Technology - general
Road train project could take the sweat and tears out of driving
14 Nov 2009
Researchers working on the European Commision's Safe Road Trains for the Environment project are working on a novel road transport project acn make it possible for the harried drivers continue on their journey, even while enjoying a nap. By Vivek Dev
Pfizer to slash R&D facilities post Wyeth merger
11 Nov 2009
Rolls-Royce in research partnership to develop new materials for cleaner, more efficient gas turbines
07 Nov 2009
Technology imports to take the automatic route
05 Nov 2009
Monsanto opens biotech research center in China
04 Nov 2009
Approval of Bt brinjal mindless and deadly, say protesters
23 Oct 2009
The approval given to the genetically modified Bt brinjal by the genetic engineering approval committee has raised a storm of protest from farmers and environmental groups
Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement
23 Oct 2009
Australian-American-British trio share Nobel for medicine
05 Oct 2009
Elizabeth H Blackburn, Carol W Greider and Jack W Szostak have jointly won the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work on `how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
Honda develops new personal mobility device
25 Sep 2009
Pursuing the concept of "harmony with people" Honda has developed a new personal mobility technology and unveiled U3-X, a compact experimental device
GM ties up with Reva for electric car production
24 Sep 2009
Wockhardt is top Indian pharma patentee; bags government award
24 Sep 2009
Wockhardt has received a total of 70 patents, 15 from the Indian and 55 from the American and European patent offices
Malignant signature may help identify patients likely to respond to therapy
09 Sep 2009
A molecular signature that helps account for the aggressive behavior of a variety of cancers such as pancreatic, breast and melanoma may also predict the likelihood of successful treatment with a particular anti-cancer drug. By Steve Benowitz, director of communications, Cancer Centre, University of California, San Diego
Glenmark, Forest drug trial for COPD fails
19 Aug 2009
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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