A surge in capital inflows that has pushed the rupee to a near eight-year high and boosted forex reserves will prompt India to delay further moves towards the currency's full convertibility.

Under a "real name verification system" to crack down on internet usage - and prevent internet addiction among the young - Chinese police are to check the identity card numbers of all would-be players of internet games.

To help UB raise above half the buyout cost of Rs 4,620 cr.

As the president of Assocham, Dhoot has asked Confederation of Indian Industry and Ficci to join him in requesting the prime minister to reconsider the move to ban states from acquiring land.

MMTC Ltd, the largest of the three companies, is seeking approval for the merger from its 2,000-odd employees this week, and State Trading Corporation and PEC will launch a similar exercise next month.

Even as Minister of State for Petroleum Dinsha Patel has told the Rajya Sabha that new connections are easily available for genuine customers, householders all over India are facing an acute shortage of LPG cylinders.

Sources said the acquisition might be one of the biggest deals till date in the domestic shipbuilding industry. A comparable new shipyard would have cost Rs 200-250 crore.

Japan on Monday lent some $850 million to the government of visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as the oil-hungry Asian power looks to boost output from the war-torn country. The Japanese low-interest loans will fund the construction of an

N Korea poses a growing threat to its neighbours by delaying the dismantling of its nuclear weapons programme, a leading candidate to become South Korea's next president said.

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 9, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT; TSE: 9432) has succeeded in developing the world first HDTV[1] real-time CODEC[2] LSI chipset employing the High 4:2:2 profile[3] in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC[4] (hereinafter called H.264)

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 9, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation has developed a completely new kind of bioplastic composed of plant-based material and carbon fiber, which realizes heat conductivity higher than that of stainless steel. The innovative bioplastic is

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 9, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. has begun sample shipment of a new 3.5-inch (8.9-centimeters-diagonal) video graphic array (VGA), low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) module, part number NL4864HL11-01B.

East Timor appears to be heading for a widely expected run-off ballot in its presidential election after no candidate took a decisive lead in early returns after a day of peaceful voting.

Rural anger grows in an economically resurgent Cambodia as powerful companies take possession of vast tracts of valuable land with little regard for the farmers cultivating the fields.

The delegation from Azerbaijan attended the meeting of the working group to co-ordinate the trade policies within Central Asia Regional Economic Co-operation (CAREC) Program, the Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan reported. The meeting took place in Manila. The delegation

Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecom Limited is expected to submit details of loans to two Indian minority shareholders this week to the finance ministry, which is looking into alleged breach of foreign direct investment norms in Hutch-Essar.

Eyeing to dislodge Star from the top slot in the Hindi entertainment segment, Prannoy Roy-promoted media giant NDTV on Monday said it was in talks with major producers, including Ekta Kapoor, for serials on its to-be-launched channels.

With tax sops kicking in after the opening of its plant in Uttarakhand, two-wheeler major Bajaj Auto has slashed prices of its 100 cc model Platina by Rs 3000, ahead of its planned exit from the segment.

China plans to double the number of Indian tourists each year to about 1 million by the end of 2010 and is taking a series of initiatives to meet the target.

Tata Teleservices Ltd has asked for more time from the government to sign the national long distance license, for which the Tata Group telecom company has already received the required letter of intent.