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The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (February 24) announced a special arrangement for vehicle owners who want to replace their pre-Euro and Euro I diesel commercial vehicles during the current one-off grant scheme.

The following is issued on behalf of the University Grants Committee:

Police today (February 24) appealed to the public for information on a man missing in Sham Shui Po.

Police today (February 24) appealed for information on a girl missing in Chai Wan.

Bata India Limited, the largest retailer and the leader in the footwear market in India today declared its best ever financial results for the quarter ending December 31st 2009, with a growth of 66.9% in Profit Before Tax (PBT) at Rs. 3,865.8 lacs against Rs. 2,316.9 lacs in the same period last year. The Company’s Net Turnover grew by 12.9% at Rs. 28,809.0 lacs as against Rs.

Transcend Infrastructure Limited (“TIL”) announced today that they have entered into a definitive share purchase agreement with three Indian companies of the Essar Group to acquire substantially the entire issued share capital of Essar Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited (“ETIPL”) in an all cash deal.

Holi is the season of colour and merry making. And what’s merry making without some great food. All you foodies out there get ready for a food fest this long weekend at Pebble Bay Kitchen & Bar with a special lip-smacking Holi multi-cuisine menu mix of Sea food, Chicken & Vegetarian.

I)Railway Budget Renewed Optimism considering the recent growth in the Indian Economy
Reiterated focus on Railway Infrastructure up gradation like ambitious plans of 1000 route kms of track in the next one year, capacity expansion of CLW from 200 to 275 electric locomotives, 5 new Wagon factories, modernization of ICF, a new axle factory at New Jalpaiguri, 10 auto auxiliary hubs etc.

Enhance Technology today announced that Aaron Eskridge has been named a 2010 Channel Chief by the Everything Channel’s CRN. Channel Chiefs are leaders in creating effective channel programs for solution providers. They consistently defend, promote and execute effective channel partner programs and strategies.

After Woody Allen’s “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger”, BAFTA nominated Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) has now been reportedly picked up for epic “Dawn of War”.

With the Chinese program interface, Step 7 Basic now has six language versions along with German, English, French, Italian and Spanish which can be selected by a mouse click. The new FieldRead command enables reading from tables with a variable index and the FieldWrite command enables writing. Thus indirect addressing tasks can be easily implemented in the user program. For HMI tasks the number of configurable internal and external variables for the Basic Panels has been increased: 250 variables for the KTP400 Basic mono PN and 500 variables for the KTP600 Basic mono PN, KTP600 Basic color PN, KTP1000 Basic color PN and TP1500 Basic color PN versions. The new converting tool enables the programs of Simatic S7-200 projects to be reused in Simatic S7-1200 which means that Step 7 Micro/Win programs can be easily converted to Step 7 Basic. In the process, functions are automatically divided into individual program blocks. The comments and titles of the networks and the network numbers are retained. Nearly all the commands can be converted directly. Non-convertible codes are specially highlighted. The converter is available for downloading free of charge from the service and support pages of Simatic.

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mississauga, Ontario – Walmart Canada will open 35 to 40 supercentres in 2010 the company announced today. The projects will include new stores, relocations of existing stores, store expansions and store remodels, representing a combined investment of almost half a billion dollars in Canadian communities. The supercentres are expected to generate approximately 6,500 store and construction jobs, with specific store locations to be announced over the coming weeks and months.

Noncommunicable diseases account for 60% of global deaths

As the world watches the Vancouver Olympics, researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and Children’s Hospital Boston have teamed up to monitor and assess potential infectious disease threats to Vancouver during the Winter Games by integrating two independently developed intelligence systems that focus on global infectious diseases; bio.DIASPORA and HealthMap.