Thus far, foreign countries had marrow donor registries, but now, India has also registered its name in the same list.

India’s Mumbai first became the first to join the league with the Marrow Donor Registry India (MDRI).

MDRI will be a database of bone marrow donors and the donor marrow can be used treating patients fighting life-threatening blood disorders in India or abroad.

Bone marrow transplants are still a rarity in India, mainly because no there’re no registries.
 

Tata Group-owned British car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has entered into the advanced stages of talks with the British government and banks on a loan of £800 million (Rs 5,840 crore), which could help the company on stream and save 15,000 jobs.

According to reports, talks were at a delicate stage and depended upon whether the Midlands-based car manufacturer could give enough security to the administration and a syndicate led by Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds for the loans needed.

The Rotary International president-elect John Kenny committed at a Friday press conference in Pune that the Rotary-supported projects will receive all the requisite funds, with $200 having been earmarked for polio eradication by the year 2012.

Rolling out its new entry-level gaming console Xbox 360 Arcade in India, Microsoft intends substituting it with the Xbox 360 Core model. The new console offers five interesting Zbox LIVE Arcade games - Uno, Luxor 2, Boom Boom Rocket, Feeding Frenzy, and Pac-man Championship Edition.

With the intention to fund the road projects, highways regulator the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) announced that it has decided to raise Rs 3,000 crore during the existing fiscal through tax-free bonds.

To get a loan of about Rs 2,000 crore to fund road projects, the highways regulator is also making discussions with the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Didar Singh, NHAI Member (Finance), said, “We have fixed a target of raising Rs 3,000 crore through tax-free bonds in the financial year 2009-10. The bonds will hit the market very soon.”