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General

CII study optimistic about India's 8 pc GDP growth September 4, 2006 India Inc has contributed significantly in the first quarter for the GDP to maintain an 8 per cent growth rate for the current year, according to a CII report.......... Read more MNCs keen to shift design work to India' September 4, 2006 Customers expect 3D technology to work; they expect it to be easier and reliable. Promoting this simple thought process for complex 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software......... Read more China's FDI is neighbour's envy September 5, 2006 Inflow this year will be nearly ten times that of India, says an Economist Intelligence Unit report.......... Read more Gujarat on an overdrive September 6, 2006 This is the concluding part of the of the sectors that are high on the state's priority list that our Ahmedabad Bureau has given............ Read more

International

IBM Opens High-Performance Lab in Brazil IBM announced the opening of a multi-million dollar, high-performance software and services laboratory in Sao Paulo, Brazil.......... Read more

Technical Education

Intel plans entrepreneur program in India September 6, 2006 BANGALORE, India - Intel Corp. will build on its academic program here with a technology entrepreneurship initiative in partnership with the University of California at Berkeley....... Read more

Innovation & IPR

How To Secure IP in a Global Product Development World September 7, 2006 Of all the information a company needs to secure, none is more important than the intellectual property (IP)-the written knowledge, information........ Read more Japan's Good Design Award (G-Mark) Celebrates 50th Anniversary Japan's Good Design Award (G-Mark) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To further promote one of the world's most....... Read more 'Public money wasted on useless patents' September 4, 2006 New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is squandering public funds on useless patents, allege some of the agency's own scientists........... Read more Agrochemicals get 5-yr data exclusivity rights September 7, 2006 International pesticide majors have got a shot in the arm. With the Committee on Data Protection, headed by Satwant Reddy........... Read more

Electronics & Communication

Huawei to expand R&D in India August 31, 2006 Chinese networking-equipment maker Huawei Technologies is expanding its R&D in India with a new center in............ Read more Nortel to source more from India BANGALORE: Nortel has said that it will significantly enhance its procurement from India and China to serve the booming telecom market in Asia........... Read more Taiwan chipmakers turn to Chennai, Hyderabad September 4, 2006 Bangalore too expensive for setting up manufacturing units. For Taiwan's famed chipmakers, champions of the high volume-low cost game,........... Read more Dell, Nokia lead in e-waste management September 5, 2006 Greenpeace says Apple, Motorola and Lenovo at the bottom in eco-friendly policy.......... Read more Philips to invest 250 million euros in newly christened NXP India September 5, 2006 NXP Semiconductors, formerly Philips Semiconductors, plans to invest 250 million euros over the next five years in its India operations. This will be channeled into its sales and R&D division........... Read more

Energy & Environment

After ethanol, next focus is hybrid cars September 10, 2006 NEW DELHI: With the government's alternate fuel programme for doping petrol with ethanol set to go national from November 1, experts feel......... Read more Pune gets grant to reduce vehicular pollution September 10, 2006 Washington, Sept 10: As part of a series of anti-pollution cooperative ventures between Washington and New Delhi, the United States has given........ Read more

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology in Cosmetics - 2000 Years Ago September 09, 2006 These days we are debating if nanoparticles in sunblock and toothpaste are safe. The ancient Greeks and........ Read more Nanotechnology coating is battling hospital superbugs Nanovations Pty Ltd, based in Sydney, Australia, introduces Bioni Hygienic, the first anti-bacterial......... Read more Cashew to play role in nanotechnology September 07, 2006 BANGALORE: The delightful cashew nut loved by everybody will soon have a bigger role to play - in nanotechnology........... Read more

Pharma, Biotech & Health

India's surging biotech sector September 05, 2006 The Indian biotechnology industry was estimated at $1.05 billion in calendar year 2005, with a growth rate of almost 37percent........ Read more A cure for Alzheimer's? September 05, 2006 KOLKATA: Scientists in the UK and India are leafing through ayurvedic text in search of a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Researchers........ 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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