Moscow, Sep 13 (RIA Novosti) Russia has hiked its defence spending for 2009 to 1.2 trillion roubles ($46.8 billion), a top ranking government official has said. The spending is outlined in the budget for 2009-2011 which is due to be tabled in the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, Sep 19. (more…)
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Farmers on a sit-in here for the past six months seeking enhanced compensation for land acquired by the Delhi government Saturday threatened to intensify their agitation. The current market price of the land is over 15 times what they were offered in 2005, they say. (more…)
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) The Indian equity markets had a mixed week as the key indices surged on the first day of trading, thanks to the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) giving a waiver to India, but then went down in the remaining four seasons due to weak global markets. (more…)
Kolkata, Sep 13 (IANS) West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who has been trying to resolve the contentious land problem over Tata Motors’ Nano factory in Singur, Saturday said a “farm-factory balance” should be reached to resolve the impasse. (more…)
Manila, Sep 13 (DPA) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Saturday it was providing its first public sector loan worth $40 million to help Georgia rehabilitate services and infrastructure damaged in the recent conflict with Russia. (more…)
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 13 (Xinhua) Brazil has plans to build up to 60 nuclear plants of 1,000 mw each over the next 50 years. “The general idea is to build one plant per year,” Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao said Friday during a visit to the country’s third nuclear power plant, Angra 3 now under construction. (more…)
Vienna, Sep 13 (DPA) The UN nuclear agency has raised its long-term projections for nuclear power growth, as countries are seeking stable energy prices and energy security. Global nuclear electricity production capacity will rise to between 473 and 748 gigawatts in 2030, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has noted in its latest annual outlook on nuclear power. (more…)
Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) The Tata Nano land row remained unresolved with opposition Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and the West Bengal government failing to agree Friday evening on the acreage to be given to farmers to compensate for agricultural land “forcibly” acquired for the small car project in Singur. (more…)
New York, Sep 12 (IANS) Three Indians have been named among 34 innovators in Forbes magazine’s “Web Billionaires” list. The trio comprise Kavitark Ram Shriram, an early investor in Google who now owns the jobsite naukri.com; Party Gaming founder Anurag Dikshit and Indiabulls’ Sameer Gehlaut. (more…)
Chennai, Sep 12 (IANS) The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (ELCOT) to undertake research in the areas including open source software and e-governance. (more…)
