'Bangalore will become single largest IT cluster by 2020'

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 22:57

"Bangalore, you believe it or not- is going to become the single largest IT cluster on the planet by 2020. We will have 20 lakh IT professionals in one location- namely Bangalore and 60 lakh indirect employment because of that, and Rs four lakh crore exports by 2020," Srivatsa Krishna, Secretary to Government, Department of IT, BT and S&T Government of Karnataka, told reporters here.

`Boss` enters Guinness Book of World Records for largest poster

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 13:59

Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Boss’ has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest poster after beating Michael Jackson`s ‘This Is It’.

ArcelorMittal signs strategic pact with Algeria's Sider

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 19:14

World's largest steel producer ArcelorMittal and Algeria's state-owned company Sider have finalised a strategic agreement for an investment plan of USD 763 million for a steel complex at Annaba, among other things.

China`s richest man to build world`s largest film studio

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 09:33

China`s richest man Wang Jianlin Sunday said he would build the world`s biggest film studio in the city of Qingdao.

India to build world's largest solar power plant in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 20:44

The government will set up the world's largest solar power project, having a total generation capacity of 4,000 MW, in Rajasthan.

Birmingham to open largest public library in Europe

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 13:28

Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in Europe, will open to the public on Sept. 3.

Welspun Energy commissions Asia's largest solar plant in Raj

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 19:22

The solar farm, which was completed ahead of planned schedule taking just five months, was dedicated to the nation by Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah.

India's largest blast furnace starts operating at SAIL plant

Last Updated: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 17:27

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Saturday said the country's largest blast furnace has become operational at its Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP).

World`s largest gamma-ray telescope to be built in Russia

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 15:19

Astrophysicists from the Irkutsk State University here have begun the construction of the world`s largest gamma-ray telescope Tunka-HiSCORE.

Obama narrows on candidates as successor to Bernanke

Last Updated: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 18:46

US President Barack Obama has zeroed in on "some extraordinary candidates" to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke who can take ordinary people`s views into account when deciding the fiscal policy.

World`s largest building opens in China

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 15:06

Boasting its own artificial sun and a floor area three times that of the Pentagon, the "world`s largest building" has opened in southwest China to mixed reviews from its first visitors.

World's largest building opens in China

Last Updated: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 16:05

The complex, which Chinese officials say is the world's largest standalone structure, is 500 metres long by 400 metres wide, offering 1.7 million square metres of floor space.