US will realise advantages of outsourcing: PM

September 27th, 2009 KOLLAM - The 56th birthday of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, popularly known as the hugging saint, was celebrated by thousands of her devotees at her ashram near here Sunday. The day began with special prayers at a specially erected tent followed by Mata Amritanandamayi's annual address.

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the macro economic situation improving and capital markets doing better, India's job market, hit badly by the slowdown last year, has started showing signs of recovery, industry experts said here Friday. "The market is improving.

August 29th, 2009 PETALING JAYA - The Malaysian Indian Congress will have to regain Malay-Indian community's confidence and work hard to prove that it is still relevant to the country, party chief president S Samy Vellu has said. "There might even come a time when many won't even realise that there is a party representing the Indians in the Barisan Nasional," The Star quoted him, as saying.

June 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turned to computer speak as she called for an "upgrade" in the US-India relationship to a new version she dubbed "US-India 3.0". Speaking before the US-India Business Council and an audience that included representatives from offshore outsourcing companies, Clinton said the US-India relationship needs an "upgrade." She dubbed this new version of their relationship "US-India 3.0" saying finally, "I want to put us in the solutions business." "We find ourselves at the beginning of a third era.

June 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turned to computer speak as she called for an "upgrade" in the US-India relationship to a new version she dubbed "US-India 3.0". Speaking before the US-India Business Council and an audience that included representatives from offshore outsourcing companies, Clinton said the US-India relationship needs an "upgrade".

June 12th, 2009 BANGALORE - Economic meltdown and the US financial crisis have triggered a new trend: while many Western firms are selling off back office operations in India, a clutch of others are rushing in to reap the benefits. "The global financial crisis has forced many global enterprises to commoditise their captives," said Som Mittal, who heads sectoral lobby National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom).

May 5th, 2009 BANGALORE - Indian IT professionals Tuesday slammed President Barack Obama's move to end tax incentives for US companies that ship jobs to countries like India, saying it will neither benefit the US nor its corporate sector. 'Obama's latest move was expected, but unwelcome at a time when Bangalore's IT and BPO sectors are already reeling under the global economic meltdown,' said Padma Nair, 26, an IT-professional working for a Bangalore-based American company.

April 21st, 2009 LONDON - Former 'Friends' star Matthew Perry was once left red-faced after spending a whole evening talking to director M. Night Shyamalan before realising the man was a lookalike.

March 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - We use the stairs only when we are shut out of elevators or in a tearing hurry -- but how many of us realise that they are the only escape mode during an emergency like the 9/11 or a raging fire. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers examined what people know about stairs being an emergency evacuation route and found that the answer is -- not nearly enough.

March 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Indian outsourcer Infosys Technologies Ltd. expects to find acquisition opportunities in the US during the downturn even as a rise in protectionist sentiment is holding back potential customers, it was reported here Friday.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Thursday expressed hope that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) would 'realise' its mistake of withdrawing support to the Manmohan Singh government over the India-US civil nuclear deal. The Congress reaction came on the day the CPI-M admitted that the government controlled by it in West Bengal committed errors in Nandigram and Singur.

March 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's chief football coach Bob Houghton Friday said the I-League clubs should come forward and help the All India Football Federation (AIFF) achieve its grand plan of giving central contracts to 25 players, who will play exclusively for the national team till the 2011 Asia Cup in Doha. The project, termed 'Goal 2011', was mooted by Englishman Houghton and the AIFF is still weighing its pros and cons.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With Barack Obama inaugurated the 44th US president, India Inc looks to him with the hope that he will be able to end the global economic crisis, which has retarded the country's growth, pulled down markets, let loose a financial turmoil and caused anxiety among its workforce. 'The expectations are very high from the Obama administration in light of the financial meltdown and global recession,' said S.

January 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - Having retired from international cricket in a blaze of glory two months ago, Sourav Ganguly Thursday said it was important for a sportsman to decide when to take the final bow. 'It is a tough decision to announce one's retirement.

December 26th, 2008 NEW DELHI - British Singer Amy Winehouse is giving her marriage another chance. She has now decided to return to her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, reports mirror.co.uk.