/India PRwire/ - IBEE and Google foresee business in all verticals, getting acquainted and adapting the Software as a Service (SaaS) in ever increasing numbers. The economic, security, reliability and delivery of SaaS can ensure companies the real competitive advantages.

/India PRwire/ - Micro Technologies (India) Ltd, the leading global security solutions company gets listed as the ‘Best under a Billion’ by the US Business Magazine- Forbes, amongst the 20 Indian listed companies. Thesecompanies were selected out of the 12000 reputed global public-listed firms. Forbes conceptualized these rankings on the basis of consistent growth of sales and profit, modest indebtedness and future prospects.

/India PRwire/ - SPAN Infotech, an EDB company and a leading outsourced software services provider today announced that they are now ranked as a Top 20 Global R&D Service provider by Zinnov Management consulting, in a first-of-its-kind study ever conducted in the industry. SPAN has also been ranked Top 20 Best Employers in IT in India by Dataquest, a leading IT publication.

/India PRwire/ - In a major initiative to increase exposure to the agriculture sector, Shree Shubham Logistics Limited (SSLL) today announced signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Axis Bank to work together in the area of warehouse-based receipt financing. SSLL, a subsidiary of Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited, is a Gujarat-based company focused on developing commodity warehousing logistics parks in strategic locations in the country.

/India PRwire/ - Extending its lead in the Indian media landscape, STAR India has launched STAR One, an up market Hindi GEC and STAR Vijay, a Tamil GEC on Mobile TV for consumers across all major operators and regions. Being the pioneer-leader in broadcasting and entertainment business, it was natural for STAR to step up to the growing mobile potential to gain the first mover advantage in the mobile space.

India's cities are growing rapidly and consequently road traffic is burgeoning. City roads need to cope with the rapid increase in the density of traffic. The construction of concrete roads have been well recognized in major cities in the world. Considering that conventional road building techniques In India may not suffice to meet this demand, CII jointly with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Govt. of India, organized a Seminar on Concrete Road Projects: Focusing on City Roads & Technology, here today.

Ministry of Heavy Industries is pressurizing Finance Ministry to waive off Special Excise Duty (SED) of Rs.15,000/- and Rs.20,000/- respectively in each car of capacities ranging 1500 CC and 2000 CC, says Joint Secretary in Heavy Industry Ministry, Mr. Ambuj Sharma. The Finance Ministry last year had levied aforesaid SED’s on big fuel guzzler cars to contain carbon emissions in atmosphere.

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Democracy Fund event on the International Day of Democracy, in New York, on 15 September:

I am delighted to join you for this second International Day of Democracy, and to be among such a diverse group of friends of the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF). We have everyone from donor Government representatives to human rights and democracy activists from around the world. Thank you for coming to celebrate our common commitment, and thanks to the UNDEF team for bringing us together.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against a private firm through its Directors, unknown officials of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL), unknown officials of Ex-Servicemen Transport Companies (ESMs) and other unknown persons, for offences of cheating, criminal breach of trust, Criminal Conspiracy and the offences under other sections of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper today discussed common approaches to accelerating economic recovery, in North America and globally.

As Translated) In the name of God, most compassionate, most merciful, I welcome Vice President Biden in his visit to Baghdad. This is not his first visit. It is a continuation and a follow-up of previous visits and a follow-up on the issues of mutual interest to both countries.

OptiRisk India, a subsidiary of the OptiRisk UK has tied up with Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Optimization Modelling Applications (CARISMA), part of Brunel University, London to provide CMDP programmes in India.

These programmes are targeted at professionals in the finance and risk industry including risk managers, consultants in the areas of finance, risk, strategy and business, financial controllers, equity analysts, private equity fund managers, investment brokers and credit officers. Certain programmes are also designed for senior executives like directors, CROs and CFOs.

/India PRwire/ - Have you ever cursed your luck when stuck in traffic behind a fume spewing call centre cab? Don’t you wish corporates in India were more responsible towards the environment?Here is a company that is trying to make corporate road travel greener and more environment friendly. Earth-100 Biofuels Private Limited, a company based in Gurgaon, is providing Green Travel Solutions in a Box. The company helps corporate manage and operate fleets of modified cars running on 100% non-edible biofuel, using no fossil diesel at all!