Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) Indian equities opened lower Wednesday on weak global cues, especially worried over the poor performance on Wall Street, with investors rushing to book profits on previous day’s gain.
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) Oct 22 (IANS) The Indian space agency that started the country’s maiden unmanned moon mission Wednesday is planning to send two Indians into space by 2015, said a top official.
Kuching (Malaysia), Oct 22 (IANS) The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA), meeting here through the last week, cautioned Commonwealth members that the 53-nation body could itself become irrelevant if the watchdogs are starved.
Tokyo, Oct 22 (IANS) Exhorting Japanese investors not to worry about the difficulties thrown up by the international financial crisis, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday urged the country’s industrialists to have faith in India’s financial system.
Tokyo, Oct 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday termed the successful launch of Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India’s first unmanned scientific mission to the moon, as a “historic milestone” for the country’s space programme and congratulated all its associated scientists from here.
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 22 (IANS) Some were eloquent, others struggled for words and yet others preferred one liners to describe the success of their years of hard work as the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft soared into skies Wednesday morning making India a member of the elite club of countries probing the moon.
Hyderabad, Oct 22 (IANS) After taking 52 years to sell its first 100 choppers in India, Bell Helicopter expects to sell its next 100 in less than five years as the country has emerged as an important market for the US company, a top official said.
Dhaka, Oct 22 (IANS) Officials in Bangladesh and India are working out ways to quicken the supply of the much-sought-after hilsa fish to India, an export that fetched Dhaka $9.24 million in the July-October season alone.
Chennai, Oct 22 (IANS) Be ready to shell out more this Diwali for firecrackers whose prices have shot up 35 percent compared to last year. But the festival may well be a visual delight with more colour and less sound in Tamil Nadu due to stiff regulations on decibel levels.
Singapore, Oct 22 (IANS) Indian aviation industry may be going through turbulent weather, yet experts see a growing potential for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) segment of the industry, with projected revenue of $1.07 billion by 2013.