Markets have started off on a flat note with a negative bias because of weak mixed signals from the US and the Asian markets.

Later, Sensex went up into the positive zone and again dropped into the pessimistic zone to trade on a flat note.

With positive bias, second rung stocks also traded on a flat note.

While buying is seen in realty and metal stocks, selling pressure has emerged in IT counters.

In a shocking development, 21 more cases of typhoid have come to light on Monday in Bavla taluka of Ahmedabad district.

With this the total number of people infected with typhoid has risen to 127.

According to reports, the new typhoid cases, all of them are children, from the three villages of Bhayla, Keirala and Kalyangadh in Bavla, which were registered at the Sola Civil Hospital today.

International Business Machine (IBM) has developed a new internet browsing technology that permits users to speak to the web and create voice-enabled websites with the help of cellular phones.

IBM’s India development team developed the Telecom Web Browser with the help of a new internet protocol called Hyper Speech Transfer Protocol (HSTP) analogous to HTTP.

HSTP offers a mechanism to join telephony voice applications with one another. Moreover, the new protocol intends to provide a communication bridge between the web and voice.

JSW Steel Ltd has decided to strengthen its focus on rural market.

To get deeper into the rural market, Mr. Sajjan Jindal, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steels, said that the company, which has already opened 60 retail outlets through franchisee route, is planning to take it upto 600 outlets allover India by the next two years.

While talking to media persons at a seminar organized by NMDC in Hyderabad on Monday, Mr. Sajjan said that the company’s overall exports figure accounted for 40% of its production.

Indian researchers have found three new bacteria species in the upper stratosphere.

According to researchers, the newly found species are highly resistant to UV radiation.

Among three new species of bacteria, ‘Bacillus Isronensis’ is the name given to the first bacteria that recognizes the ISRO contribution in balloon experiments that led to its discovery.

The second has been named ‘Bacillus Aryabhata’ after India's far-famed ancient astronomer Aryabhata and also the first satellite of ‘ISRO’.

Video-game publishers are pressurizing Sony Corp to take its pick out of two alternatives - one, lower the price of its PlayStation 3 console; and two, face the possibility increased development funds going Nintendo Wii's way! At its starting price of $399.99, the PS3 is $150 more than Wii and $200 more than the most-economical Xbox 360.

According to analyst Mike Hickey, of Janco Partners Inc. in Greenwood Village, Colorado, even though Sony has thus far stood unyielding against calls for lower price, there is likelihood that it might trim the price of PS3 by $50-$100 in the near future.