BJP president Nitin Gadkari, in a grand press conference attended by most senior leaders, has accused the Congress Party led government of slipping into an emergency mentality. BJP, which does not agree with several of the protesters demands as well, asked Congress to respect other people’s right to popularize their opinion, even if they are […]
Veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare may not be able to continue his fast for much longer as he is reported to be refusing water as well. Hazare had warned that if there had been police crackdown on his agitation, he would stop taking water as well. While Hazare could go on for several days without taking […]
Thanks to an unprecedented outpouring of support and emotion from across the country, the government is learnt to have issued an order to release Anna Hazare. According to unconfirmed reports, the government has released a warrant for his release to the Director General of Prisons, Delhi. The order/recommendation has to be processed and agreed by […]
Retail prices increased by 6% in January, compared to the same month a year ago, according to data released by the government today. The increase in consumer prices was higher in rural areas (7%) compared to urban areas (4%), according to the data. As expected, the highest increase was in the prices of vegetables. Veggies […]
Google is the search king, but twitter is not far behind, going by the latest move by Firefox-maker Mozilla Foundation. A month after Twitter ended its search-agreement with Google, it has partnered with the Mozilla Foundation to bring the Twitter search feature to Mozilla Firefox browsers. Mozilla has even launched a special ‘Twitter edition’ of […]
The Central Government has not been able to get a large number of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers to declare their assets, according to numbers from the Department of Personnel & Training. Despite a clear directive to the estimated 5,200 IAS officials — the back-bone of Central government bureaucracy — to declare assets by June […]
After terrain, traffic, landmarks, routes, shops, petrol-pumps etc., Google has now added a ‘weather’ layer to its Google Maps service. Like the other ‘layers’, this one too has to be enabled by clicking and choosing a menu of display modes from the top right corner of the map window. The information displayed at present include […]
India’s major opposition parties, including the right-of-centre Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), the Communists and regional parties have come together to determine the oppositions’ next move on the Anna Hazare agitation. Minutes after both houses of the Indian Parliament were adjourned after a shouting match between the opposition and the governing sides, leaders of opposition parties […]
For many Indians, America is the ‘land of milk and honey.’ Many middle-class Indians, especially those born and brought up in the semi-American culture of India’s urban middle class in cities like Delhi and Mumbai, see it as the land of opportunities. The US is seen (deservedly) as one of the most tolerant and diverse […]
Indians bought 5.14 crore (51.4 million) mobile phones in the three months from April to June this year, international IT market research firm Gartner’s India unit has said. In other words, one in nine phones is sold in India. For the full year, it said, Indians will buy around 215 million (21.5 crore) mobile devices […]
The apex organization of Indian exporters has expressed alarm over the downgrading of US Government credit rating from the top level ‘AAA’ to the AA+ category by credit-rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P.) Exports of garments, handicrafts, leather, gems and jewellery and IT are likely to be the most affected, the Federation of Indian Exporters […]
The Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI), the powerful lobby of traditional GSM operators such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, has expressed concern over the decreasing profitability of telecom operators in India. Over the last two years, due to the entry of new players, big traditional operators such as Bharti and Vodafone have either seen […]
Standard & Poor’s Ratings, which created a storm by downgrading the US government’s credit rating from the top position for the first time since the second world war, said there are no immediate prospects for such a move on Asian countries. It, however, warned that disruptions in financial markets may lead to the renewal of […]
Are you one of those people who look enviously at your neighbour’s iPad or tablet, but can never get yourself to spend Rs 35,000 on a ‘glorified surfing machine’? Do you find the prospect of carrying two computers, one for reading and another for writing, ludicrous? Fret not, the Asus Transformer is here in India. […]
India’s foreign investment continues to gather pace in the new financial year. After growing by 77% in the first two months (April & May), foreign investment has zoomed 310% (four times) in June. Total long term foreign investment (into companies and such like, excluding stock markets), was $5.656 billion in June, against $1.380 billion received […]
Southern states of Kerala and Karnataka are finding it difficult to get rid of the H1N1 virus, with 16 new deaths reported from the two states in June and July. According to central government figures, Kerala reported 174 cases of confirmed H1N1 infections in the two months, while Karnataka reported 34 infections. None of the […]
Maruti Alto K10 created the most amount of search interest on launch, with the Ford Figo following close behind, according to Google India’s Auto Industry Report covering search trends for the industry for the last two years. Surprisingly, it also showed that would-be auto buyers in India are arguably more net-savvy than their counterparts in […]
Nearly 1 in 20 drugs sold in India is of subs-standard quality or downright spurious, according to the latest numbers from the health ministry. According to them, the out of the 49,682 samples of drugs tested during the just concluded financial year (2010-11), 2,372 turned out to be below the required quality. Another 95 samples […]
Reliance Communications has announced a 7-inch Android tablet priced at around Rs 13,000 with discounted 3G data options, making it perhaps the cheapest 3G-enabled tablet in India. UPDATE: Since this model was launched, the Ubislate tab was launched for Rs 4,000 which makes the Ubislate the cheapest and most value for money tablet in the […]
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme, popularly known as the NREGA scheme, seems to have slowing down as allegations over corruption have increased. According to the latest numbers, the last financial year (2010-11) saw a 9.4% dip in the total employment generated through the scheme. However, thanks to an overall rise in costs — […]
