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NASSCOM hails Maran

Chennai, May 14 (UNI) NASSCOM today hailed Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Dayanidhi Maran, who has resigned from the Union Cabinet yesterday, for the key role played by him in sustaining the growth of the IT industry over the last three years.

In a statement here, NASSCOM, on behalf of the Indian IT industry, said Mr Maran had been instrumental in reinforcing India's position as a premier destination for IT outsourcing and taking great interest in promoting the growth of the domestic IT market.

His efforts have resulted in India becoming an increasingly prime location for the hardware industry also.

During his tenure, Mr Maran had considerably strengthened the partnership between the Government and the industry in promoting the IT sector, NASSCOM said.

His role in bringing major positive changes in the telecom sector had been of great significance to the IT software and services industry. It had also resulted in India becoming the fastest growing mobile telephony market in the world, the release added.

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Romania and Bulgaria become part of EU

BUCHAREST/SOFIA, Jan 1: Millions of Bulgarians and Romanians awoke today as citizens of the European Union after a night of fireworks and street parties celebrating their countries' entry into the bloc at midnight.Deemed too politically and economically backward for membership during the EU's first eastward expansion in 2004, the Black Sea neighbours squeezed through the door in what political analysts say was the last chance to join this decade.The accession of the poor, ex-communist duo raises the.....
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