Airtel digital TV, the DTH service by Bharti Airtel, has jumped onto the agri-information bandwagon, launching a new “interactive” service called iKisaan. The service will add to the five such services already launched — iLearn, iNews, iDarshan, iGoodlife and iAstro — priced at Rs 10 to Rs 15 each. The services are based on dissemination […]
The Congress Party has officially called Anna Hazare and his movement a proxy for the RSS, after tip-toeing around the allegation for several days. Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said that the Party did not think Anna Hazare was an “instrumentality of forces” two weeks ago, but is now convinced that he is. “..the forces in […]
Moser Baer Solar, the largest Indian photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer and part of the Moser Baer optical media group, has tied up Munro Distributing Co., one of the top solar equipment distribution firms in the US. Munro will offer Moser Baer’s solar modules and sue them in its designs of commercial turnkey solar PV systems, […]
IBM, the US-based corporation, may have decided to celebrate its 100th anniversary with a video, but for IBMers in India, the centenary is all about making a contribution to the society. In the fact, the program for IBM India for the 100th year could make any NGO turn green with envy. Over 50 percent of […]
The number of customers putting in requesting for porting number from one operator to another has reached 85.4 lakh or about 1.45% of India’s total active subscriber base, three months after it was introduced. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said the highest number of requests came from Gujarat and Rajasthan, at 8.34 lakh […]
In a novel move, country’s biggest phone brand, Nokia has started taking pre-orders or bookings for the upcoming Qwerty candybar phone, the E6. The phone is notable because it is the first model to sport a revamped Symbian operating system that looks much ‘funkier’ than the usual interfaces found on Nokia phones. The Anna may […]
Worldwide mobile advertising revenue will reach $3.3 billion in 2011, more than double the $1.6 billion generated in 2010, said technology market research firm Gartner. It will reach $20.6 billion by 2015, with search and maps leading from the front, it added. In comparison, global (PC) Internet advertising is estimated to be worth around $50 […]
The petroleum ministry has confirmed receiving a report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on alleged irregularities in the oversight maintained over the administration of oil blocks under private companies. The Times of India had, in its story today, reported that the CAG has unearthed alleged favoritism towards Reliance Industries, owned by billionaire Mukesh […]
Genpact, India’s biggest BPO company, emerged as the top real estate buyer in the National Capital in the first quarter of 2011, according to a compilation put together by international real estate firm Knight Frank. Big leases by IT and BPO firms in the beginning of the year propped up the market, which is in […]
An official from the US embassy at Islamabad was so ruffled by the harsh reactions of Pakistani foreign and defence experts to the Indo-US nuclear deal that he suggested a new name for the conference in a bitter account of his ‘travails’. “…the conference should have been billed ‘Seminar on U.S.-Indian Perfidy (untrustworthiness)’” the official […]
Reliance Communications, the telecom firm from the Anil Ambani group, emerged as the operator with the highest number of subscriber additions during April this year, according to a report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The company beat Vodafone, which held the top-spot during March, as well as others like Idea and Bharti. […]
The global semiconductor and electronics industry has weathered the Japanese earthquake without much damage, IT market research firm Gartner said. In its update on the market for semiconductor capital equipment (equipment used to make chips,) it said that it has not had to revise its projections for the market downwards, as feared in the aftermath […]
Uninor, the subsidiary of Norwegian telecom operator Telenor, has crossed the 25 million subscriber mark, the firm said, adding that it now had a market share double that of all the other new operators put together. Uninor had started operations in December 2009 and 2010 in most of these circles and its closest competitor from […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has accused the national rights commissions — the National Human Rights Commission and the National Commission for Women — of acting like opposition parties. Her comments have come after the National Commission for Women and National Human Rights Commission jumped into the controversy of a group of policemen allegedly raping […]
The education minister Kapil Sibal has expressed ‘sorrow’ at the high minimum marks posted by colleges as entry criteria for under graduate courses in Delhi and promised action. “I am extremely sad at the situation.. This is an irrational way to look at education, we will not let this method go on,” Sibal said, adding […]
India and Russia have announced that they have decided to start negotiations to draw up a trade agreement between the two nations. The agreement has been termed as a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, which indicates that it won’t be as radical as a Free Trade Agreement, but slightly short of it. Such agreements bring down […]
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK) is considering pulling out its ministers from the central council of ministers even as rival Jayalalitha is all set to meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. DMK, however, is unlikely to withdraw support for the Government as doing so may bring it down and result in a nation-wide general election. DMK […]
Reliance Big TV has become the first external operator to get hold of Star TV’s bouquet of five ‘asli’ HD channels. ‘Asli’ HD, trademarked by the Rupert Murdoch owned Star group, refers to content that is actually shot on HD cameras and not processed into HD from ordinary signals. Unlike ‘upscaled’ channels, content originally shot […]
The Commonwealth Games controversy may have hit the headlines last year, but replies to an RTI application by activist Subhash Chandra Agarwal have revealed that the then sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyer had raised a red flag way back in 2007. The maverick Congress leader, who has often been sidelined inside his own party due […]
Sri Sri Ravishankar, founder of the Art of Living movement and an exponent of Yoga and spiritual leader, said Baba Ramdev continues his fast inside the hospital in Haridwar. There were reports that Baba has been injected with glucose to prevent his condition from worsening. Sri Sri’s comments have added to the uncertainty about Baba’s […]
