India's annual rate of inflation continued its downward trend, dipping to 6.61 percent for the week ended Dec 13 as compared to 6.84 percent the week before, official data released Friday said.

Indian equities markets rose smartly Friday, a day after the Christmas break, with a key index rising about 100 points and holding on to those levels at noon.

India's annual rate of inflation dipped further to 6.61 percent for the week ended Dec 13 from 6.84 percent the week before, official data released Friday said.

Indian equity markets opened higher Friday with a key index rising about 100 points above Wednesday's close, about 15 minutes into trading.

There was a time when the Tibetan antelope Chiru used to be slaughtered en masse for wool to make expensive Shahtoosh shawls. But today more and more Kashmiri artisans who produced these are switching to Pashmina, giving the endangered species a new lease of life.

Wary guards, metal detectors and X-ray machines - a month after the Mumbai terror attacks, five star hotels in the capital have left no stone unturned to equip themselves to deal with any untoward incident.

The moon mineralogy mapper (M3), a scientific instrument of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) onboard India's first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, found iron-bearing minerals on the lunar surface, the US space agency said Thursday.

Inaugurating a festival as part of a project to develop the Kankaria lake front here, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi named a mini-train for children after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who turned 84 Thursday.

Actor Aamir Khan's latest film 'Ghajini' rocked the box office, taking in 100 percent collections across the country on its opening day Thursday, an executive of the movie's India distributor said.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Thursday commissioned its second refinery in Gujarat, which has a capacity to process 580,000 barrels of oil per day.

Taking objection to certain statements made by the World Bank, India's fourth largest software services company Satyam Computer Services Thursday demanded an apology from the international aid institution.

Middle-level bureaucrats in the union territory of Chandigarh will now supervise the preparation of mid-day meals for government school children in the city.

About 2.27 million personal computers (PCs) were shipped in India during the third quarter this year, reflecting a growth of 1.7 percent as compared to the corresponding period last year, according to a recent IDC's India Quarterly PC Tracker 2008 third quarter survey.

Dabur India Ltd, with business interest in healthcare, personal care and food products, has got the green signal from the Himachal Pradesh government to set up another medicine manufacturing unit in the state, a senior official said here Thursday.

US-based management guru Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad says companies should join hands with customers to co-create products of value.