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India’s ocean satellite relays images, data

By ians • Oct 13th, 2009
First images sent by Oceansat-2, India's remote sensing satellite. (IANS Photo courtesy Department of Space. Govt of India)

Bangalore, Oct 12,India’s latest remote sensing satellite Oceansat-2 has begun beaming “good quality” images of the earth and relaying data on sea surface wind speed and direction, the space agency said Monday.



India’s top space scientist heads world astronautics body

By ians • Oct 12th, 2009
G. Madhavan Nair

Bangalore, Oct 12, India’s top space scientist G. Madhavan Nair has been elected president of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) at its general assembly in South Korea, the Indian space agency said Monday.



After water, check for life on moon: Jayant Narlikar

By ians • Oct 12th, 2009

Panaji, Oct 12, Noted astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar has urged that the moon be scanned for micro-organisms in its environment, especially in areas where traces of water have been found.



YouTube gets billion hits per day

By ians • Oct 10th, 2009
Google

San Francisco, Oct 10, Google’s online video site YouTube now gets a billion hits a day, the site’s founder Chad Hurley said in a video posted Friday.



Indian professionals too focussed on salaried jobs: IT whiz

By Madhusree Chatterjee • Oct 9th, 2009

New Delhi, Oct 9, Young Indian professionals should put their “heart and soul” into the job, be able to certify their work themselves and not always switch jobs in search of higher pay, advises IT whiz and author Subroto Bagchi.



Infosys beats guidance but projects dip for third quarter

By ians • Oct 9th, 2009

Bangalore, Oct 9,Sailing through tough times, Infosys Technologies Ltd has again beaten revenue guidance for the second quarter (July-September) of this fiscal (2009-10) by posting Rs.55.85 billion (Rs.5,585 crore) as against the projected Rs.53.65 billion (Rs.5,365 crore).



Court orders Google to pay woman over comments on Orkut

By ians • Oct 9th, 2009

Rio de Janeiro, Oct 9, A Brazilian judge has ordered Google to pay 5,000 reais ($2,847) to a woman for not removing offensive comments about her posted on the Orkut website.



Infosys declares 200 percent interim dividend

By ians • Oct 9th, 2009

Bangalore, Oct 9,Infosys Technologies Ltd has declared an interim dividend of Rs.10 per share or 200 percent on par value of Rs.5 per share for the first six months (April-September) of this fiscal (2009-10).



Infosys projects 5.4 percent revenue decline for third quarter

By rinki singh • Oct 9th, 2009

Bangalore, Oct 9, Infosys Technologies Ltd has projected revenue of Rs.54.76 billion (Rs.5,476 crore) for the third quarter (October-December) of this fiscal (2009-10), indicating a decline of 5.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) as per the Indian accounting standard.



Infosys net up 7.5 percent in second quarter

By ians • Oct 9th, 2009

Bangalore, Oct 9, Infosys Technologies Ltd. posted net profit of Rs.15.40 billion (Rs.1,540 crore) for the second quarter (July-Sep) of this fiscal, registering 7.5 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth as per the Indian accounting standard.