Tata Steel, India’s leading steel maker has introduced an early separation scheme for its employees in its Jamshedpur plant in Jharkhand to downsize its ‘less skilled’ workforce. Tata Steel spokesperson said, "ESS scheme is a voluntary scheme and has got nothing to do with the global economic recession. We cannot ascertain the number of people who will be opting for this option. In view of investment in better and modern technology to increase productivity level, more skilled and fewer people are required."
 

India would buy 80 medium-lift Mi-17 helicopters from Russia for Rs 6,500 crore.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the proposal on Tuesday.

The CCS's decision to buy the choppers and renegotiate the terms of the Gorshkov aircraft carrier deal came two days before the arrival of Russian President Dimitry Medvedev to India.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will host Medvedev, who lands in New Delhi on Thursday, to a private dinner before having formal talks with him on Friday.

Tata Motors is in for yet another debacle. The Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to produce documents of acquisition of land in Sanand, alloted to Tatas for the Nano car project. The farmers in Sanand, the site of the Nano project in Gujarat, have filed a case against the Gujarat government and Tata motors, seeking greater compensation for their land.

In a bid to explore nuclear fuel generation possiblities in the country, engineering and construction firm Punj Lloyd has entered into an agreement with US-based Thorium Power.

With this, the two companies would be able to set up joint venture projects in the area of nuclear fuel in India and neighbouring regions.

Here’s good news for the Google users.

The search engine Google has released a new Gmail gadget for its Desktop product.

According to Google, the new gadget will allow users to read, search and send Gmail messages while in Google Desktop.

It will also help users to star messages and use keyboard shortcuts. Apart from this, the plug will also utilises keyboard shortcuts and contact auto-complete.

Aamir Khan has expressed “deep condolences” over the sudden death of H. Sridhar, a four-time national award-winning sound engineer of the Indian film industry.

Sridhar died of a cardiac arrest on November 30. Khan flew all the way to Chennai to attend the funeral of Sridhar.