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Mountain lines
Denied the chance, by a beady-eyed weight-watching travel friend, to carry with me into the heights of Uttarakhand Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, I revenged myself by purchasing, at the highest (and wettest) place on our itinerary, a copy of Bill Aitken’s Touching upon the Himalaya: Excursions and Enquiries (Indus, 2004). Now that I am back at sweat level in Delhi and have actually read the Goethe, I realise that Young Werther would have made poor company.

Cox & Kings' Aussie arm acquires 2 firms
Cox & Kings (Australia), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Cox and Kings (India), a travel and tour company, has bought MyPlanet Australia and Bentours International through a share sale agreement from First Choice Holdings Australia. The acquisition is being done through an ‘earn-out mechanism’ and is not being paid for from funds raised for acquisition from the company’s recent initial public offering (IPO).

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Kingfisher Airlines to raise $100 mn
Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines board today approved an enabling resolution to raise $100 million (nearly Rs 487.8 crore) by various fund raising instruments.
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Micro Technologies launches innovative device for farmers

Leading IT-based security solutions developer, Micro Technologies (India) Ltd, today announced the launch of Micro Jai-Kisan, an innovative device for farmers. - Hiring activity up 7.5% in Kolkata - CBI charges Raju, others in fresh Rs 430-cr scam - Symantec, Wipro sign pact to provide new services - IT industry to return to growth in"10 - Job market looking up: Infy"s Pai - Coming up Ace(r)s Micro Technologies has come up with a cost-effective product, Micro Jai Kisan, to remotely manage the motor pumps by using a phone. The device is a small SIM card that is installed between the switch and the electrical water pump. By a simple phone call from a GSM, STD phone or even by an SMS command, the farmer can turn the pump on or off and also remotely know the status of the pump, Micro Technologies Chairman and Managing Director, P Sekhar, told reporters here. "We hope this device reaches farmers across the country and helps them multifold," Sekhar said, adding "that the device is a cost-effective solution and the product will soon be available across the country. Today, farmers have to make multiple trips to their farms to check if there is adequate electricity to turn up the pump to water their crops. This device will help them in reducing water leakage, pilferage and wastage, Sekhar said. Micro Technologies is a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of IT-based security solutions for its clients across the globe. The company"s products range includes the much-needed security devices, life-support systems and web-based software.


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