Chicago based NAVTEQ has launched real-time traffic service in Mumbai and Delhi, India with a combined population of 26 million. The company claims that is its research shows that drivers in India who use traffic-enabled navigation on a regular basis can spend 18% less time sitting in congestion over those that don’t — the equivalent [...]

India : the 3rd largest men’s luxury jewelry market Fancy bracelets, rings, studs and chains are fast becoming part of the fashion statement for India upscale city-dwelling males, who have already added fairness creams to their repertoire. The following comments are excerpted from The Economic Times Jeweler C Krishniah Chetty & Sons’ managing director Vinod [...]

While working at my first professional job, in Bangalore India, I discovered the Bangalore Little Theatre; at the time they were performing  The Norman Conquests, a hilarious triology  set simultaneously in different rooms of the same house.  That’s how I discovered Tom Stoppard and his work. So I am pleased to report that  Stoppard comes [...]

Number six of the six C-130J Super Hercules ordered by India, under the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS)  program, departed Lockheed’s Marietta,Georgia facility  on December 15. This aircraft, like its five predecessors, was delivered ahead of schedule and under budget, according to the supplier. Lockheed’s win was  the first large order placed on an American [...]

Six companies (two American, one Russian and the balance from Europe) were invited to submit bids for the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (M-MRCA) competition. The initial order  is for 126 aircraft  worth over $10 billion, with the option to buy another 64–74 more over time. The original  Request for Proposal (RFP) was sent the six [...]