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Security scanner on research FDI July 22, 2006 The government plans to put foreign direct investment in research & development under the national security scanner........ Read more Indian firms urged to make 'best products July 23, 2006 Indian mindscape coupled with technology can pitchfork the country as an economic powerhouse in the global arena......... Read more How will the Indo-US nuclear deal benefit Indian cos? July 27, 2006 The Indo-US Nuclear deal has been passed by the US House of Representatives. As per the deal, US will be....... Read more CII seeks 25 clusters in South TN The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Tamil Nadu has urged the Government of Tamil Nadu to focus ....... Read more India likely to become global metal hub' July 23, 2006 New Delhi, July 23: India is likely to become a global metal hub, given the enabling environment for the steel industry, and can even serve......... Read more Sky is not the limit The Indian Space Research Organisation's GSLV-FO2 may have gone up in flames but there's little reason to get ......... Read more

Innovation

Indian gets patent for pollution reducing converter July 27, 2006 By Jatindra Dash, Bhubaneswar, July 27 (IANS) An Indian engineer has received patent rights in India and Britain on a unique fuel saving....... Read more Microsoft & IDRC announce the launch of RIF July 28, 2006 Microsoft India under its sustainable and self reliant rural market initiative, Project Saksham, today announced the launch of Rural Innovation Fund.......... Read more

Technical Education

UCR Scientists Help Train Indian Colleagues in Air Pollution Management July 24, 2006 Two professors travel to Pune, India to train colleagues on the latest in air pollution management tools....... Read more Cambridge University Press to cash in on India's BPO boom July 23, 2006 The Cambridge University Press (CUP), the world's oldest publishing house, plans to cash in on India's BPO boom,........ Read more

IPR

India's first intellectual property school opens July 24, 2006 KOLKATA (ICNS) -- India's first intellectual property rights law school was inaugurated in Kolkata on Sunday. The new school will operate from....... Read more Change in patent law to raise cost of drugs by 300 per cent The proposed amendments to the Intellectual Property law will cause the cost of essential drugs to rise by a margin of at least 300 per cent, it emerged on Monday....... Read more MIT boosts India's IP rights enforcement July 25, 2006 The Ministry of Information Technology (MIT) has amended its IP rights program to curtail patent infringement and adhere to international trade rules......... Read more The patent challenge July 21, 2006 After becoming a signatory to the TRIPS agreement last year and enactment of Patents (Amendment) Act in 2005, India has ........ Read more China launches campaign against piracy July 23, 2006 Beijing, July 23 (Xinhua) China has launched a major anti-piracy campaign throughout the country to crack down on illegal........ Read more

Energy & Environment

India's wind power generation rises to 5,340 MW July 25, 2006 New Delhi - India's wind power generation has witnessed a jump of over 48 percent from 3,595 MW in 2004-05 to 5,340 MW in 2005-06, Minister of State for Non-Conventional,....... Read more Tsunami warning center in Kochi July 22, 2006 The tsunami cell to be set up at Cochin University of Science and Technology is part of plans for a tsunami warning system in the region,....... Read more

Nanotechnology

Nanotech patent picture is mixed, report finds MANHASSET, N.Y. - The U.S. issued 4,996 nanotechnology patents in 2005, but a report found that the rate of nanotech patents increased only 4 percent last year,...... Read more Nanotechnology enables low-dose treatment of atherosclerotic plaques St. Louis, July 27, 2006 -- In laboratory tests, one very low dose of a drug was enough to show an effect on...... Read more

Pharma, Biotech & Health

Delegation to study traditional medicine in India The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Indian High Commission is sponsoring a seven-member delegation to India to study the Indian traditional,........ Read more Microbicides could give women the power to protect against AIDS July 25, 2006 Microbicide - a topical gel that offers hope in the fight against AIDS, has the potential to be a female controlled product, enabling women at risk of HIV to use it ........ Read more NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION PROJECT LAUNCHED Shri Sharad Pawar, Union Agriculture Minister today launched a 6-year ambitious agricultural research programme, National Agricultural Innovation Project........ Read more India releases first digitised bioresources database July 25, 2006 New Delhi, July 25. (PTI): India today released the first digitised database on its bioresources and a web-portal integrating related spatial and non-spatial data........ Read more Indian scientists develop new SOS clotbuster July 27, 2006 Indian scientists have developed a new generation SOS clotbuster, which could save millions of lives every year in the country from heart attacks by dissolving blood clots........ 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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