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December 14, 2010 10:30 PM

Corporates need to follow fair means in business practices

Amid charges for flouting environment laws by some influential business houses, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said there was a perceived "ethical deficit" among some corporates which need to follow fair means in their pursuit. Addressing captains of industry at India Corporate Week 2010 f...

December 14, 2010 9:17 PM

Phone tapping powers needed but to be exercised with utmost care: PM

The Prime Minister has asked the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekhar to look into the corporate phone tapping case and submit his report in one month's time. Inaugurating the Corporate Week 2010 in New Delhi on Tuesday morning, Dr. Manmohan Singh said that he is aware of the nervousness in the...

December 14, 2010 8:57 PM

Technology transfer agreement between DRDO, US firm on the anvil

A technology transfer agreement is on the anvil between Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and an American firm for the explosive detection kit (EDK) developed by DRDO. A Defence Ministry release said in New Delhi today,the Americans have their own EDK kits but the foreign technolo...

December 14, 2010 8:55 PM

Poppy cultivation in Southeast Asia jumped 22 percent in 2010: UN report

A UN report says poppy cultivation in Southeast Asia jumped 22 percent in 2010, exacerbating the region's relentless rise in opium production in recent years. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in its annual report that the amount of land used for poppy cultivation increased in M...

December 14, 2010 8:31 PM

Pranab describes Chinese PM’s visit to India as significant

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday described the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to India as significant saying that not only is China India's biggest neighbour but the trade between the two has been expnading very fast . He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of...

December 14, 2010 8:31 PM

Pranab describes Chinese PM’s visit to India as significant

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday described the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to India as significant saying that not only is China India's biggest neighbour but the trade between the two has been expnading very fast . He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of...

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