The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Friday said that it approved a total of $10.5 billion in loans in 2008, the highest in its 42-year history.India was the largest borrower with $2.9 billion, or 27.4 percent of the total loans extended last year.The Ma ..

Industrial production in the northern and western regions is likely to decline nearly 30 percent in May and June due to a worsening power deficit, said a report by an industry lobby released Friday.Currently, according to the Associated Chambers of C ..

State-owned telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) Friday said it has postponed the launch of its third generation (3G) mobile services, Jadoo, in Mumbai to May.The response to MTNL's 3G services in Delhi has been lukewarm, forcing ..

After protests against Indian steel and a right-wing radio show host calling Indians "slumdogs" for doing outsourced American jobs, India's rise could be a factor in triggering radical violence in the US, warns an intelligence report.Pr ..

The use of internet for campaigning, being tested in India in the ongoing general elections, will emerge as a powerful medium when the world's largest democracy is ready for the next round, concludes a leading tech publication."Cyber campaig ..

A ballerina, Spiderman, a vet, a train driver and sometimes even a sea lion: these are the jobs that toddlers see themselves in when they grow up.Kate Castine, an adviser to Australia's department of education, isn't happy about this and want ..

Can bamboo replace concrete and steel? Or how about a low-cost tsunami and earthquake warning system? Such and many more projects will be on display at Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi's (IIT-D) annual open house fair Saturday.The students an ..

If the Samajwadi Party thought that its anti-English and anti-computer stance will strike a chord with the Hindi-speaking poor, it may have to do a re-think. Many from poorer sections of the society maintain that the language was "all too import ..

Urging for "greater US investment flow" into India, a top diplomat said here Thursday that this was a good time for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to return to the country as the economic situation was improving.Speaking at an inter ..

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia will represent India at next week's meeting in Washington among finance ministers of world's top 20 economies on how to regulate the global financial system in the wake of the worst e ..

India's Company Law Board (CLB) Thursday approved the takeover of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services by outsourcer Tech Mahindra Ltd."Having convinced myself that the board of directors has selected a technically and financially competent/qu ..

India's Tata Communications Thursday said they had joined a global consortium to build a $600-million cable system to extend faster international connectivity to countries in Africa at cheaper tariff.The network, expected to be ready by 2011, wil ..

Angry over import of Indian pipes for a Canada-US oil pipeline, the steel workers union is trying to galvanise a national outrage over steel imports and raising suggestions of protectionism.Hundreds of sections of imported steel pipe have been moving ..

US stock markets rose Wednesday on signs of economic recovery as the Federal Reserve said a number of regions are reporting an easing of the country's economic downturn.The Federal Reserve said five of its 12 regional banks reported a "moder ..

This August, Delhi's second state university will start functioning by opening its doors for the first batch of post-graduate students.Established in July 2008, the Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD) would be India's first university dedicated  ..

Graduates from many of India’s top technology and management institutes are turning to entrepreneurship in large numbers, unfazed by a lack of funding in a slowing economy and seeing that the opportunity cost of foregoing regular employment in  ..

 College fests in Kanpur can easily be counted among the most happening events in the city.After IIT-K’s Antaragini it was the turn of Kanpur University to host their fest ‘Spandan’ in association with Radio Mirchi. Held on the ..

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has got in touch with the West Midnapore district magistrate and the Kalaikunda air force base to explore the possibilities of airlifting patients from the campus in emergency situations.IIT-Kgp acting d ..

Students participating in ADEX-09 had put up 30-40 designs on the second day of the event displaying their talent andperseverance.On one hand where Himanshu Agarwal and Umang Shah, the two first year students of master of design programme (M Des) at  ..

Entry into Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is a dream of every aspiring engineer in the country. The institute, known for its academic excellence, has always drawn huge attention from the students. However, for Kota, the hub of tutorial classes, ..