New Delhi, Feb. 25 : Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal said on Wednesday that the Congress Party is confident that people will vote them back to power in General Election 2009, as it has fulfilled all the pledged promises of people.

"If we are able to go to the people in united fashion and to convey to the people that we have fulfilled the pledged promises that we have made in the 2004 Lok Sabha (national) elections, having fulfilled them if we go to the people we believe that the people will bring us back to power and we will be back in the 15th Lok Sabha forming government at the center," said Sibal.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has exempted PepsiCo from the divestment clause, paving a way for the infusion of $50-million (about Rs. 250 crore) foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pepsico Holdings to its Indian operations. The Union Government has already allowed 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in the food processing sector.

Addressing reports, Union Science and Technology Minister, Kapil Sibal said, "When Pepsico India Holding first invested in India, guidelines for investment were different. The guidelines have changed now."

New Delhi, Dec 5 (ANI): Union Minister of Science, Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal has emphasized the need for low cost technological solutions to overcome the challenges of terrorism, poverty and climate change.

Delivering the inaugural address at the 14th Technology Summit and Technology Platform in New Delhi today he called upon the scientists and technologists to do science globally and implement technology locally.

New Delhi, Nov 21 : Union Minister for Science and Technology Kabil Sibal addressing a business meet in the presence of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey is a strategic country that can prove to be a bridge between Europe and Asia.

At a joint Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) meeting in New Delhi, Sibal observed that Turkey can cash in the opportunities that both Europe and Asia provide.

New Delhi, Nov. 4 : Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Ocean Development Kapil Sibal has said the country needs an Information Communication and Technology (ICT) revolution if it has to move forward.

Speaking at the 55th Convocation Day of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) here over the weekend, Sibal said that ICT should be recognized as the vehicle of success and growth of the nation and initiatives should be taken at political level.

New Delhi, Sept 26 : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) today celebrated its 66th Foundation Day with great enthusiasm.

Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal gave away the CSIR Young Scientist Awards 2008 and the CSIR Technology Awards 2008 at a function organized in New Delhi today to mark the occasion.

In his address, the Minister called upon the scientific community to bring science out of laboratories in the form of solutions to the day-to-day problems of the people.