Quicktakes

ABCL declared sick company

NEW DELHI: Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction today declared Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd , a company promoted by mega-star of yesteryears, as sick, giving it much needed respite from its creditors who have moved court.

New satellites

NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation, which launched Insat-2E three months back, will place two more advanced communications satellites in the next 12 months to augment India8217;s telecommunications capacity.

Paes dedicates title

CALCUTTA: Tennis star Leander Paes has dedicated his recent Wimbledon doubles triumph to valiant Indian soldiers fighting Pakistani intruders in Kargil. quot;I have heard about the soldiers fighting for our motherland in Kargil. I dedicate the Wimbledon title to the brave soldiers,quot; Paes said.