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Starbucks inks pact to enter India, source beans
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India exempts foreign tourists from new visa rules for medical treatment
India has now exempted foreign tourists from the mandatory two-month gap to re-enter the country for regular onward medical treatment.
RIM gives India access but not to secure e-mails
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Tech for social good: School of Information students at Berkeley show the way
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Infosys adds 5,311 staff in Q3, headcount now at 127,779
India’s second biggest software services company Infosys Technologies Ltd on Thursday said its attrition rate for the October-December quarter has shot up on an annualized basis, but that it had added 5,311 employees to take its total headcount to 127,779.
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India’s second biggest software services company Infosys Technologies Ltd reported a 14 percent rise in its third-quarter net profit missing analysts expectations, sending its shares down by more than 4 percent.
RIM says gives India solution for Messenger access
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The rupee touched one-and-half-week highs early on Thursday, boosted by overnight losses in the dollar, but soon retreated tracking weak domestic shares, which added to worries of more foreign fund withdrawals.
Infosys Q3 disappoints, economic worries hit outlook
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India to ban exports of wheat products - report
The government may ban wheat product exports in a series of measures to tame spiralling food prices that have fuelled rapid inflation and increased pressure on an embattled ruling Congress party, local media said.
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Corrected: Wikipedia, 10 years old, targets India
(Wikipedia corrects its unique visitors figure to 410 million from 440 million in paragraph 3)
Wikipedia, 10 years old, targets India
With China virtually cut off and Western markets maturing, Wikipedia is targeting India first and possibly Brazil next to reach its goal of 1 billion users, Executive Director Sue Gardner says.
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