to grow to 3.6 million in the next eight years.
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These measures are in addition to other proposals made earlier, including regulation of sale and consumption of liquor, free trips to certain religious places like Sabarimala and distribution of one lakh cows every year.
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Rs 1,000 crore for promotion of start ups.
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