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Google Inc opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a twist on encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows anonymity.

The SMB sector accounts for more than 60% of the Indian GDP, yet its spending on IT is only 30% of the total IT spend of $22 billion, says a report by Zinnov Management Consulting.

The live telecast of Tuesday's trust vote in Parliament saw the combined market share of Hindi news channels go up by 48 per cent, while those of the English news channels increased by 17 per cent compared with the previous week, according to tele...

Raising hopes for multinational pharmaceutical research companies, India has begun a consultation on steps to ease the existing clinical trial norms to allow Indian volunteers to be subjected to first-in-human phase I studies of potential medicine...

Consumers may now be insulated from any tariff increase for a period of 12 months if the recommendations made in a consultation paper of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) are accepted. At the moment, consumers have a protection agai...

Indian companies led by Anil Ambani's Reliance Power (RPower), Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) plan to invest over Rs 100,000 crore in the next five years to expand their presence in the nuclear energ...

NEW DELHI: Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Money’s CEO and Director, Sudip Bandopadhyay, has joined the board of the National Multi-commodity Exchange (NMCE). Induction of Mr. Bandopadhyay follows Reliance Money’s announcement recently ...

NEW DELHI: Reliance Communications has crossed 5-crore subscriber mark. It added 17.4 lakh mobile subscribers in June, its highest-ever monthly addition so far. With its network covering 20,000 towns and 4.5 lakh villages, the company added a ...

CHENNAI: iNautix Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Pershing LLC and the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, expanded its facility at the Ascendas International Tech Park in Chennai with the addition of more than 57,000 sq. ft. of ...

Sensex zooms 838 points on FM’s statement on greater economic liberalisation

MUMBAI: A day after the UPA Government won the trust vote, the Indian currency on Wednesday closed stronger by a huge 64 paise against the greenback in anticipation of huge dollar inflows, particularly riding on the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear ...

GENEVA: Softening its stand on the U.S. offer, India on Wednesday described the American proposal to reduce its farm aid as a ‘good sign’ and hoped developed nations will make similar moves in other areas for reaching a ...

LONDON: Concerned over the sharp plunge in its share price over the recent past, world’s largest mobile player Vodafone on Wednesday said it would buy back shares worth about one billion pounds from the market. ...

FRANKLIN: Nissan on Tuesday celebrated the dedication of Nissan Americas in Franklin, Tenn. At the dedication, Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn announced that Nissan and the State of Tennessee are forming a partnership to promote ...