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Today a new regional National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holiday for new businesses came into effect.

An exhibition of cutting edge products was today unveiled at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to encourage a new generation of innovators, Business Minster Mark Prisk announced today.

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CCAOI, the association responsible for promoting the “India Model-shared PCs” of Internet in the country, is glad to announce that their President, Mr. Naresh Ajwani has been re-elected as the “Number Council” - Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) & the Address Council-ICANN.

Due to the global downturn and economic slowdown in India last year, organisations and Indian multi-nationals have begun to focus on the latest procurement technologies to reduce purchasing and production costs. As an increased number of Indian firms are gaining global recognition, there is a greater demand for supply and procurement resulting in complex processes and production cycles. Taking cue from global companies, industries in India are investing heavily in Procure to Pay solutions popularly known as P2P. Procure-to-Pay systems automate the full purchase to payment process, connecting procurement and invoicing operations through an intertwined business flow that automates the process from identification of a need, planning and budgeting, through to procurement and payment.

At midday on Sunday 26 September, a new war memorial, built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, will be unveiled in Sussex, paying tribute to some of the one and half million Indian soldiers who fought for the British Empire during the First World War.

India, an attractive tourist destination and a rapidly growing economy, has seen a steep increase in international air traffic. According to sources, Mumbai airport handled a record 25.3 lakh domestic and international traffic in December 2009 – the highest ever in India. With an increase in air traffic, airline operators, passenger flow, India has fallen victim to several terrorist attacks in recent times, which have led to calls for the nation to step up security measures in airports across the country.

NewsX, the English News Channel which is soon to be re-launched in its new avatar as IMN News, has added two evening news shows 'Southern View' and 'The World' to its news & programming line-up.

The Taj West End, Bangalore has been adjudged 2nd amongst the top overseas business hotels in World in the prestigious "Conde Nast Readers Travel awards 2010". The hotel topped on various parameters including service, value for money, comfort and luxury offered to the guests.

In a recent survey released by Brand Equity on 'Most Trusted Brands', Yatra.com emerged as the industry leader in the online travel space leaving behind some of the well known players like makemytrip, cleartrip and irtctc. Conducted by Nielsen Company, the survey is the largest of its kind in India, with a sample size of 8, 160 done across socio economic classes, age, income and geography.

Mahindra & Mahindra filed a motion to dismiss the baseless lawsuit by Global Vehicles USA, Inc. on June 28th 2010.

MetLife India Insurance Company Limited (MetLife), one of India's leading life insurance companies, today announced the launch of Met Smart Platinum, the company's first ULIP plan based on the new ULIP guidelines.

Mantri Developers, one of India's leading real estate developers, today unveiled the company's new corporate identity

Train2Game’s Incubator programme is being spearheaded by UK games industry veteran Dave Sharp, who, with over 60 published titles to his name together with Future game in Sweden and Digital City in Teeside, is well-placed to manage the implementation of the ground breaking project. Each Incubator company will receive up to £96,000 worth of support from Train2Game over the course of a year, incorporating office space and equipment, hardware and software, business mentoring and IT and administrative support, in addition to a monthly cash investment into the company to aid cash flow.

Originally released in 1992 for the Amiga and Atari ST, the Patrician brand has sold over 2 million units worldwide, and has earned the respect of strategy gamers the world over. Patrician IV builds upon the already solid reputation of its predecessors with a whole new art style combined with a redesigned and newcomer-friendly trading simulation engine.