New Delhi: In a technology boost to Indian Railways, the government on Wednesday introduced a so-called head on generation (HoG) system on the New Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani that would save Rs.5.5 crore in power costs annually.

The technology has been introduced on a long-haul train for the first time in India.

New Delhi: An Air India plane flying to London was forced to return to Mumbai after passengers spotted a rat on board, the airline said on Thursday.

Though the rat was not found, the pilot returned to Mumbai on Wednesday keeping passenger safety in mind, Air India said in a statement.

MUMBAI: In a sudden move, A M Naik chairman of engineering conglomerate, L&T has stepped down from his post as second-time chairman of the Indian Institute of Management . In a letter addressed to the HRD minsitry, A M Naik is understood to have officially cited time constraints behind his decision to quit the post.

The move has taken the academic circles by surprise given Mr Naik's huge interest and involvement in the growth of IIMA. Speculations within the academia point towards ego tussles between the institute and the HRD ministry which however remain unconfirmed.

Markets scaled higher on the last day of December derivatives series due to strength in energy and index heavyweight shares such as HDFC and Infosys.

The S&P BSE Sensex ended higher 158 points at 26,118 and Nifty50 ended up 50 points at 7,946.

Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it will begin warning users of its consumer services including Outlook.com email when the company suspects that a government has been trying to hack into their accounts.

The policy change comes nine days after Reuters asked the company why it had decided not tell victims of a hacking campaign, discovered in 2011, that had targeted international leaders of China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular.

Wipro is in the final stages of fully acquiring Drivestream, a management and IT consulting firm in which it had picked up a minority stake in March, reports Deborshi Chaki in Mumbai. Company sources told FE that a formal announcement was expected in January. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Drivestream provides Oracle-based cloud services across sectors ranging from insurance, healthcare to telecom and lists several Fortune 500 companies as its customers. Drivestream was founded by Indian-origin entrepreneur D Gopal Krishna in 2002 and has delivery centres in the US and in Chennai.

Two senior civil service officers of the Home Department have been suspended by the AAP government for refusing to sign on a Cabinet decision file, following which around 200 DANICS-cadre officers have threatened to go on mass leave tomorrow in solidarity.

Yashpal Garg, special secretary (Prosecution), and Subhash Chandra, special secretary (Prisons), have been suspended, a Delhi government spokesperson said.

A day after the income-tax department conducted raids on NCDEX (National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange) and traders, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) proposed to seek reports on it from them.

“We will seek a report,” said a Sebi officer.

The three-way merger between Reliance Communications (RCom), Aircel and MTS (brand of Sistema Shyam) is on course to create a formidable company, with best-in-class spectrum and reasonably strong financials.

Even as the entities have written to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for approval, both RCom and Aircel are working on lowering their debt, which they have agreed to cap in the new entity at Rs 20,000 crore. Sistema Shyam has agreed to settle its liabilities ahead of the merger with RCom.

In a giant capability boost for the Indian Navy, a naval warship today test-fired a new missile that can shoot down incoming aerial threats --- such as aircraft and missiles --- whilst they are still 70 kilometres away.

A defence ministry press release today stated: “Adding a quantum jump in its air defence capability, INS Kolkata, Indian Navy’s state of art, indigenous stealth destroyer, successfully test fired the Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM).

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