Secunderabad-based GVK Power & Infrastructure has registered a net profit of Rs 30.47 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, a decline of 22.88 per cent from that in the corresponding period a year ago.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 39.51 crore for the second quarter last fiscal.

While, the company’s net sales raised to Rs 109.49 crore for the quarter under review, against Rs 96.05 crore.

For the half year ended September 30, the company had a net profit of Rs 71.02 crore, against Rs 61.09 crore.

Washington, Nov 1 : Pakistan will be introducing a new combination vaccine, which will provide protection against the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and four other common childhood diseases.

Hib, a bacterium that can cause deadly meningitis and pneumonia, is one of the top killers of young children in the developing world.

Even with treatment, an estimated 23,000 children die of Hib disease in Pakistan every year. Globally, over 1,000 children under 5 years of age die from Hib-related diseases each day.

Survivors are often permanently disabled—paralyzed, deafened or brain damaged.

Orissa Government has suspended five policemen, including an ASI in the controversial Nun rape case in Kandhamal for dereliction of duty.

Nairobi/Goma - The Congolese and Rwandan presidents have agreed to attend a regional summit aimed at resolving the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports said Saturday.

The European Union's Aid Commissioner Louis Michel, who held talks with both leaders, told the BBC that Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame had agreed to meet at a summit involving the African Union and other African leaders.

The top US envoy for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, was also in the DR Congo, while French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband were also due to visit the DR Congo and Rwanda.

One possible venue for the meeting is Nairobi, Kenya.

A medical check-up camp titled “The Dental Specialist”, will be organized on November 2 (Sunday) from 10 am to 5 pm at the Indian Medical Association (IMA) hall at Shivabhagh in Mangalore.

While talking with media persons, Dr Chetan Hegde said, “As soon as the camp will be concluded, a dental education camp will also be organized by us on the same day.”

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro, has informed that its Business Process Outsourcing division, Wipro BPO, is setting up a Shared Services centre in Curitiba, Brazil for AmBev.

AmBev is the biggest private company for consumer goods in Brazil and the biggest brewer for Latin America. The Company was created on the 1st of July of 1999, in association with brewers Brahma and Antarctica.