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Phoenix Mars lander officially dead; mission found ice on Mars

Phoenix Mars lander officially dead; mission found ice on MarsWashington  - After months of dust storms and severe cold, NASA's Phoenix Mars lander was declared dead Monday by mission scientists, who celebrated the probe's success as the first to touch ice on the red planet.

Mission managers said that Phoenix had lasted long after its planned 90 days, and they celebrated the success of the spacecraft.

"It's really an Irish wake and not a funeral," said Peter Smith, Phoenix mission principal investigator at the University of Arizona in Tucson, in a teleconference call with reporters.

No new players or stadium, says Chelsea chief Kenyon

No new players or stadium, says Chelsea chief KenyonLondon  - Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon insisted Monday that the club will not be making any new signings in January and has no immediate plans to move away from Stamford Bridge.

A Sunday newspaper had claimed Chelsea were considering a move to a site in Battersea, 5 kilometres from their Stamford Bridge home.

"We are not considering any advanced plans to move away from Stamford Bridge as recent reports have suggested," said Kenyon.

L&T Consortium bags India’s first Monorail System from Mumbai Metropolitan

L&T Consortium bags India’s first Monorail System from Mumbai Metropolitan Larsen & Toubro, India’s leading Technology, Engineering & Construction Company along with its Malaysian partner Scomi Engineering Bhd has secured an order worth Rs 2460 crore from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to implement the country’s first Monorail System in Mumbai. 
 
The consortium bagged the said contract by beating Reliance-Hitachi Consortium’s bid.  

Bharat Forge intends to form a Joint Venture with Alstom Group

Bharat Forge intends to form a Joint Venture with Alstom GroupBharat Forge Limited (BFL), the second largest forging company in the World and part of Kalyani Group – a US $ 2.4 billion conglomerate, intends to setup a joint venture company with Europe-based Alstom Group, for manufacturing state-of-the-art supercritical power plant equipment in India.

IVRCL Infrastructure bags order worth Rs 893 crore; Stock Surges 10%

IVRCL Infrastructure bags order worth Rs 893 crore; Stock Surges 10%IVRCL Infrastructure & Project Limited has informed that the company has bagged a lift irrigation project worth Rs 893 crore from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Irrigation & CAD Department.

Satyam Computers acquires Motorola’s Malaysian Software development Centre

Satyam Computers acquires Motorola’s Malaysian Software development Centre Satyam Computer Services, the fourth largest IT solutions and service provider, has acquired the software development centre of Motorola in Malaysia.

Under the arrangement, Motorola will divest from its software development centre in Cyberjaya, subsequently all 128 employees – along with the unit’s assets – will shift to Satyam.

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