Kerala geek maps software to nail pirates
It's now the turn of god's own country to make its presence felt on the global software map. Two US-based technology incubation funds are close to striking a deal with the Kottayam-based Divine Software Development Centre for the commercial production and marketing of a novel anti-piracy software package.

Sinha's visit reassures German investors
The visit to Germany by finance minister Yashwant Sinha has helped remove some misconceptions in German industry about India's economic reforms and cleared the way for intensified bilateral economic relations.

Higher borrowings, inflation may up interest rates, says I-Sec report
High government borrowing coupled with rising inflation could lead to higher interest rates in the curent fiscal, ICICI Securities (I-Sec) has said.


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