One of the greatest challenges of using radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer is to deliver the highest possible dose to the malignant tissue and, at the same time, ensure that normal tissues closest to the tumor receive the lowest possible dose. Medical centers with radiation therapy departments face...
Migration to Delhi is an important fact of life for people in Far West Nepal. Migrants invest their savings in financial self-help associations. Part of these savings are remitted back home. Yet the infrastructure for remittances is sub-optimal, so migrants carry their savings back home. In light of the worsening...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas) -- A five-company consortium consisting of HindustanPetroleum Corporation Limited HPCL (BSE:500104) Mumbai, steel magnateLakshmi N. Mittal's group, GAIL India Limited (BSE:532155) New Delhi,Oil India Limited (Duliajan, Assam), and Total S.A. (NYSE:TOT) Paris signed anagreement in October 2007 to build a refinery-plus-petrochemical...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas) -- NTPC Limited (BSE:532555) New Delhi, India'slargest power producing company, is constructing an ultra-mega powerproject in Barh in the state of Bihar in two stages at a total cost of $3.5billion. The contract for supplying equipment for Phase I of the thermalpower plant...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The third runway at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi has opened for commercial operations. A British Airways operated Boeing 777-300 aircraft arriving from London Heathrow Airport was the first commercial flight to use the new runway. The airport...
Umi Chahal knew she wanted a career in the health care industry since she was a young girl growing up in India. After earning her bachelor's and master's degrees in nutrition and dietetics at Delhi University's Lady Irwin College, the then 22- year-old Chahal came to...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S.-India Business Council USIBC today explored business opportunities in the State of Andhra Pradesh with a delegation of executives eager to invest in the State's farm-to-market supply chain. The Executive Delegation had just arrived from New Delhi where it announced a shift in...
RICHMOND, Va. -- Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. ("CBI") (NASDAQ Capital Market:CBTE) is pleased to provide an update regarding its continued expansion into the key Asian markets of India and China and its positioning for continued growth. CBI Services entered into a renewable Agreement with Link Biotechnologies, New Delhi, India,...
NEW DELHI AFP — India's labour minister on Wednesday apologised for expressing his support for sacked workers who beat their former boss to death, after his comments triggered widespread outrage. Oscar Fernandes had defended former employees of car parts maker Graziano Transmissioni who attacked and killed chief executive...
Today at GridWeek 2008 IBM (NYSE: IBM)announced five new members have joined the Global Intelligent UtilityNetwork Coalition, a group of utility companies working with IBM toaccelerate the adoption of smart grid technologies and business solutionsthroughout the world. New members include DONG Energy of Denmark, North Delhi Power Limited ofIndia, Progress...
NEW DELHI AFP — Shares of Indian generics giant Ranbaxy shares slid 11 percent Tuesday on reports Canada was looking into the safety of the company's drugs as well as on concerns about its revenue outlook. Ranbaxy shares have been under pressure since the US Food and Drug...
NEW DELHI AFP — A New Delhi court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Hollywood studio Warner Bros against the makers of Bollywood film "Hari Puttar" over its title, lawyers for both sides said. Warner Bros, which owns the rights to the blockbuster "Harry Potter" movies, argued the...
Will streamline technology operations and support customized insurance applications NEW DELHI, India -- NIIT Technologies Ltd, the global IT services provider headquartered in New Delhi, today announced that they have been awarded a global sourcing contract by American Safety Insurance Services, Inc., the Atlanta-based program manager for American...
NEW DELHI AFP — India's Reliance-ADA Group and Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks studio have signed a deal that will boost Bollywood's presence in the US film industry, a report said on Sunday. The two companies will make six films a year for the next six years under the 1.5...
NEW DELHI AFP — US soft drinks giant PepsiCo Sunday announced plans to invest 500 million dollars in India over the next three years, a report said Sunday. The fresh injection of funds is expected to generate tens of thousands of new jobs in India, the Press Trust...
NEW DELHI AFP — India's prime minister on Monday was set to begin a 10-day visit to the United States and France which is expected to mark the country's return to global nuclear commerce after 30 years in the cold. Manmohan Singh, who will also attend the United...
NEW DELHI AFP — Omar Kumar gets drunk every day before he goes to work. It is the only way he can cope with spending hours chest-deep in Delhi's stinking sewers. "I have to drink alcohol -- if I don't, I cannot work," he said, after another shift...
NEW DELHI, India, September 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Omaxe Ltd., the leading real estate developer with pan-India presence, today prepaid the entire outstanding sum on debentures issued to LIC Mutual Fund. The Rs 1crore each Debenture of Series H with a total value of Rs100 crores were due for redemption...
NEW DELHI AFP — Armed police launched an intense manhunt across the Indian capital Saturday for two suspected Islamic militants who escaped a dramatic gunbattle in which two militants and a police officer died. The two militants killed during Friday's shootout in a Muslim area of New Delhi...
NEW DELHI AFP — The 2009 world badminton championships have been shifted from the Indian capital of New Delhi to the southern city of Hyderabad, an official said on Friday. The change was made due to the delay in renovation work being carried out at the Siri Fort...