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7 scientists honoured August 12, 2006 Ahmedabad, August 12: On the occasion of the 87th birth anniversary of its founder, Dr Vikram Sarabhai, the Physical Research Laboratory........ Read more School kids design future Indian cities August 6, 2006 Teams of 17-year-olds are taking part in a competition called future Indian cities where they dare to dream of better cities and come up with innovative plans......... Read more Mission 2007: Technology for rural India The motto of Mission 2007 is Every Village, a Knowledge Centre. Mission 2007 is a nation-wide initiative launched in New Delhi in....... Read more

IT & Software

Engineering Services Offshoring: Finally in the Limelight Indian IT association for software and services, Nasscom, now shifts its attention to engineering services - an area where the country has to compete hard with the likes of China and Russia ....... Read more India's out-sourcing revenue goes up August 06, 2006 New Delhi, Aug. 6 (AP): India's out-sourcing revenue rose 32 per cent to US$ 6.6 billion (euro 5.2 billion) in the April-June quarter, a trade body.......... Read more Outsourcing in engg $40 bn opportunity: Nasscom report August 07, 2006 Offshoring of engineering services is estimated to be a $40 billion opportunity for the Indian software services sector by 2020.......... Read more

International

China preferred choice for pharma cos. - study MUMBAI: China is considered a preferred choice over India by nearly 90 per cent of pharmaceutical executives for low-cost drug manufacturing, according to a survey ...... Read more Biofuel growth unprecedented in American agriculture August 08, 2006 For now, there's not much slowing down the ethanol boom and the good corn prices U.S. farmers are enjoying. So "sit back and enjoy the ride," says...... Read more

Technical Education

BITS Pilani sets the Benchmark for Industry University Collaborations While countless seminars, workshops, conferences and symposia for years have paid lip service to fostering university - industry linkages, BITS Pilani has gone way ahead of others in successfully implementing the same in India Today....... Read more DEANS COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORT ON AGRICULTURE EDUCATION IN INDIA WIDER REFORMS RECOMMENDED FOR ENHANCING QUALITY OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION Deans Committee constituted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research has suggested wide ranging reforms in the country's agricultural education system....... Read more

IPR

Blackboard patent may hit e-learning in India August 07, 2006 ICSA India Limited has informed that it has secured two patents (provisional) for its products from the controller of patents, regional patent office, government of India....... Read more INDIAN PASSAGE OF PATENT LAW TO AFFECT FLOW OF AIDS DRUGS NEW DELHI (AP) - International aid groups criticized India's passage on Wednesday of a new patent law ending the decades-old practice....... Read more

Electronics & Communication

Bangalore may become wireless broadband city August 04, 2006 BANGALORE: If things go as planned, Bangalore may emerge as India's first city with wireless broadband Internet connectivity in about two years......... Read more India Gets First RFID Manufacturing Plant August 08, 2006 Aug. 8, 2006 -- With an investment of $2.5 million, Germina Traze RFID Pvt. Ltd will be setting up India's first RFID tag manufacturing facility at the Seriperumbudur electronic park in,....... Read more The explosive mobile growth in rural India In rural India, carrying around a $44 mobile phone can be something of a status symbol. Or at least it has been for Pandurang Narayan Shelke,....... Read more The semiconductor giant talks of how it is taking technology to classrooms and beyond. Technical Education isn't about just learning how to operate computers. Students must be armed with 21st century skills,....... Read more

Energy & Environment

India needs more green revolution: Sachs Chennai, August 7: India needs a second, third and even a fourth green revolution as the first green revolution did not meet,....... Read more India, Tajikistan boost energy ties; to fight terror August 07, 2006 New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) India Monday raised its stakes in Central Asia by accelerating its multi-faceted diplomatic,....... Read more

Nanotechnology

A Novel Approach to Making Organic Thin Film Transistors NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Honolulu, HI, United States, 08/10/2006 - Organic thin film transistors have attracted a great deal of attention as they are the critical,...... Read more FDA forms internal nanotechnology task force SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday said it has formed an internal task force to focus on the use...... Read more

Pharma, Biotech & Health

INDIA CO. TO SELL GENERIC HIV DRUGS IN CANADA TORONTO (AP) - India's largest drug company announced Thursday it was entering the Canadian generic drug market with the launch of a subsidiary called Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc,........ Read more Low-cost blood glucose testing device launched The kit comprises 10 `lancettes', calibrating solution, 10 glucose dehydrogenase strips and a glucometer,........ Read more Mahindra Gesco gets govt nod to set up Biotechnology SEZ August 3, 2006 The Board of Approval, Government of India has approved Mahindra Gesco's proposal for sector specific special economic zone for Bio-technology sector to be........ Read more The move to honour IP and patents has increased confidence in India as a place for pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical research The clinical trials market in India is slowly but surely creating waves of interest worldwide. Last fortnight saw the successful completion of the Phase I clinical trial ........ Read more

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Edited by Moinudeen and Vineet
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