Onlookers gather around a Porsche model at the Parx Super Car Show at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai on Sunday morning.  PHOTO: Asian Age

New Delhi, Jan. 31: Hackers have increased their attack on Indian websites which end with “.in”.
According to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), 3,089 Indian websites with domain “.in” were hacked and defaced in 2009 as compared to 2,642 websites in 2008 — a significant rise of 17 per cent. In 2007, 1,693 websites with “.in” domain were defaced.

Mumbai, Jan. 31: Honda’s recall of 8,500 cars is perhaps the largest by an Indian automaker. The company is calling back nearly one-third of the vehicles it sold in 2007 to replace a defective switch.

BENGALURU,  Jan. 31: A global survey conducted to evaluate employees’ views of their organisation’s senior leadership team reveals that 69 per cent of Indian employees feel their organisation’s leadership team is effective. Followed by Brazil (59 per cent), the US (54 per cent), China (53 per cent) and Canada (52 per cent).

Bhubaneswar, Jan. 31: Andhra Bank, which has presence in 22 states at present, wants to acquire pan-India character by opening up branches in rest of the states by the end of the next fiscal.

New Delhi, Jan. 31: Negotiators from key WTO members, including India, China and the US, will begin the marathon three-month meeting in Geneva from Monday to sort out vexed issues hampering conclusion of the Doha Round of trade talks.

Hyderabad, Jan. 31: It is the small car which makes the big headlines in India, but action is also heating up at the other end of the street. Luxury car brands are lining up with new models and expanded reach to tap Indian market.

INDIA’S LARGEST private sector lender ICICI Bank on Sunday ruled out overseas acquisitions, but said it is open to buying local banks to increase presence and business within the country.

A. Rama Raju is the managing director of Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd, one of the largest infrastructure development companies in India Started as a partnership firm in 1978, the Hyderabad-based company went public in 1992.

EXPECTEDLY FEARS over impact of “Obama Talk”, monetary tightening in China, jitters over RBI policy measures have triggered heavy selling in the markets during the week ended.