IT industry body Nasscom on Monday said the country's IT companies, which exports 90 per cent of software and services to the US and Europe, may see a decline in new orders due to the global financial crisis.
IBM Corp's CEO and Chairman Samuel J Palmisano today called on Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran to discuss company's plans in India.
NMDC Spice International, a proposed 50:50 joint venture between state-owned miner NMDC and Spice Minerals and Metals, a part of the Spice Energy group, is close to acquiring two iron ore deposits in Armenia. The acquisition is likely to entail an investment of $500 million (Rs 2,173 crore).
"While $30 billion is the achievable target, 50 billion is the aspirational target", Nasscom President Som Mittal said on Tuesday while releasing the findings of a study on India's BPO industry conducted jointly with the Everest Group, a global strategy consulting group.
It is hard for the lay observer to understand why it should take 60 hours for crack commandos of the National Security Guard to clear a hotel of four attackers.
The minister also hoped that a resolution should be reached before the year ends and asserted that the Modi government is committed to address all genuine concerns of the farming community.
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The growth rate might come down by six per cent due to the competition besides economic uncertainty and lesser IT spends by the US, Nasscom President Som Mittal said. "A recent survey by Nasscom revealed the industry grew by 28 to 29 per cent in the last few years but our forecast is that it will go down to 22 to 24 per cent," he said while releasing the survey earlier this week.
Education boards have instituted remedies for For students let down by their Class X results: re-totaling, revaluation and re-examination.
After a rather indifferent show in the opening round, Grandmaster P Harikrishna bounced back in style defeating local star Michele Godena in the second round of the 50th edition of Reggio Emilia International Chess tournament on Monday.
In one of the biggest such programmes, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta is investing Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) over three years in remodelling its campus to make room for 25 per cent more students and give it an international look.
Jean-Claude Van Damme, now 48, is coming back to the big-screen with the self-parodying action comedy, JVPD.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter warned that the proposal could harm England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
Farmer leader Joginder Singh Ugrahan said told reporters after the meeting that the unions urged the government to repeal the three laws, but the Centre was unwilling to do so. "We decided to meet again on January 19 at 12 pm," he said.
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The Union government has sought a report from Uttar Pradesh about the violence in Kanth area of Moradabad district, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday.
The Buddhist monks were unhappy because the event coincided with the death anniversary of a popular priest.
Somnath Thapa, former additional collector, customs (preventive), was found guilty of non-interference in smuggling of arms and explosives despite knowing the designs of prime accused Tiger Memon and other accused
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Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Kunwar Bhartendu Singh, accused of inciting last month riots in Muzaffarnagar, was on Thursday apprehended by the Uttar Pradesh police and sent to 14-day judicial custody.
More than 11,000 prisoners, including 120 Indians, held in Saudi Arabian jails for petty crimes, have been released over the last three months under two amnesties declared by King Abdullah.
Over 14,000 policemen were deployed across the city for the security of Adityanath.
A 10-member boxing squad will take part in the South Asian Federation (SAF) Games to be held in Colombo.
CBI sources said Reliance Infocomm CEO in Chennai Som Sundaram was summoned to the investigating agency's office and asked about the process of functioning of Reliance phones. \n\n
Farmer leader Darshan Pal accused the Centre of dividing farmer organisations, but it will not happen.
The Indian pugilist was beaten by Dostiev Sherali of Tajikistan in quarter-finals of the light-fly category at the Senior World boxing championships.
Som Bahadur Pun, Akhil Kumar, Vijender Kumar and Suranjay Singh advanced in the 13th Senior World Boxing Championships.
The 20 MLAs told the high court that they would move fresh petitions against the taking away of their assembly seats as their pleas had become infructuous after President Ram Nath Kovind put a stamp of approval on the EC's recommendation.
The government's negotiations with protesting farm unions hit a roadblock on Friday as the farmer leaders stuck to their demands for a complete repeal of three farm laws they find pro-corporate and a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP), even as the Centre asked them to reconsider its proposal for putting the Acts on hold for 12-18 months.
Manchester Games silver medallist Som Bahadur Pun fell by the wayside as Vijender and Harpreet Singh recorded resounding victories.
