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The Union Health Ministry has geared up in its war against Swine flu. The latest buzz confirms that the ministry has started dispatching units of the vaccine across various states of the country. The first ones to get are the health workers who are 'the most exposed' individuals against the disease.

The imported units, which hail from the international pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur will be in circulation from today and will initiate from the nodal centres in Mumbai and Delhi.

India's largest private telecom company Bharti Airtel has submitted its bid for the 3G Spectrum auction to the Government of India and Department of Telecom.

The auction for three slots of 3G spectrum will start from 9th of April. The 3G auction will be carried out in all its 22 circles across the country. In few states, four slots are also available.

According to the Notice Inviting Applications for 3G spectrum auction, the reserve price has been fixed at Rs 3,500 crore for the pan-India spectrum.

The largest U. S. bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc. announced its new chief executive officer today. New York based Barnes & Noble said that its former head of Website, William Lynch, will be the next CEO of the company. However, Barnes & Noble said that the former CEO Steve Riggio will remain the vice chairman of the company.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia released its monthly survey of firms on Thursday. According to the report, the manufacturing firms in the Philadelphia region got better business conditions in the month of March. This was recorded the seventh consecutive month when the manufacturing activity grew in Philadelphia.

As reported by The Age, The Geelong cricket association is investigating a racial accusation made against 10 local cricketers from the Geelong city. The accusation is that about 10 local players from the Geelong city racially abused some players of Indian origin, during a fourth grade qualifying final.

Labor Department said today in Washington that the figures for the first time jobless benefits claims were reported lower by 5000 in the week ended March 13. This is the third week in a row when the jobless claims were reported down in United States.

The first time jobless benefits claims were reported to 457,000 in the recently ended week. The figures for jobless claims were reported in line with expectations of market analysts. They were expecting a figure of 455,000 for the week.