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Editor's Desk Soon all government websites will be made accessible to the visually impaired with the Information Technology ministry announcing that all official websites would soon be Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), 2.0 Level 1 compliant The guidelines set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has legislative support in several countries which make it mandatory for … Read more Govt websites to be made accessible to visually impaired
The CLSA Research Team did a tour of MP, UP and Chattisgarh and here is the ground reality about the Agriculture sector in these states. In Madhya Pradesh, the area under sowing this year has declined by 20-50% in different regions thanks to poor monsoons. Further yields are expected to decline significantly. A villager mentioned … Read more Agricultural growth poses a downside risks
ABB management held its annual analyst meet yesterday. Nothing incrementally positive or negative from our earlier view could be concluded out of the discussion. Orders were down 37% in 4Q08 as: 1) ABB exited the rural electrification projects business, creating a base effect (company did forego a Rs1.5bn order); and 2) awarding of some projects … Read more ABB India CY08 analyst meet takeaways
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 186.86 crore (provisional) in the cash segment on Thursday, according to information available on the BSE website. While FIIs made gross purchases of Rs 1,863.16 crore, their gross sales aggregated Rs 2,050.02 crore. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers of Rs 227.10 crore (provisional) on … Read more FIIs net sellers of Rs 186.86 cr in cash segment on Thursday
Japanese auto giant Honda Siel Cars has launched an advanced version of its premium sedan Accord with a 3.5 litre i-VTEC engine, in the price bracket of Rs 24.8 lakh to Rs 25.35 lakh. The company has said that the new version of the car would be made available in two variants — Accord V6 … Read more Honda launches new Accord V6 3.5 Inspire
The rate of inflation for the week ended February 28 went down to 2.43% compared to 3.03% of inflation witnessed in the previous week. The decline primarily came due to the high base effect of last year. This is the lowest inflation figure since June 2002. The wholesale price index (WPI) for all commodities in … Read more Inflation at 2.43% for week ended Feb 28