Ranchi: A.S.Mathur has taken over the charge of RDCIS from N.K.Jha today. Jha has taken over as Executive Director (Works) of Bokaro Steel Plant. Mathur, a graduate in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kanpur is now heading SAIL's Research & Development Centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS) w.e.f. from today i.e. 30th September, 2009. Mathur was heading Centre for Engineering & Technology(CET) since October, 2006.
Transparency India's latest survey declared that working abroad Indian businessmen are the most corrupt in the world. At least 30 per cent of 2,742 business executives surveyed across the world regard Indians among the most corrupt when doing business abroad to "speed things up", according to a report by an NGO Transparency International India (TII) here.
A couple of years ago, when Nike had launched its iPod kit for fitness freaks, it found few takers in the country, even though the company promoted it heavily. Basically, the kit comprised of a shoe with a sensor that tracked the distance covered, time taken, pace and calories burned by a runner. Now with the iPhone a common sight, a host of applications for fitness enthusiasts are up for grabs.
"Since we started to show it to larger audience two weeks ago, there has been tremendous buzz and interest. A lot of interest," Ari Jaaksi, vice president for Maemo devices at Nokia, told Reuters on sidelines of a mobile software conference in Amsterdam.
"Now we are finalising the package, software, hardware, marketing campaign. The goal is to get it out in October," Jaaksi said. The new N900 model is Nokia's first phone running Linux Maemo operating system. Analysts see N900 and following Linux devices as key for Nokia to gain back ground in the coming years.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and IT Company HCL Infosystems signed an agreement to work together on the National Broadband Penetration Programme (NBPP), a nationwide initiative to accelerate spread of information technology in rural India. In order to implement the project, BSNL will leverage the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) set up by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which has granted subsidy to the state-owned company for providing broadband services in rural areas at cheaper rates.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - State-run Coal India has filed its draft offer document on Monday to sell 631.6 million shares or 10 percent of the company in an initial public offering, in what is set to be the country's largest-ever new share sale, the Mint newspaper reported on Tuesday.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Motors , India's top vehicle maker, reported a rise in sales and margins at its Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unit as luxury buyers returned after the global crisis, helping send its shares up more than 6 percent.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked various stakeholders, including Set Discovery and Zee Turner, to file objections on broadcast regulator Trai s proposal to cap cable TV charges at Rs 250 per month across the country in non-CAS areas. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had last week sought the apex court s permission to fix a ceiling of Rs 250 per month on the retail tariff charged by local cable operators from consumers in non Conditional Access System areas. Currently, the broadcasters are charging the price from the Multi System Operators (MSOs) based on the whole-sale tariff system. A bench ...
Great Offshore and Bharati Shipyard will remain two entities and there are no plans to merge them, Great Offshore executive director PC Kapoor said at the fifth annual general meeting of the company in Mumbai on Tuesday. Bharati Shipyard currently holds 47.9% stake in Great Offshore. At present, the two companies are functioning as two separate entities and there is no proposal to merge them, Kapoor said. Bharati Shipyard is happy with the current shareholding and is not looking to hike its stake in Great Offshore via creeping acquisition or through an open offer, he added. Currently, we have three ...
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The rupee is seen opening largely steady on Friday in line with an expected flat performance in domestic shares but stronger regional currencies could support the local unit, dealers said.
