New Delhi - Uncertainty over the US 700-billion-dollar bailout plan pulled down Indian shares Friday with the two main stock market indices showing a drop of more than 2 per cent.

Paris, September 26: The integration of all instruments on the Indian Space Agency’s Chandrayaan-1, India’s first mission to the Moon, is now complete and validation tests to check the functionality of the spacecraft and the suite of instruments are underway.

The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is now at the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) facilities in Bangalore, India.

Brussels - Global warming, global security and the global financial crisis are set to top the agenda when the European Union and India hold their annual summit in Marseille, France on Monday.

According to the French government, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, the summit is set to agree an "action plan" on cooperation in peace and security issues, sustainable development, science and technology and "person-to-person contacts".

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and top EU officials are also set to sign a deal paving the way for cooperation on civil aviation and discuss trade relations.

On Wednesday, the chairperson of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, expressed her viewpoint that if India and U.S. want to better their trade relations, then the two countries should enter into a bilateral investment treaty. 

Furthermore she expressed that both countries’ leadership should move ahead in executing agreements while examining their implementation till the last.  

Washington, Sept. 26 : Concluding a much anticipated meeting with US President George W Bush at the Oval Office here on Thursday evening, Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh lauded Bush''s "strong personal commitment" in transforming India-US relations.