Larsen & Toubro (L&T), a leading engineering and construction major, has made announcement that the company has pocketed four contracts worth Rs 1637 from HPCL-Mittal Energy and Hyderabad Metro Water Supply.

According to the sources, the proposed orders were secured for executing water supply project and for building two power generation units. The sources further revealed that the company has bagged orders totaling Rs 937 crore from Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) and Delhi Jal Board.

Wellington  - New Zealand's All Whites see 2009 as their most important year since the national team reached the World Cup finals 26 years ago, an achievement that gave them their highest ever FIFA ranking of 47th.

After slumping to a record low ranking of 156th last year, New Zealand have risen to 54th after five wins in five games in a successful Oceania Nations Cup campaign, which doubled as the regional qualifier for next year's Confederations Cup and the 2010 World Cup.

Half the players in the current squad were not born when the All Whites beat China 2-1 in Singapore in January 1982 to qualify for the World Cup finals in Spain, and coach Ricki Herbert, who was in that team, is looking for even younger blood for South Africa.

Washington, November 18: A team of researchers from the University of Washington and Adobe Systems Inc. have unveiled an intuitive application called Zoetrope, with which an Internet user can easily search out old data.

"Your browser is really just a window into the Web as it exists today. When you search for something online, you''re only getting today''s results," said Eytan Adar, a University of Washington computer science and engineering doctoral student.

Johannesburg - The advertisements began in local media at the weekend. "The Champions are coming," they say. Come watch Brazil for only 70 rand.

In seven months' time, some of the greatest footballing nations will descend on South Africa for the June 14-28 Confederations Cup, an eight-country tournament held every four years in the World Cup host nation a year before the world's most-watched sporting event.

The United States, Brazil, Spain, Iraq, Egypt and New Zealand - champions of their regions - and World Cup holders Italy and host nation South Africa will battle it out for the title of Champion of Champions in a tournament seen mainly as a dry run for 2010.

JSW Steel Ltd, India's second major private sector steel manufacturer has announced that its wholly owned arm JSW Building Systems Ltd, has entered into a joint venture with UK-based Severfield Reeve Structures with the aim to create significant steelwork business based in Bellary district of Karnataka.

According to the sources, in joint venture (JV) JSW Severfield Structures Ltd, the two partners will hold 50 per cent equity participation each.

Cairo  - While football fans from the participating countries at the Confederations Cup will be looking towards the draw for the competition on November 22 in Johannesburg for answers, Egyptian fans already know in which group they will play.

The reigning African champions will compete in Group B, as the hosts South Africa have been placed in Group A and no two teams from the same confederation can be placed in the same group.

But if the Pharaohs' fans know what group their team will be playing in, they are less sure how good the team will be, even if team officials are optimistic.