The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has developed a medium duration hybrid pigeon pea, ICPH 2671, under public-private partnership.

Icrisat develops hybrid pigeon pea

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Without shopping malls, multiplexes and pubs, Tier II cities in Karnataka may not offer frills and thrills&#39; to the BPO employees .

Mysore too has frills, thrills for its denizens

The Karnataka government on Thursday announced the setting up of a Skill Commission&#39; to train youth for 1 million jobs to be created in the state&#39;s industrial sector in the next five years.

Plan to train youth for jobs mooted

Maytas Properties Limited, a Hyderabad-based property development company, on Thursday launched its first IT/ITeS special economic zone (SEZ) at its flagship 376-acre integrated township  Maytas Hill County  on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

Maytas launches Rs 2500cr IT SEZ

The present slowdown across much of the world seems to be having a sobering effect on the firms that had seen growth at a break-neck speed when the economy was growing around 9 per cent.

`Firms still come to India for cost advantage`

Mumbai-based Ambulance Access for All (AAA) Foundation has lined up plans to expand its Dial 1298 for Ambulance&#39; services to all districts of Kerala by June 2009, said the foundation&#39;s director Ravi Krishna.

AAA to cover entire Kerala by `09

The Tamil Nadu government is planning to fund IT companies to train fresh graduates passing out from colleges under the special finishing school initiative&#39;.

TN to set up finishing schools

Tamil Nadu is the only state in the country, which has four tier II cities of potential IT and BPO locations, including three in the challenger and one in the follower segments, according to a Nasscom-AT Kearney study on Location roadmap for IT- BPO growth: Assessment of 50 leading cities'.

Tier II cities emerge on IT map

Taking a leaf out of successful implementation of Apani Mandi&#39; in Punjab and Rythu Bazaar&#39; in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat government has set the stage for replicating the same model in Gujarat.

Gujarat to replicate Punjab`s Apani Mandi model

With several small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Gujarat lacking internet security, the Ahmedabad chapter of Western India Regional Council (WIRC) of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has organised a seminar, National Programme on Information Technology&#39;.

ICAI seminar to focus on data security and IT governance

Real estate company, Amrapali Group, has launched its commercialcumresidential apartments and hotel projects in Kochi and Mysore, marking its foray into South India.

Amrapali launches realty projects in Kochi, Mysore

Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE), a sustainable energy project launched in Kerala and Karnataka and now slowly expanding to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, was named the Energy Champion&#39; at the Ashden Awards this year.

TIDE named `Energy Champion`  at Ashden Awards

The short session of Karnataka legislatures beginning here tomorrow is expected to be stormy with the 108-member strong Congress and JDS opposition gearing up to grill the B S Yeddyurappa government on a host of issues such as the farmers&#39; suicides due to fertiliser scarcity&#39;.

BSY govt to come under opposition attack

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While KSK Energy Venture's prospects look good, there are concerns pertaining to timely execution besides stiff IPO pricing.

Aggressive plans

Among many concerns looming in the Indian equity markets, outflow of foreign institutional investors' (FIIs) investment is quite worrisome.

Opinion swinging in India`s favour

What has come as a bigger blow for small traders in the commodity market is the invasion' of big retailers into the commodity market.

Big retailers seen to squeeze out small

The government has provisionally declared the area covered by Hyderabad International Airport Limited (HIAL) as a notified area&#39; (municipality) duly excluding it from the jurisdiction of the local authority.

State declares HIAL as notified area

ETA Star Appliances, a fully owned subsidiary of the $5 billion ETA Ascon Star Group of Dubai, was planning to introduce built-in micro-ovens and dish-washers by August this year and open 37 stores under the brand name Star home&#39; in India this year.

ETA Dubai in Kolkata

For Narayana Gowda, a farmer of a village near Whitefield on the outskirts of Bangalore, his mobile phone will no longer be only for receiving calls.

Airtel in rural push through co-op

India has ranked tenth in the list of countries where most of the Internet atta-cks originated in the first quarter of 2008, according to a recent report by web services provider Akamai.

India sees less than 3% of net attack origins

Ahmedabad-based cotton fabric manufacturer, Ashima Group is planning to double the presence of its menswear readymade garment brand, Frank Jefferson', in the country.

Ashima to double retail presence

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