Al Jazeera English, the Qatar-based news channel considered the best source of information on the Middle East, has tied up with DTH-operator Tata Sky, five months after it entered India with a tie-up with Dish TV. The channel was in the news recently after a ‘unfriendly broadcaster’ list submitted by the government in the Parliament […]
80% of LPG users in most parts of India do their cylinder booking through SMS, going by what the junior minister for petroleum and natural gas told the Parliament today. According to RPN Singh, in most of the cities, “more than 80% of the customers are using the system successfully whereas, it is more than […]
If cable operators thought they would have a smooth transition from analog-digital services to digital-only services by June 30, satellite-based DTH operators seem to have other ideas. According to the rules, cable operators must switch off the analog signals on their lines in big cities by June 30. Once the analog service is switched off, […]
Piqued by delay in getting a response from the government on petrol prices, state-owned oil companies have issued a final warning to the Government to act, before raising petrol prices by Rs 8 per litre. “The current situation where oil companies have to import crude oil at a price of $121.29 per barrel (relevant for […]
Legenday investor and philanthropist Warren Buffet has a form of non life-threatening cancer, his company Berkshire Hathaway said today. Berkshire released a letter from Buffet, a hero to many not just for his money-making abilities but for his simple personal life and philanthropy, to the shareholders of Hathaway, in which the 81-year-old reassures his well-wishers […]
The euphoria of an expected release of the abducted officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the District Collector, of Malkangiri, R Vineel Krishna has died down with the underground groups putting up more conditions for the release of the prize catch. In the meanwhile the Maoists released the abducted engineer, Pabitra Majhi, who […]
Huawei Devices, known for its extremely cost-efficient Android devices, has launched the 4-inch smartphone Huawei Honor in India. The Huawei Honor is one of the very few 4-inch smartphones priced at less than Rs 20,000 in the Indian market, and will compete directly with the other 4-inch Android phone, the LG Optimus Black P970. The […]
India will export about 19 lakh bales in the March-April period, according to numbers from the ministry of commerce. The ministry said that by about 11 of this month, about 10 lakh (1 million) bales of cotton have been cleared for export, while another 9 lakh bales are expected to be cleared by 17 of […]
The state-owned telecom operator MTNL has launched ultra-fast fibre-optic broadband plans at the same price as normal DSL broadband in Delhi. For those who book before May 7, the prices of MTNL’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband are about 50-70% cheaper than similar ultra-high-speed plans offered by Airtel and BSNL. For example, MTNL is offering a 10-Mbps […]
Information Technology today allows you to know virtually anything about anything in a few minutes, but not everyone knows how to use it to get what they want. The problem is particularly acute in professions like journalism, where many of the top investigative reporters of today cut their teeth before the age of the Internet. […]
Second time in less than a fortnight Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has reiterated his government’s resolve to punish all those who have indulged in corruption. Speaking in the Parliament today Dr Singh attacked the Opposition and assured the country that he would leave no stone unturned in cleaning the public life. “People talk of […]
The targets set by India’s ambitious National Manufacturing Policy may be just that – ambitious, according to Crisil Research, part of the Crisil group. According to the National Manufacturing Policy, India aims to raise the share of manufacturing from about 16% at present to 25% in ten years and generate additional 100 million (10 crore) […]
After hitting a post-recession record last month, hiring activity in India slowed slightly, according to the Naukri Job Speak Index for March 2012. The index, which compares the number of hiring activity in a month to that of July 2008, was at 1,170, slightly down from 1209 in February. July 2008 was the height of […]
Majestic Infracon, the business partner for UAE-based Etisalat in India, has responded to the statement issued by the UAE operator on Pratap Ghose, the CFO of their Indian joint venture Etisalat DB. It denied it was responsible for the sorry state of the Indian joint venture and said it will file a case of defamation […]
India has expressed concern over the widening trade deficit, while revising its export target upwards. The new strategy document from the commerce ministry has pegged a target of $450 billion for India’s exports in three years — double the current exports. India’s trade deficit has ballooned from around $8.6 billion in 2002-03 to $118.3 billion […]
The Infosys Science Foundation said Dr. Kaushik Basu, chief economic advisor to the government of India has been appointed as the chairman of the jury that selects the Rs 50-lakh Infosys Prize for Social Sciences. Basu takes over from Amartya Sen, who will now chair the jury for the newly-created Humanities award. Five Infosys Awards, […]
Google has tied up with Government of India’s National Museum and National Gallery of Modern Art to enable web-users to virtually enter and browse through Indian museums online. The tie-up will enable users to discover and view more than a thousand artworks of Indian and global artists in both the museums, online, Google said. Google […]
Chip giant Intel, fighting to keep a booming tablet market from damaging its sales, expects its new thin and light platform Ultrabooks to touch the $650-700 price-point by the end of the year, according to analysts familiar with the company’s plans. According to them, Intel expects Ultrabooks, which are currently priced at around $1,000 and […]
After much waiting, netbooks based on Intel’s next generation Cedar Trail Atom processors have hit the Indian market. The Cedarview Atom processors (Atom 2600 & 2800) are the first netbook processors to combine a moderately powerful CPU with a moderately powerful graphics processor (GPU) and still give about 8 hours of battery life on a […]
The ruling Congress Party in Kerala has stirred a hornet’s nest with its latest move to induct two more ministers from minority communities, taking the total Christian and Muslim ministers to 12 out of 21. The move has led to the heads of the two main Hindu community organizations to come out openly against the […]
