Archive for June 6th, 2007
INFOSYS Starts Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007WHEN Infosys employees accept their annual hike letters this year, they will sign on more than just their annual salary rise. Alongside the hike letter, Infosys has also asked its employees to sign a non-compete agreement letter saying they will not join any customer or competitor for a period of six months after their job […]
INSPIRING: Hyderabad Boy Creates History On Mount Everest
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007A 27-year-old climber from Andhra Pradesh has made history by summiting Mt Everest as an individual, and not as part of a government expedition.
Hyderabad boy Bachinepally Shekhar Babu showed true grit, making a late ascent of the 8,848 m peak, the highest in the world, after two failed attempts on lesser peaks due to bad […]
GHIAL Awards Contracts For Ground-Handling Operations To Two Consortia
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007GMR Infrastructure Ltd has announced that GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, (GHIAL), which is developing the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad, has awarded an important concession to carry out ground handling activities of third party airlines to two consortiums namely Menzies & Bobba and SATS, Indian Airlines & Air India. This seven-year concession agreement […]
Georgia Institute Inks MoU To Set Up Campuses At Hyderabad And Vizag
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007The US-based Georgia Institute of Technology on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Andhra Pradesh government to set up its technology campus here.
The MoU was signed by Gary Schuster of Georgia Tech and Venkataramana, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, at the Secretariat here in the presence of Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy.
Board Of Approval Clears 2 Reliance SEZs and 31 Others
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007Reliance Industries Ltd’s 440-hectare multi-services special economic zone (SEZ) in Gurgaon, Haryana, on Tuesday received the formal approval from the inter-ministerial Board of Approval (BoA). Another proposal by RIL to build a 2,850-hectare SEZ at Rewas in Maharashtra got in-principle clearance.
Approval of three SEZ projects in Uttar Pradesh — DLF’s IT SEZ, Falcon SEZ and […]