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NEW DELHI: The DRDO-FICCI Accelerated Technology Assessment and Commercialization (ATAC) Programme reached a new landmark on Monday with the signing of 6 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and leading industry players. The MoUs will enable transfer of DRDO developed technologies to the partner industries and, in turn, make them globally competitive. The ATAC, a joint initiative of DRDO and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), is aimed at helping industries to absorb high-quality DRDO technologies and apply them commercially to produce quality and reliable industrial products at an affordable cost to the consumer.

The Maldivian economy continues to face serious challenges. In particular, addressing the very large fiscal deficit is of paramount importance to secure a stable economy, equitable growth, and lasting poverty reduction.

Between 2005 and 2008, Malaysia's economy continued to grow steadily although the pace of growth slowed in 2008 and in particular in the first quarter of 2009 reflecting the global financial crisis and associated sharp fall in exports, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the trade policies and practices of Malaysia.

Why the IPL franchisees shied away from “buying” Pakistani players will probably never be known. Did New Delhi secretly send a negative advisory? Or did the tycoons and matinee idols believe that the risk was not worth taking when aman ki asha is no more than a media hype? After all, Yousuf Raza Gilani has refused to rule out a repeat of 26/11.

Politics tends to lose its charm if IT IS not spicy. The latest example is of Himachal Pradesh. Its relative political calm, which had driven the state into the obscure spaces of newspapers' inside columns, has been stirred up by two controversies which are making headlines.

New Delhi: The second meeting of Ministers of the four BASIC Group countries took place in New Delhi today. The Ministers called upon the COP President (Denmark) to convene meetings of the two negotiating groups — (AWG-LCA and the AWG-KP) - in March 2010 and to ensure that the AWGs meet at least 5 times before the Mexico Conference.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Landlocked, mountainous Bhutan is getting support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan to counter the harmful impacts of climate change on its rivers - the lifeblood of the economy.

New York: The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has welcomed today's decision to postpone the country's parliamentary elections by four months, saying it will give election authorities more time to prepare for the polls.

New Delhi: The 56th National Film Awards for 2008 were announced today. The Juries for Feature Film, Non-Feature Film and for Best Writing on Cinema presented their report to the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smt Ambika Soni today.

CPI(M) veteran Jyoti Basu's death has revived the 'historic blunder' theme. Among those who have nostalgically lamented the CPI(M)'s decision in 1996 are Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sharad Yadav and a host of media analysts. The episode had happened 14 years ago.