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Archive of entries posted on May 2010

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Recruitment 2010

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd, having a business turnover of over Rs. 20,000 Crores invites applications for the post of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Recruitment 2010
The Candidate Should:
* Be serving or have retired as General Manager or equivalent (or of a higher rank), in any commercial bank, with at [Read More]

Venezuela to double gold production

Caracas, May 18 (IANS/EFE) Venezuela Monday announced that it will increase its annual gold production from the current 4.2 tonnes to 10 tonnes next year.

The government has set the goal of raising annual gold production by more than double in the next year, said Jose Khan, Minister of basic Industries and Mining.

Production volume could triple [Read More]

Reliance MediaWorks expands London facility

Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) The Anil Ambani-promoted film and entertainment services company Reliance MediaWorks Tuesday said it has expanded operations in Britain to tap business opportunities in Europe.

‘As an integrated global film and media service provider, we see a strong business opportunity across Europe, which is why we are making significant investments to increase the [Read More]

Grants from 18 countries to promote family health

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Tuesday announced 78 grants of $100,000 each to support research in 18 countries in a bid to promote family health.

The grants will cover development of a low-cost cell phone microscope to diagnose malaria, study of the strategic placement of insect-eating plants to reduce insect-borne [Read More]

Did end of smallpox vaccination trigger explosive HIV spread?

Washington, May 18 (IANS) The end of smallpox vaccination in the mid-20th century may have contributed to the rapid spread of HIV, a new study says.

Smallpox immunisation was gradually withdrawn from the 1950s to the 1970s following the worldwide eradication of the disease, and HIV has been spreading since about the same time period.

Researchers looked [Read More]

Home ministry meet to seek change in anti-Maoist strategy

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) A day after Leftwing rebels massacred 35 people in Chhattisgarh, India’s top security officials, including Home Secretary G.K. Pillai, will meet here Tuesday evening seeking a change in the anti-Maoist strategy, an official said.

The second deadliest Maoist attack in about 40 days has alarmed the security establishment and there are [Read More]

Saudi forces free German girls kidnapped in Yemen

Riyadh, May 18 (DPA) Two German girls who were part of a group kidnapped in Yemen last year have been transferred to the Saudi authorities, a spokesperson for the Saudi interior ministry said Tuesday.

The two girls were found during a joint Yemeni-Saudi operation, spokesperson Mansour al-Turki told DPA.

‘It was a secret security operation launched based [Read More]

State Bank of India profits for the first time in three years

Kolkata, May 15 (ANI): The State Bank of India (SBI) has registered a 32 per cent drop in the net profits in the fourth financial quarter (Q4), which ended on March 31 this year.
The net income of the bank in Q4 this year has fallen from last year’s impressive Rs. 27.4 billion to Rs 18.7 [Read More]

S.M Krishna arrives in Kazakhstan

Astana (Kazakhstan), May 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna arrived on a three-day State visit in Kazakhstan’s capital city Astana on Tuesday.

During his visit, Krishna will hold delegation-level talks with Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev. He will also call on the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan [Read More]

Kazakhstan is India’s most important partner in Central Asia: Krishna

Onboard Special Aircraft to Kazakhstan, May 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna on Tuesday described Kazakhstan as India’s most important partner in Central Asia with whom it maintains strategic relations.

Speaking to media persons enroute to Astana, [Read More]

Leading North West Law Firm Welcome New Partner

Marsden Rawsthorn has announced the promotion of Sahida Ahmed to partner bringing the partner headcount to 13.
Sahida, who joined Marsden Rawsthorn in 2003 as Associate Solicitor specialises in all aspects of family law with a particular focus on financial settlements in divorce, including family businesses and other practice areas relating to domestic violence, cohabitation disputes [Read More]

Indian Nuclear Society appoints Chakor Doshi on Trustees Board

Mr. Chakor Doshi, Chairman of Walchandnagar Industries Ltd has been appointed on the Board of Trustees of the Indian Nuclear Society (INS) . The Board of Trustees comprises other eminent personalities like Dr. Anil Kakodkar Former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India, Dr. S. Banerjee Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission & Secretary, Dept. of Atomic [Read More]

Australian Team marches into T20 finals with an incredible victory

Australia vs Pakistan – 2nd T20 Semi Final
In the 2nd Semi Final T20 match, Australian Team defeats Pakistan by 3 wickets in ICC Twenty20 Tournament of World Cup 2010. Mike Hussey of Australia became the key-player for the match. He scored 60 runs in only 24 balls (including 3 fours & 6 sixes). First, Pakistan [Read More]

Comstor joins hands with Cisco as a National Distributor for India

Westcon Group, one of the leading distributor in networking, security, mobility and convergence for leading technology vendors, today announced its appointment as national distributor for Cisco’s advanced network technology solutions with a focus on Data Centre, Collaboration and Borderless Networks technologies through its Comstor Division, in line with their global model. Comstor India will have [Read More]

Tata Sky enhances their DTH Service

Tata Sky has been quite popular with its DTH services and facility for recording programs when you are away.

But now DTH television business is in the process of a revolution and many companies are offering stiff competition to Tata Sky. Tata Sky has now come up with better offers to maintain and improve its market [Read More]