Industrial gas company BOC on Saturday revealed that it has secured an order from public sector steel major Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) for supply of gas to meet its increasing demand.

The company officials said that BOC has inked a 15-year long term gas supply contract with SAIL for supply of 2600 tpd of oxygen, nitrogen and argon gases to meet its incremental demand as it is expanding capacity at its Rourkela Steel Plant.

Gitanjali Gems, a leading Mumbai-based diamond and jewellery manufacturer and retailer, has announced that its wholly owned arm named Gitanjali Lifestyle, has clinched a Joint Venture (JV) pact with Kuwait-based Hassan`s Optician Company LLC.

According to sources, the proposed joint venture conglomerate will execute business of purchase, import, retail and wholesale trading of sunglasses, eyewear, contact lenses and opticals.

The JV will distribute other similar products and related accessory under different brand names.

KLG Systel has made announcement that company's power system solution (PSS) division has secured an order worth Rs 306 million from Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN).

According to sources, this is the repeat order, which has been awarded to the company for executing engineering procurement construction (EPC) project.

The major activity of India-based KLG Systel is to offer software, information technology solutions and IT enabled services.

Vijay Mallya controlled Kingfisher Airlines has announced that it intends to expand its routes in South Asia. According to sources, company's first flight in South Asia will start from January 19, which will connect Chennai and Bangalore with Colombo.

The private air-carrier (Kingfisher) has also intends to roll out a Bangalore-Dubai flight on February 8, while Mumbai-Bangkok and Bangalore-Bangkok flights are expected to launch on the February 12 and Kolkata-Dhaka flight on February 16.

Those who admire beauty and style will prefer the new premium phone from Apple. Apple' new iPhone 3G 'Kings Button' would be an ideal buy as it has been designed with solid 18-carat yellow gold, white gold and rose gold.

The unique and never seen before set which has been designed by an Australian jeweler named Peter Aloisson is engraved with beautiful diamonds and would cost the users whopping 1.8 million pounds.

The iPhone besides being an eye candy also has a very rare 6.6-carat diamond on its home button.

Due to heavy traffic, the release of first public beta of Windows 7 has been delayed by Microsoft. As of now the company is working on putting more network infrastructure in place to support demand.

"Microsoft is delighted by the overwhelming interest and will post an update to the blog once the additional capacity has been added and Windows 7 Beta 1 is ready for public downloads," said Brandon LeBlanc, a communications manager on the Windows Client Communications Team.