Godrej Properties Ltd, a Mumbai-based real estate developer, announced a new project, ‘Godrej Aqua’, on the International Airport Road in Bangalore. The project gets its name from its efforts to recycle most of the water on site using advanced technologies and promises to offer ‘drinking water straight from the tap’. Godrej Aqua will offer two- […]
Indira Gandhi National University started registration for the entrance test for its MBA programme. The test, called OPENMAT, will be held on 10 March. The last date for submitting the application form is 14th February. IGNOU’s MBA entrance test is held twice an year. The registration fee for the test is Rs 1000. Graduates in […]
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi has extended the last date to apply for its Master’s, Bachelor’s, Diploma and Certificate programs to Jan 31 for its January intake. The University offers both short-term and long-term programmes leading to certificates, diplomas, advance diploma, associate degree and degree. Admissions are open twice a year. […]
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries today announced a list of concrete steps to address investor concerns about certain relationships that it has with a couple of entities and loans allegedly extended to another firm. Sun Pharma stock rose 4.3% on the clarification. ADITYA MEDISALES First, Sun Pharma will move the distribution activities of its India domestic formulations […]
D2h, the DTH service from Dish TV India Ltd, has added support for several channel packs from Star India, in an apparent deviation from its earlier stance. The DTH operator had, like rival Sun Direct, omitted all channel packs from Star India when it came out with its list of supported broadcaster packs. There have […]
Dish TV and D2h have become the first DTH providers in India to fully implement TRAI’s new tariff rules on channel pricing ahead of the Feb 1 deadline. The two, owned by a common entity, have unveiled a tool that allows customers to add or delete any channel in their base packs, under the new […]
Indian pharmaceuticals manufacturer Wockhardt said it received approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration to launch a generic version of Novartis’ Leukemia drug Gleevec. The drug is estimated to have sales of $707 million in the US. The Indian company, which already has many of its products on US pharmacy shelves, said it […]
The Supreme Court today directed the Kerala government to provide full security to Kanakadurga and Bindu Ammini, the two women who entered Sabarimala temple last month. The two women had sought 24-hour police protection, claiming that there was a threat to their lives. They also pointed to extensive attacks coming from Internet users and social […]
The fight between the Orthodox and Jacobite sects of the Malankara Church of Kerala continued to be on the boil, with the latest clashes reported from Mandamangalam near Thrissur. The fight over the control of St Mary’s Church last night resulted in a stone-throwing incident last night, injuries to 17 people and the arrest of […]
Reliance Jio, which today announced another quarter of strong growth in its 4G wireless services, reiterated its commitment to working with small cable operators as it rolls-out broadband-cum-IPTV network GigaFiber. The company also said that it is in the process of connecting homes to its fiber-to-the-home service, based on the requests received via its website. […]
A clarification by broadcast regulator TRAI intended to stop cable and DTH operators from forcing ‘junk channels’ on customers has created massive confusion, with media outlets failing to understand what the regulator was trying to say, and in turn confusing their readers. TRAI had, on January 10, clarified that there was no rule that the […]
Larsen & Toubro said it has won two more projects from Saudi Aramco, the world’s second largest oil producer, in consortium with Subsea 7. “The award consists of engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of three Oil Production Deck Manifolds and Subsea Pipelines in Zuluf and Berri Fields of Saudi Aramco,” said India’s largest construction […]
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has denied a news report published by a major daily in India, claiming that the Authority has issued an order giving 100 free or pay channels for Rs 153. An official pointed out that the Authority has issued no such new rule, and that it is not possible to provide […]
Maruti Suzuki said it has opened booking for its WagonR 2019. Customers can book the car by paying Rs 11,000 at any of the company’s dealer showrooms across India or via the company’s website. The car is expected to be officially unveiled on January 23, even though the company did not reveal the launch date. […]
Even as broadcast regulator TRAI sent out yet another reminder to cable and DTH users in the country to switch to new plans under the 2017 tariff order, India’s biggest DTH operator continued to ask users to wait for the “tariff order to become applicable” and for “channel prices to be finalized”. The apparent disconnect […]
With the telecom and media regulator asking for daily reports from DTH and cable players on migration of consumers to TRAI-compliant plans ahead of the Jan 31 deadline, many consumers have complained of being moved to unwanted packs by their providers. Under TRAI Tariff Order 2017, all cable and DTH subscribers have to be moved […]
An analysis of over 300 channel packs and plans announced by prominent broadcasters like Star, Zee Entertainment, Sony, Sun TV and TV18 under new TRAI tariff rules reveals that Star has the highest number of such packs. The company, which has only 43 pay channels, has managed to create a whopping 72 packs and plans […]
D2h, the DTH service from Dish TV, has become the first DTH provider in India to start moving subscribers to the new channel packs and plans under the TRAI Tariff Order of 2017. Many subscribers have started getting intimation that their plan has been changed in accordance with TRAI’s new rules. Customers can also accelerate […]
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the agency that oversees the telecom and media sector in India, today refuted rumors that the implementation of the tariff order has been postponed beyond February 1 and asked consumers to move to the new plans without leaving it for the last moment. The clarification came in the wake of […]
Flipkart and Taiwanese smartphone maker Asus will give discounts ranging from a minimum of Rs 1,000 to a maximum of Rs 8,000 on its Zenfone series from Wednesday through Friday. The discounts and zero-cost EMI offers are valid on Zenfone Max Pro M1, Zenfone 5Z and Zenfone Lite L1. The Zenfone Max M1 will only […]
