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'India witnessing high growth in tourism'
India is attracting more foreign travellers and
is witnessing a consistently high growth in the tourism sector for the past three years, the Rajya
Sabha was informed Tuesday.
U.S. slowdown puts BPO buyouts on fast track
According to industry players and investment
bankers, the U.S. slowdown is pushing more third-party outsourcing firms and captive operations to
sell out, reported The Economic Times.
Bankruptcy filings in U.S. up by 38 percent

Siliconindia job fair on April 24

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TECHNOLOGY
Novell opens
India Development Center in Bangalore
U.S based IT firm Novell, which delivers
interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software, has opened its
India Development Center (IDC) at Bagmane Tech park in Bangalore.
Government releases telecom spectrum for
Tamil Nadu
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Tuesday
started the process of releasing radio frequencies or spectrum under the GSM technology of mobile
telephony to five operators for the Tamil Nadu circle.
No solution yet to BlackBerry security issue

Directions09 to discuss IT industry themes

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BUSINESS
Infosys workforce to cross 100,000
mark this year
Headcount of Infosys Technologies is set to cross
100,000 this fiscal (2008-09), with a gross addition of over 20,000-25,000 people to its present
strength of 91,187, a top company official said here Tuesday.
Navy orders 30 ships from Indian dockyards
As part of its 15-year programme to achieve 85
percent indigenisation of hardware, the Indian Navy ordered over 30 ships from the country's
shipyards, a senior officer said Tuesday.
Beat back inflation, Chidambaram says

Merrill Lynch losses may touch $8 Bn

>> VENTURE NEWS

Pacific Healthcare ropes in Birla
Group for India venture
Pacific Healthcare Holdings has roped in Yash
Birla Group to expand its presence in India in a joint venture.
Qualcomm commits to strategic venture
investments in India
Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced its
commitment to invest in Indian startup companies offering innovative technologies and services
that enhance the wireless communications and semiconductor ecosystems.
Sify to raise capital of $57 Mn to
fund growth

>> OTHER NEWS

Hyderabad to become a metro city
Hyderabad will join cities like Kolkata and Delhi
to have a metro rail that will give further boost to connectivity in this fast-growing southern
Indian hub.
IITs to set aside nine percent seats for OBCs
All seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
will start implementing the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) students by setting aside
nine percent seats for them and increasing the overall student intake by 13 percent.
Germany to allow
computer virus attacks by police

High court directs government to re-negotiate Bangalore
airport deal

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