Technology News

Biocon, US firm to jointly make drug for diabetes

India's biotech major Biocon Friday entered into a strategic tie-up with the US-based Amylin Pharmaceuticals to jointly produce a peptide hybrid molecule for treating diabetes.9:02 PM on September 11

Delhi Tech University inks MoU with French consortium

The Delhi Technological University (DTU), formerly known as Delhi College of Engineering, Thursday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a network of seven French engineering institutions, The Groupe Des Ecoles Des Mines (GEM), to foster collaboration, provide opportunities for global experience and facilitate advancement of knowledge in the field of engineering.12:02 AM on September 11

Making right to education a reality through technology

The application of IT is fairly widespread by now in India in the private sector. However, when it comes to public governance, India has been a laggard in the utilisation of IT.9:00 AM on September 10

Jaipur-based firm in Guinness World Records

The city-based firm N.M. Roof Designers (NMRD) Ltd has figured in the Guinness Book of World Records for designing and constructing a 'satsang hall' (prayer hall) in Jaipur, which has a reinforced concrete cement (RCC) flat roof with a single span of 119 feet.7:33 PM on September 09

Lost opportunity for Bengal in creating IT jobs: Infosys

West Bengal has lost an opportunity to create thousands of jobs when it scrapped the proposed IT hub project in Kolkata, a senior official of Infosys Technologies said late Monday.11:00 PM on September 07

IT hub scrapping sad day for West Bengal: Infosys official

Infosys board member T.V. Mohandas Pai Monday said the West Bengal government's decision to scrap a proposed IT hub project on the state capital's northeastern fringes was a 'sad day' for the state.9:02 PM on September 07

West Bengal will be left out of IT boom: Congress

With West Bengal's Left Front government scrapping the proposed 1,200-acre IT township project near here, Congress leader Manas Bhuniya Monday lamented that youths of the state would not be able to see the light of the IT boom.9:01 PM on September 07

Space scientists laud India's moon mission data despite setback

Top international space scientists Monday lauded India's maiden lunar mission for the excellent quality of the data sent by Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, a senior space agency official said.9:00 PM on September 07

Bengal scraps IT township project

The West Bengal government Monday informed IT majors Infosys and Wipro that their projects in a proposed township on the outskirts of this metropolis had been scrapped, according to officials.5:02 PM on September 07

Tech Mahindra to provide IT solutions to Etisalat DB

Software outsourcer Tech Mahindra will provide telecom operator Etisalat DB with IT solutions and infrastructure requirements for its proposed services rollout in 15 telecom circles, it was announced here Monday.3:33 PM on September 07

Uttar Pradesh chopper fleet best, says man who flies Mayawati

The man who often flies Chief Minister Mayawati and is a top bureaucrat in Uttar Pradesh says the state has the best fleet of choppers and the most experienced pilots in the country.1:30 PM on September 07

Rural BPOs: Karnataka's latest in IT revolution

For 23-year-old graduate Jayalakshmi, getting a job as an executive at a business process outsourcing (BPO) firm was a dream. But getting it at her village here, near the historic Srirangapatna town in Mandya district, was the icing on the cake.12:30 PM on September 07

Lockheed begins F-16 trials for Indian Air Force

US aerospace major Lockheed Martin Monday began flying its three fighter F-16s here for trials of the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRC) that the Indian Air Force (IAF) wants to buy, to replace its ageing MiG-21 fleet.11:30 AM on September 07

Scientists to review India's moon mission saga

Top European and American space scientists will join their Indian counterparts here Monday to review the performance of India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-1 that was aborted prematurely last week, a senior space agency official said Sunday.8:31 PM on September 06

Telecom regulator amends value added services rules

India's telecom regulator Friday made it mandatory for operators to twice seek confirmation from cell phone users before they subscribe to value-added services (VAS).5:30 PM on September 04