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Samsung will launch the new line-up of its Android tablets, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Tab 8.9, in India on the 10th (coming Wednesday). The company will launch the two models — acclaimed as the best Android tablets on the planet right now — at a glittering ceremony in Delhi, according to sources. […]

Not so long ago when a 21-inch bulky, traditional CRT (picture-tube) TV would cost Rs 10,000-12,000. Then came the attack of the panels, first plasma, then LCD and then LED-LCD. In the meanwhile, production of ‘normal’ tube TVs, which used to come for around Rs 7,000 to 11,000, has almost come to an end. Instead, […]

Home Minister P Chidambaram said Anna Hazare and hundreds of his followers have been detained under the “preventive arrest” sections of the Indian Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.PC). Chidambaram said Anna and his group were arrested because when asked about today’s program, they said they intended to protest at the JP park. Late yesterday night, Chidambaram […]

Two months after leasing more spectrum on an additional satellite, Dish TV has doubled its total number of channels to 297, including 30 high definition ones. The firm had increased its total spectrum from 432 megahertz to 648 megahertz in December by buying additional space on a satellite adjacent to NSS 6, its original home. […]

More bad news for the government. According to the latest wholesale price index (WPI), prices of essential commodities in India are at a historic high, higher than they were even during the worst price rise phase at the beginning of this year and 2010 (see chart 1 below). While prices had hit a record level […]

Google’s Chrome browser is more popular among heavy Internet users while Firefox users tend to be online less often, according to a study by India-based online research firm Juxt. According to the study, Chrome users access the Internet most frequently, with nearly 2/3rd of them accessing Internet either throughout the day or over 5 times […]

Kapil Sibal, senior cabinet minister, said the Jan Lokpal bill, for which hundreds have already courted arrest, is only “Anna’s law.” Sibal said the law represented the thought process of Anna Hazare, as an individual, and he should not try to force it down on the country. “I, as in individual, has decided on law… […]

India’s renewable energy generation capacity has cross the 20 Giga (billion) watt mark, according to the latest numbers from the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE). Renewable power generation capacity, which was around 16.8 Gigawatt (GW) at the end of March 2010, has increased by 22.4% to 20.6 GW at present, the ministry said. […]

A total of 82,000 lakh new HIV cases have come to light in the country in the first quarter of the current financial year, a slight increase from last year, according to the latest government data. According to the numbers, India’s share of total HIV infections is higher than 10% of the global total, with […]

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 […]

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 […]