INTERNATIONAL Glitzy launch for Microsoft’s Xbox in Japan Tokyo: Feverish crowds rushed to buy Microsoft's Xbox console on February 22 as a glitzy launch heralded the arrival of a new player in Japan's multi-million-dollar video game industry.
NATIONAL CII team to visit Lanka to improve bilateral trade Chennai: A Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) trade delegation is scheduled to
visit Sri Lanka for two days from February 24 to hold talks with Sri Lankan
ministers of commerce and industries and trade bodies with a view to improving bilateral trade between the island nation and India.
Rail Budget to unveil super-fast 2nd class trains New Delhi: Launch of new super-fast second class 'Jana Shatabdi' inter-city trains is be announced in the Railway Budget that would also raise second class passenger fares by 7 to 10 per cent but contain no new rail projects.
CPM opposes Centre's new proposal on labour New Delhi: Strongly condemning the decision to permit lay-off, retrenchment and closure of industrial units employing upto 1,000 employees without obtaining clearance from the government, Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) on February 23 warned that the proposal would grant blanket right of hire and fire to industrial establishments.
