NASA`s 9-year-old Mars rover breaks 40-year-old record

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 10:22

NASA`s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has broken the record for the farthest total distance driven by any NASA vehicle on another world.

Litigation funds eye India business as corporate tussles grow

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 15:29

Amid a rising number of international legal disputes involving entities and businesses in India coming to fore, a number of 'litigation funds' from abroad are sensing a niche business opportunity for them.

British High Commissioner meets Rahman Khan

Last Updated: Thursday, March 7, 2013, 21:32

Islamic banking and working of Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) figured during talks between British High Commissioner James David Bevan and Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan here on Thursday.

NASA’s Opportunity `rolling on Martian clay`

Last Updated: Saturday, December 8, 2012, 19:43

NASA’s Opportunity rover appears to have reached another milestone in its amazing nine-year mission on Mars, it has been revealed.

India among top-5 global investment destinations: Survey

Last Updated: Monday, October 29, 2012, 17:44

India has emerged as one of the top five investment destinations in the world, primarily on account of large market size and high customer potential, says a survey.

Mars rover Opportunity to explore `Matijevic Hill`

Last Updated: Saturday, September 29, 2012, 13:33

NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity, which is on the red planet for the past ninth years, will work for the next several weeks or months at a site with some of the mission’s most intriguing geological features.

NASA’s Opportunity discovers `blueberries` on Mars

Last Updated: Saturday, September 15, 2012, 15:52

NASA’s long-lived Mars rover Opportunity has returned an image of the Martian surface that is puzzling researchers.

India can become innovation hub for bio-pharma: BCG

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 11:30

Emerging markets will drive 70 percent of growth in the pharma industry and India will require supportive policies to leverage the BioPharma opportunity to become an innovation hub for the sector, says a BCG report.

Give more opportunity and importance to Opposition: Mamata

Last Updated: Monday, May 30, 2011, 21:34

Signalling a possible end to the `us and them` syndrome where the former ruling Left Front and the Oppn were not on speaking terms, WB CM urged the new Assembly Speaker to give opportunity and importance to the Opposition.

Muslim children should have equal opportunity: Buddhadeb

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 15:37

In an effort to woo Muslim voters ahead of Assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday said that it had been his government`s priority to provide equal opportunities to Muslims.

Equal Opportunity Commission likely to be set up

Last Updated: Monday, August 9, 2010, 18:08

The government is mulling setting up the Equal Opportunity Commission as recommended by the Sachar Committee in its report on social, economic and educational status of Muslims, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

EOC will boost affirmative action: Khurshid

Last Updated: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 13:54

Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said the body will boost the government`s efforts for affirmative action to help the disadvantaged sections of society.