The deal with Nokia will be signed in San Francisco on Friday morning in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is on a 17-day trip to the US to attract fresh investments.
The five-year-old pig Juliana and her owner Tatyana Danilova are part of San Francisco airport's 'Wag Brigade' -- a scheme that brings trained therapy animals to the airport to cheer up passengers and ease travel anxieties.
Security personnel at the San Francisco Airport detained Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's son Bilal last week after they believed they detected traces of explosive material TNT in his child's nappy bag.
The National Transportation Safety Board has sent a team to Alaska to investigate the crash of a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter.
The 16-hour flight will be the first direct one from India to the US west coast.
Ananth Mahadevan takes on the audience.