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New Indo-UK links on science and technology July 04, 2006 LONDON: A new Science and Technology Innovation Council to be set up with funding of up to 12 million ....... Read more Coimbatore to be a strong foundry hub COIMBATORE: After two to three years of recession, it is now growth and expansion for the foundry sector here, the ....... Read more India plans to set up science commission July 5, 2006 New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) India's Planning Commission has recommended a national science commission be set up to improve ...... Read more How India Inc can win the world July 4, 2006 New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) India's Planning Commission has recommended a national science commission be set up to improve ...... Read more

International

China closer on new IC policy July 05, 2006 SHANGHAI, China - More than a year after phasing out a controversial tax rebate for ICs, China is still mulling a replacement plan that will support,....... Read more

Technical Education

DU prepares to battle dipping interest in science July 9, 2006 NEW DELHI: The falling stock behaviour of science programmes in the Delhi University (DU) has sent alarm bells ringing,....... Read more HP selects Anna varsity for its tech grant initiative HP on Thursday announced that Anna University has been awarded a 'Technology for Teaching' grant to transform the way subjects are taught on its campus,....... Read more IIT-Kharagpur gets its own law course July 7, 2006 KOLKATA: It has the IIT tag, but isn't a technical institution. It is the first-ever law school that focuses on intellectual property rights (IPR), property and tech law and will be up and running in July,....... Read more

IPR

Traditional cures get new protection July 08, 2006 India catalogs ayurvedic treatments to combat their patenting by Western drug companies,...... Read more Law firms mull outsourcing July 02, 2006 The next industry to be affected by offshore outsourcing could be legal services,...... Read more British court upholds cholesterol drug patent July 03, 2006 Pfizer says a British Appellate Court had upheld the main patent covering its top-selling cholesterol drug Lipitor, blocking India's Ranbaxy Laboratories from launching a generic version of the drug early,...... Read more

IT & Electronics

Bangalore to build five 'tech towns' July 03, 2006 Authorities in India's technology hub of Bangalore are wooing foreign capital to crank up its creaking infrastructure to help lure back,...... Read more Motorola, IIT-Bombay Tie Up July 03, 2006 Motorola Inc. has signed a comprehensive MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay,...... Read more Discrete semi use high in India, says report July 03, 2006 BANGALORE, India - Discrete semiconductors are used in many end products in the Indian market due,...... Read more

Energy & Environment

GM India to work with IIT Delhi on bio-diesel version of the Chevrolet Tavera GM India to work with IIT Delhi on bio-diesel version of the Chevrolet Tavera,....... Read more Moves to set up nuclear power reactor in Jharkhand 04 July 2006 Uranium rich Jharkhand has renewed its demand to set up a nuclear power reactor in the state,....... Read more

Nanotechnology

German scientist makes tiniest soccer pitch July 04, 2006 BERLIN (Reuters) - A German scientist has created the world's smallest soccer pitch -- so minute that 20,000 of them could fit onto the tip of a human hair,...... Read more Microscopic flag a test in nanotechnology By SONIA MOGHE, Associated Press Writer 6 minutes ago RICHARDSON, Texas - Imagine singin,...... Read more UK launches review of nanotechnology policy The UK government has launched a review of its nanotechnology policy, part of a move to assess the implications of current developments in the emerging science of tiny dimensions.,...... Read more The government and industry have not given enough attention to nanoscience, at the peril of losing out in the technological race THE government okayed a five-year national nano science and technology mission recently with a Rs.1,000-crore funding,...... Read more

Pharma, Biotech & Health

India announces National Pharmaceutical Policy 2006 The Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers and Steel, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, announced the National Pharmaceutical Policy, 2006, at a meeting ,........ Read more Wyeth offers vaccine for pneumococcal disease New Delhi - Global pharma major Wyeth Tuesday launched its blockbuster vaccine Prevenar in India to help prevent invasive pneumococcal disease among infants and toddlers,........ Read more

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Edited by Moinudeen and Vineet
News-items compiled and contributed by Anuradha, Seema and Subodh.
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