Mumbai-based IT solutions and services provider 3i Infotech has opened a new global development centre in Chennai to focus on the enhancement and development of company’s flagship insurance solution Premia and the Kastle line of banking solution as also to support company’s organic growth in these areas. Spread over 2 lakh sft, it will have […]

Students from the CBSE stream are likely to give their State board counterparts tough competition during admission to professional courses. In the Standard XII examination results for Chennai and Ajmer regions, released on Wednesday, many CBSE students are almost on a par with State Board students when it comes to the critical cut-off marks. The […]

The uncertainty over Chennai’s new airport has finally ended. The aviation ministry has received the resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly which says the Airports Authority of India (AAI) should modernise the existing airport and also build a greenfield one near the city. The new airport could be built in a 5,000-acre area near […]

Officials of the Chennai Corporation will soon be able to keep an eye on the movement of garbage trucks in the city without having to move from their seats in the Ripon Building, the civic body’s headquarters. The Corporation plans to use the global positioning system (GPS) technology to monitor if garbage trucks, fogging machines, […]

  How would you like to receive your emails on your mobile phones as and when they reach the inbox? Canada-based mobile solutions provider Consilient’s `push email’ service promises to do for all java-enabled mobile phones with GPRS access what hitherto has been an unique service enjoyed by expensive smart phones. It recently released a […]

Starting a price war, Reliance Communications on Tuesday slashed its roaming rates by about 70 per cent at the lowest 40 paise a minute on some select plans, while incoming has been made just Re 1 per minute. Incoming calls on roaming has been reduced to just Re 1 a minute from Rs 1.75 a […]

Once again the giant sucking sound of outsourcing sweeps across the United States, as IT jobs in Michigan move to Chennai, India. And it leaves in its wake dislocation, hurt, anger and fear of an uncertain future for the new unemployed of Michigan. An educated and experienced workforce is faced with the bleak prospect of […]

Coca-Cola India plans to acquire manufacturing and distribution rights for Kinley packaged water from its bottlers in key local markets. The idea is to expand Kinley beyond water to high-margin wellness drinks and control its distribution so that it reaches a wider consumer base. The rationale behind Coca-Cola’s move, say sources, is to “project Kinley […]

Adobe India, a global creative software developer, plans to expand its facilities in Noida and Bangalore with an investment of over $100 million over the next five years. It is also planning to increase its R&D headcount in India from the present 1,000 to about 1,300 plus by the end of 2007. “Adobe had announced […]

Married BJP MLA’s ‘kissing’ photos surfaceAddressing the media in Bangalore, P V Jayalakshmi a nurse by profession who had recently made serious charges of blackmail against BJP legislator Renukacharya alleged that he had intimidated her into posing for provocative photographs.The Renukacharya-Jayalakshmi controversy turned murkier on Monday with the latter releasing three photographs that showed the […]

The doctors, who were agitating since May 18 against the arrest of two doctor couples for alleged medical negligence, withdrew protests today following assurance that the police officers concerned will be transerred to other stations. The decision was taken after talks between the doctors and Health Minister K K S S R Ramachandran and other […]

Its role before, during and after a heart attack The main ingredient of aspirin is a modified version of a substance called salicylic acid. This salicylic acid is found naturally in many plants and trees. The fever reducing and pain relieving properties of the bark of the willow tree, which contains salicylic acid, was known […]