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Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, while addressing the Indo-Africa Pharma Business Meet in Hyderabad today, has stated that the exports of drugs, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals for the year 2008-09 stood at Rs.39,538 crore (around US $ 9.35 billion), registering a growth of about 29% over the last year. “In recent times the Indian pharmaceutical sector has emerged as one of the major contributors to Indian exports with export earnings rising from a negligible amount in early 1990s to Rs.29,139.57 crore (US $ 7.24 bn) by 2007-08. The exports of Drugs, pharmaceuticals & fine chemicals of India have grown at a compounded annual growth rate of 17.8% during the five-year period 2003-04 to 2007-08”, the Minister added. Shri Sharma also distributed the awards to the leading exporters of the pharma sector. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri K. Rosaiah, was also present as the Guest of Honour at this function.

Households in remote villages of Gurez Tehsil in Jammu & Kashmir will now be illuminated by Solar lights. The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah today dedicated the solar homelighting systems installed in 3900 households in 27 villages of Gurez tehsil to the people of the area. The solar lights will enable 30,000 people living in these villages to enjoy the benefits of modern lighting – thanks to the power of solar energy. Illumination provided by the lights will be sufficient not only for all household chores but also for reading and writing and other fine tasks.

A total of 57 delegates from more than 20 companies/Organisations including 14 E&P companies participated in the Road show to promote 4th bid round of Coal Bed Methane(CBM IV) at Brisbane yesterday.

Modicare, India’s leading Direct Selling Company has announced the introduction of 30 NEW products across six categories. The categories include Colour Cosmetics & Skin Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Auto Care and Laundry Care. The company is also introducing a new category ‘FnB’. In its new FnB category, Modicare launches Fruit of the Earth Premium Tea - its lingering aroma and irresistible refreshing taste makes every sip a delight.

Reliance BIG TV, India’s fastest growing fully digital DTH service, has included 8 brand new Tamil channels on its platform. Customers can now view popular content on new regional channels like Jaya Plus, Makkal TV, Mega TV, Zee Tamizh, Aditya TV, Seithigal, Sripoli and Vasant TV. Reliance BIG TV aims to cater all the audiences and has added these channels keeping in view the entertainment, news and kids viewers.

T John Group of Institutions (TJGI), one of the premier educational institutions in Karnataka today announces its partnership with renowned IT major HP Labs to provide world-class education by means of deploying Consolidated Client Infrastructure (CCI) an efficient, secure and highly reliable IT infrastructure. CCI is a desktop-replacement solution that allows end users to access their personalized environments, applications and data from almost anywhere, with the same high-level desktop experience.

Safexpress, the ‘Knowledge Leader’ and ‘Market Leader’ of the Supply Chain & Logistics industry, has further strengthened its Logistics Parks network by launching another ultra-modern Logistics Park in the NCR region, close to Gurgaon.

Cyberstar Infocom Pvt. Ltd., one of the emerging distributors of IT peripherals, networking products and components in India and SAARC, announced the release of WatchGuard® XTM 1050 high performance security appliance. The XTM-1050 provides fully extensible, enterprise-class security at an affordable price.

News X has lined up special programmes for the sixth edition of ICC Champions Trophy 2009. The programmes bring expert analysis and scrutiny of the entire cricket series by none other than the veteran cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi.

The channel has lined up two special half hour programmes - ‘First Strike’ and ‘At Stumps’ – with Bishan Singh Bedi as the studio guest.

First Strike will preview the day’s matches. The programme is scheduled at 5:30 PM on all the India match days and on the semi finals and finals.

Cyberstar Infocom Pvt. Ltd., one of the emerging distributors of IT peripherals, networking products and components in India and SAARC, has decided to appoint Exclusive Regional Distributors to promote the Lexmark product lines. As a national distributor, Cyberstar is in charge of pan India sales of Lexmark, and realized that they can leverage on the market expertise of particular regions with the appointment of Regional Distributors

In an eye-opening survey conducted by the renowned & noted research organisation, ‘Frost and Sullivan’ on behalf of ISIL-Indian School of Integrated Learning today released their report on Employability skills of graduates. The surprising results show that over 40% of the students have given more importance to Employability skills over domain knowledge.

Delhiites are tuning in for some great blend of music, spanning over three decades, on Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM. Mirchi is offering its listeners an opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of music spanning across the 70’s to the 90’s with two new shows it launched recently - ‘90’s not out’ and ‘Retro Deewane’.

Listener feedback to this change has been very positive and calls of appreciation and requests for more have kept the phones at Mirchi ringing constantly the last few days.

Under the scheme, 60 rural enterprise resources centres will be set up across Burkina Faso to serve as contact points for budding entrepreneurs and help them gain access to resources necessary for starting businesses, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced yesterday.

In sub-Saharan Africa, the current financial and economic crisis “threaten to erode decades of modest growth and thereby make the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs] unattainable in any meaningful way,” Ghanaian President John Evans Atta Mills said at the Assembly’s annual high-level debate.

Addressing the annual high-level segment of the General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York, Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz said the G20 “has taken over a role in discussing important global issues. This development must not take place at the expense of other nations or global institutions such as the UN.”