US eases pollution rules for upgraded power plants Washington: The US administration on June 13 announced relaxed pollution standards for utilities upgrading old power plants, a move that immediately drew fire from environmentalists.
NATIONAL New pact to improve cable traffic throughput Bangalore: Alopa Networks, a leading provider of self-subscriber provisioning and advanced broadband Operational Support Systems (OSS) solutions, has announced a new co-marketing agreement with the US-based Scientific-Atlanta.
IBM, top MNC software exporter in K'taka: STPI Bangalore: IBM Global Services India (IGSI) has been recognised by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI-Karnataka Chapter), as the "Top Multi-National Software Services Exporter" in Karnataka for 2001-02.
Hutchison cellular services in K'taka from June 24 Bangalore: Hutchison Essar on June 19 announced the launch of its cellular services in Karnataka from June 24, under the recently launched unified pan-India brand Hutch.
India eyes Sudan oil investment Delhi: India's government has approved a bid by a state-owned oil company to buy into Sudan's controversial
oil industry.
Govt to rationalise processing industry tax structure Bangalore: Union government has constituted a group of ministers to rationalise tax structure in the food processing industry and create an authority to simplify procedures in the sector, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Chaman Lal Gupta said on June 19.
