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Karnik
sees city as major IT destination
Chandigarh, July 15
 Kiran Karnik is gung-ho about the
potential of Chandigarh as an IT destination, even as he has some
concerns about the infrastructure that the city provides. He was in
town for "e-revolution 2005", as a key speaker for the
two-day IT event being held here. Karnik is no stranger to Chandigarh,
"a beautiful city with a great quality of life", and he sees
it as a major IT destination, as well as a "gateway to the
mountains." This observation is typical of the cerebral,
soft-spoken no-nonsense chief of India's largest software trade group,
Nasscom.
E-Revolution 2005
Now, Sabeer’s
foray into pharma industry
Chandigarh,
July 15
Sabeer Bhatia, the multi-millionaire Hotmail co-founder, has
plans to use computers in drug formulations for discovering
newer drugs in the upcoming pharmaceutical sector. He will set
up a data centre with at least 5,000 computers and use them for
next generation of drug discovery.
US-based entrepreneur Sabeer Bhatia (right) discusses a point with UT
Administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd) at the IT Conclave in Chandigarh on Friday.
— Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma |
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The youth
power gets a taste of IT saga
Chandigarh,
July 15
Till yesterday they were practically forgotten. Today, they are
special invitees at the IT conclave. Finally, the biggest IT fest of
the Chandigarh Capital Region “e-Revolution 2005” paid heed to
youth power and called in eight students of the Chandigarh College of
Engineering and Technology and Punjab Engineering College to attend
the various sessions in progress at the mega event being held at Taj
Hotel.
IT boom will
change entire scenario, says MarketRx chief
Chandigarh,
July 15
The information technology boom has now entered its third phase which
will change the entire scenario, said Mr Subinder Khurana, president
of the MarketRx, Gurgaon, while addressing a session on ‘Beyond Call
Centres and IT Services’ at the e-Revolution 2005 conference here
today.
CM keen to
‘improve’ infrastructure
Mohali,
July 15
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, is interested in
spending Rs 150 crore on the upgradation of the infrastructure in
Mohali.
 US Army
Chief to visit Chandimandir, Shimla
Chandigarh,
July 15
The Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Gen Peter J. Schoomaker,
is scheduled to arrive on a two-day visit to the Headquarters Western
Command at Chandimandir and the Army Training Command in Shimla on
August 6 and 7.
Liver of
foetus helps in bone marrow formation
AIIMS finds cure for patients of aplastic anaemia
Chandigarh,
July 15
In a path-breaking research, experts at AIIMS's Cancer Centre have
shown that liver of the foetus can prove to be a lifeline for those
suffering from aplastic anaemia.
4 BPCL
employees die in road mishap
Lalru,
July 15
Four employees of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited died and
two others sustained serious injuries in a major accident on the
‘killer’ Kalka-Ambala highway at Gholumajra village, near
here, late last night.
The mangled remains of a truck and a Sumo involved in head-on collision on the Kalka-Ambala highway in Gholumajra village near Lalru on Thursday night.
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