A vast majority of salaried class people employed in a host of trade and industry sectors want the Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram to raise the exemption limit of income tax to at least Rs 3 lakhs and increase deductions such as medical and educational allowances in the Union Budget so that they are left […]
India’s oil import bill continued to remain near record levels in January, and imports of non-oil items too gained pace, taking the trade deficit to the unhealthy $200 billion mark this year. India’s oil bill rose 7 percent in January to $15.6 billion. The increase was 12.3% in rupee terms, as the value of the […]
If you are on the look out for the latest and sexiest Android smartphone, you can safely give the new Samsung Galaxy Galaxy GC100 a miss. It is as thick as four or five of the new smartphones available at the same price levels in India, Rs 29,850. But the Galaxy GC 100 is not […]
U.P chief minister Akhilesh Yadav rejected Arvind Kejriwal’s claim that the U.P. government is not serious about allegations of misappropriations by a trust owned by Salman Khurshid’s wife, Louise Khurshid. “It is not correct. It is our government which initiated the inquiry. We could start the inquiry only when we came to power. How can […]
Intel said it is appointing Kumud Srinivasan as president for Intel India. With over 3,500 people, India is Intel’s largest non-manufacturing site outside the US. Kumud succeeds Praveen Vishakantaiah who is relocating to the U.S. as the General Manager of Client Solutions and Technology group in the PC Client Group for Intel. Srinivasan has been […]
Asian Americans are the American minority most unimpressed with how they are portrayed in mainstream TV, according to a survey about 1,500 households in the United States. 27% of the Asian respondents felt the portrayal of their community in mainstream media was inaccurate, while only 22% felt it was accurate. The rest were neutral. Similarly, […]
Google India has launched its free video-conferencing tool, Google Hangouts, to users of Gmail in India. Earlier all videoconferencing in Gmail, google’s free email service, used to happen on a “peer to peer” basis. In other words, the video call would go straight from one user to another, like a phone call. With Hangouts, the […]
The Kerala Government will not order a re-investigation into the 1996 Suryanelli Rape case, home minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan told the state assembly. The statement was unexpected as the government was expected to seek legal opinion on whether or not the case, that involves Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien, can be reopened. “No person can […]
Weeks after popular outrage over the brutal rape and murder of a student in Delhi, the government has increased the punishment and widened the scope of anti-harassment legislation in several laws. Insertions include new definitions of what constitutes sexual harassment, specifying punishment for throwing acid, use of hidden camera to record women’s private acts, stalking, […]
Ever wondered what happened to ‘advanced search’ on Facebook? Ever wanted to find all those from your home town in your current city, or a list of everyone on Facebook who is working in your company? You are in luck because the new ‘graph search’ from the social networking leader lets you do just that, […]
With one month to go before the end of the current year, the government of India has projected a GDP growth rate of 5% this year, down from 6.2% last year, according to its latest numbers. Presenting India’s budget for 2012-13, former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had said that India’s GDP will grow by 7.6 […]
The Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar has scalded the Finance Ministry’s decision to withdraw the Income tax concession given to Special Economic Zones (SEZ.) Khullar said the move is akin to changing the policy “midstream” and will affect the sentiments towards investing in India. “It is one issue to hurt people who have already taken the […]
The Congress led government of Kerala seemed to be softening its stand on re-investigating Rajyasabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien’s culpability in the infamous Suryanelli rape case even as pressure mounts. Asked why the government was stonewalling requests for a new investigation into Kurien’s alleged role in the rape-saga, chief minister Oommen Chandy said: “Who has […]
The Suryanelli rape case has again burst into the headlines in Kerala with a private news channel running video footage of a conversation with one of the judges in the High Court panel that let off all but one of the dozens of accused in the case. Basant is shown as asking a reporter of […]
The Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party has joined Janatha Party’s Subramanian Swamy and others in questioning the dependability of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in India. Delivering a speech on “National Voters’ Day” at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Bhim Singh, noted activist, lawyer and the leader of the party, said EVMs were being […]
Aircel has become the second operator in India to offer a “free roaming” plan, after BSNL, but what is not clear is: Is it really as good as it sounds? Going by the example of BSNL, which announced such a plan several months ago, for most users, it may be cheaper to stick to existing […]
It had to happen sooner or later – the MBA education bubble – fueled by tales of multi-crore fresher salary packages – is bursting. According to the latest numbers from a study by business association Assocham, about 340 business schools are in the process of either winding down or have already shut shop since 2012. […]
At any given time, around 25,000 to 40,000 phones in the country are being tapped by the government, according to numbers given by the home ministry today. Replying to a question on phone-tapping, junior home minister Gurudas Kamat said 7,500 to 9,000 orders for starting of new phone-tapping are issued every month. The maximum duration […]
Close on the heels of the quad-core Karbonn S1 Titanium, competitor Spice has launched a dual-core phone with a 5.3 inch display with qHD (quarter HD) resolution. Priced at Rs 14,000, the device is remarkable only in that it has a larger than usual display, though the Karbonn A30 has an even bigger 5.9 inch […]
A Patiala House court has started the process of framing of charges against Suresh Kalmadi in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) case. The CBI’s chargesheet against Kalmadi, chairman of the Commonwealth Games organizing committee, and his associates accuses them of causing a loss of about Rs 100 crore to the nation. Framing of charges marks the […]
