India Monday test fired the nuclear capable surface to surface Prithvi-II missile twice from the Chandipur range in Orissa, defence sources said. The surface to surface missiles were tested from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Balasore dist ..

India's latest remote sensing satellite Oceansat-2 has begun beaming "good quality" images of the earth and relaying data on sea surface wind speed and direction, the space agency said Monday. The 960 kg spacecraft was launched on board ..

As the global economy recovers fully, the resilient Indian information technology industry can bounce to double-digit growth again, Infosys Technologies chief executive S. Gopalakrishnan has said adding that his own company will expand in Brazil, Mex ..

The Universities of Scotland and the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for greater collaboration between the two in the field of higher education. The agreement aims at boosting student and fac ..

An industry body Saturday urged the government to remove some provisions in the Direct Tax Code draft, especially those taxing capital gains arising on indirect transfer of Indian assets. "This can have serious implications in various internatio ..

Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Saturday inaugurated the third IT park in the state - Phase 1 of Infopark Koratty - and said that nearly 200,000 jobs in information technology sector would be created in the next two years. Achuthanandan said ..

Noted astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar has urged that the moon be scanned for micro-organisms in its environment, especially in areas where traces of water have been found. Speaking during a lecture on 'Searching for micro-life in the earth's a ..

Renowned scientists Obaid Siddiqi and Syed Zahoor Qasim will jointly receive the Sir Syed Ahmad Khan International Award, instituted by the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), for 2009 in the field of life sciences, the university said Saturday. A seven ..

Sending out a call for help, international NGO Save the Children estimates that around 750,000 children are in desperate need of clean water, medical care and food in the flood-hit districts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. If help doesn't reach  ..

Young Indian professionals should put their "heart and soul" into the job, be able to certify their work themselves and not always switch jobs in search of higher pay, advises IT whiz and author Subroto Bagchi. "Job and salary must not ..

Infosys Technologies Ltd, including its subsidiaries, hired 6,069 people during the second quarter (July-Sep) of this fiscal (2009-10), increasing the total headcount to 105,453 employees, the IT bellwether said Friday. With the exit of 4,521 employe ..

Four co-founders of IT bellwether Infosys Technologies collectively contributed Rs.10 crore to rebuild houses for the victims of flood havoc in north Karnataka recently, a top official said. "The company has pledged Rs.20 crore while four co-fou ..

India's leading managed IT services provider Netmagic Solutions Tuesday unveiled its "green" data centre here to offer a range of third-party services in the tech infrastructure space. As the Mumbai-based company's fifth data centre ..

India's IT bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd and biotechnology major Biocon Ltd pledged to re-build around 6,000 houses at a cost of Rs.60 crore for the flood-affected people of north Karnataka, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said Thursday. &q ..

Infosys Technologies Ltd has declared an interim dividend of Rs.10 per share or 200 percent on par value of Rs.5 per share for the first six months (April-September) of this fiscal (2009-10).In a regulatory filing Friday, the IT bellwether said the i ..

Website business manger Shao Yibei describes herself as "a tiny waterdrop in the ocean of Chinese netizens longing to shine". But she never knew she would shine overnight. The 26-year-old music lover had a five-minute video clip uploaded on ..

Criminals are going to have a really tough time hiding their faces, thanks to a new software that can recreate their faces. The software is being used by approximately 15 police departments in the UK as well as half a dozen European countries, includ ..

S. Ramadorai Tuesday stepped down as the chief executive and managing director of software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Ramadorai will be succeeded by the company's chief operating officer and executive director N. Chandrasekaran. Ramad ..

India's leading managed IT services provider Netmagic Solutions Tuesday unveiled its "green" data centre here to offer a range of third-party services in the tech infrastructure space. As the Mumbai-based company's fifth data centre ..

Eight swine flu deaths, including four in Maharashtra, were reported Tuesday, taking India's toll to 359, health authorities said here. Also, 185 people were affected with the flu, taking the total number of people infected with the contagious vi ..