Dubai: India-born Rohan Sampath knew he would do well in his Grade 12 exams but becoming the ICSE topper worldwide with 99.5 per cent marks was unimaginable. The 17-year-old now looks forward to joining Stanford University and unlike many brought up in Dubai, he really hopes he can return to India some day. "My first reaction was disbelief. I thought it was a typo. I didn't expect it," Rohan, a...
03:36 PM, May 22, 2012
London: Vodafone on Monday agreed to buy corporate telecoms company Cable & Wireless Worldwide for 1.04 billion pounds ($1.68 billion) in a deal that adds a British fixed line network to its wireless network. Vittorio Colao, chief executive of Vodafone, said, "The acquisition of Cable & Wireless Worldwide creates a leading integrated player in the enterprise segment of the UK communications market and brings attractive cost savings to our UK...
12:28 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Tata Communications on Wednesday said that it would not make any offer to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide as it had failed to reach agreement with the British firm. "TCL was evaluating a possible cash offer for Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc (CWW). TCL today confirms that it has been unable to reach agreement with CWW on an offer price and therefore confirms that it does not intend...
11:07 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Mumbai: Shares of Tata Communications on Thursday rose by 1.22 per cent on reports that the Indian company is considering a bid for London-listed telecommunication giant Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc (CWW). Bucking an overall weak market trend here, Tata Comm shares closed at Rs 235.60 apiece on the BSE, a gain of 1.22 per cent. During the intra-day trade, stock accelerated by 5.34 per cent to touch a high...
10:18 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: Tata Communications on Thursday said it is considering an acquisition bid for London-listed telecommunication giant Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc (CWW). Vodafone Group Plc too is believed to be looking at bidding for the fibre-network operator. "... as part of on-going review of potential acquisition opportunities, TCL is evaluating a possible cash offer for CWW," Tata Communication Ltd (TCL) said in a regulatory filing. TCL said "considerations are...
10:09 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Toronto: Apple now tops smart phone rankings while BlackBerry has slipped to the fourth spot, confirmed the latest data from the US analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Apple had claimed the global top spot by shipping 20.3 million iPhones in its quarterly results released in the third week of July. In its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker released Thursday, the Massachusetts-based IDC said, "The smartphone market crowned a new...
11:30 AM, Aug 06, 2011
Dubai: Miss India Australia Ankita Cheryl has clinched the title of Miss India Worldwide 2011 beating 25 Indian women competing for the title in Abu Dhabi. Cheryl received a cash prize of 100,000 dirhams (USD 27,224) in addition to modelling contracts and sponsor prizes. Miss India USA was the first runner-up while Anuradha Devika from Trinidad was crowned the second runner-up. The pageant consisted of a gown segment, talent show...
01:15 PM, May 16, 2011
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11:44 PM, Mar 11, 2009
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01:05 PM, Feb 15, 2009
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02:31 PM, Jan 22, 2009
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02:05 PM, Jan 11, 2009
Kingston: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was all praise for seamer Praveen Kumar who had a match haul of six wickets in his debut Test match. Praveen is a very skillful bowler. Whenever the conditions are helpful, he tries to make full use of it. That's the main reason that he got six wickets in this game, the satisfied skipper lauded the effort of the Uttar Pradesh medium pacer. The...
05:02 PM, Feb 06, 2008
Now all over the world sex education is seen as an intrinsic part of public health. ...
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