<P>Chennai-based software training and consulting company, NACE Solutions, is set to sign an agreement with the Anna University&#39;s AU-KBC research centre to offer a joint certification programme in its flagship course  LAMP (Linux - Apache - MySQL - PHP).

Chennai firm to sign pact with varsity

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<P>Not just designer clothing and high-end electronic gadgets, the fake factor' is now taking a heavy toll on the student note book (SNB) market in Karnataka.

Fake notebooks write down MSIL`s biz

<P>ETA Star Property Developers, part of the $5 billion Emirates Trading Agency (ETA) group based in the UAE, plans to invest Rs 150 crore in its third project  a 7.5 million square feet multiple-use development in Binnypet in Bangalore.

ETA Star to invest Rs 150 cr in Bangalore

Modern friend of traditional knowledge in new avatar

Seeing the potential of video-conferencing in the northern region, Reliance Webstores Ltd (an Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group firm) is planning to add nine centres for video-conferencing, especially in

Video conf gets a boost in North

The proposed plants in Maharashtra would generate around 75 Mw of power.


Co-generation plans of 15 sugar co-ops cleared

The real estate sector, which has seen tremendous growth in the last few years in western parts of Ahmedabad, seems to be finally rising in the east too. A group of realtors has joined hands to

Galaxy to set up township in eastern Ahmedabad

In West Bengal, over the last two years, some of the most visible struggles have centered around land. 


Land deals fill KMC, KMDA, Housing Board coffers

SKS Microfinance Private Limited is planning to sell solar lamps and groceries to its members apart from marketing GSM handsets for a service provider. The company is currently finalising the strategy

SKS Microfinance to offer solar lamps, groceries

Despite the stories of a possible recession in the US and slowdown in the West, the campus salaries rose 9.4 per cent in FY08 over FY07 compared to 7.6 per cent increase in FY07 from FY06. 


Campus pay packets rise 9.4%: survey

The Jharkhand governments rehabilitation and resettlement (R&amp;R) policy, which has been holding up 64 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 2.5 lakh crore, is in its final stages and likely

Jharkhand land package by May 2008

Of the 900-odd firms that operated out of the World Trade Centre in New York when it was destroyed, 533 of them closed down or failed within 18 months. This was attributed to absence of a business

Business continuity is new mantra for corporates

Major industrial areas in Bangalore  Bommasandra, Jigani and Peenya  have witnessed an increase in the rents, averaging 12 per cent in one year. 


Industrial space rentals in B`lore up 12% in 1 year

A multi-disciplinary team from the departments of electrical, bioengineering, chemistry, material science and mechanical engineering at IIT-Bombay has developed a biosensor  iSens  to detect

New early warning for heart attack

The Krishna District Milk Producers Cooperative Union achieved a turnover Rs 171 crore in the financial year 2007-08 as against Rs 164 crore in 2006-07. 


Krishna dairy turnover at Rs 171cr

<P>Avesthagen, Bangalore-based integrated systems biology platform company, has launched its first clinically-validated bioactive  Teestar.

Avestha rolls out bioactive to control blood sugar

mJunction Services, an electronic marketplace for steel and coal, set up as an equal joint venture by Tata Steel and Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is likely to acquire Industrial Products

mJunction may acquire Industrial Products Finder

US commodity lobby pushes the pulse in India.


Efforts on to promote soyabean use

Gradatim IT Ventures, which specialises in micro-transactions and legal-discovery services in India, has announced a 50:50 joint venture partnership with Singapore-based DM Corporation (DMC), a data

Gradatim in JV with Singapore firm

Finding itself unable to accomplish the large-scale planning required for the development of industrial areas outside Agra under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Agra

Agra civic authority seeks external help to implement town planning

New deposits of coal, iron ore, bauxite and limestone have been discovered in the mineral-rich state of Chhattisgarh in a recent survey and prospecting conducted by states directorate of geology and

New coal, iron ore deposits in Raigarh

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