It was a movement started by the KDE group around 3 years ago — radically redesigning how the Linux desktop looks. Since then, Ubuntu — the most popular flavor of Linux out there — latched on and announced it too will radically alter how the computer interface will look. Through all the retching changes, the […]
Jairam Ramesh, India’s ‘activist’ environment minister, will flag off the first harvesting of bamboo by villagers on 27th under a new law that removes the plant from the list of restricted category. Ramesh has, over the past several days, sent letters to state chief ministers clarifying that bamboo was a grass and not a tree […]
Three years after the riots of 2002, Michael S Owen, the US Consul General in Mumbai, gave a vivid description of Gujarat reminding readers of Akira Kurosawa’s classic, Rashomon. While NGOs and minority representatives insisted the presence of a ‘communalizing’ government, business leaders and government officials portrayed a picture of normalcy and harmony. In the […]
DOMO, a PC peripherals and tablets brand, has launched its first two smartphones – a 5.2 inch dual-core model priced at Rs 8,900 and a 4-incher at Rs 3,990. Both models are priced reasonably, and offer value for money. However, the company has not revealed one crucial factor, especially for the 5.2 inch model – […]
India’s old-world and “capacity-constrained” bureaucracy is the biggest impediment to improving relations its relationship with the US, US embassy officials told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a briefing paper prepared for her July 2009 visit. According to the Peter Burleigh, the in-charge of the American Embassy in New Delhi, even as the defence forces […]
Nearly 10 million (1 crore) cable customers in several cities in India are likely to miss their favorite programs on the Star, NDTV, Fox and MGM channels due to a spat with the Hinduja-owned group. Star DEN, the distribution venture of Star India and DEN Networks, said it is likely to stop services to Incable […]
The Supreme Court decision to quash the order of the Telecom Tribunal which in turn quashed the a pricing order of the TRAI is unlikely to make much difference to the ordinary consumer. In July last year, TRAI, the telecom and broadcast regulator, had stipulated that DTH operators need to pay only 35% of what […]
External Affairs Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna,who reached Kathmandu today on a three day trip to Nepal, reiterated India’s commitment for a democratic and stable Nepal. In a statement he said that “I would like to convey to the leadership of Nepal that India is committed to working with the people of Nepal for a democratic, […]
While the world is focused on the global Outsourcing market (in which India has a 60% share,) the domestic market in India has jumped by a whopping 29% in one year, research firm Gartner said. It further predicts the market will jump another 23% to hit #1.4 billion (Rs 6,400 crore) by the end of […]
The Jharkhand Police is probing the leak of the state budget to the media even before it was announced in the Assembly, Pranab Mukherjee, minister of finance at the Centre, has told a Parliamentary Committee. Responding to a query by the Committee, Mukherjee said the Ranchi Edition of Dainik Jagran newspaper had published details of […]
A quiet digital revolution is on in the countrysides and bylanes of India. Despite having one of the world’s lowest PC penetration (at just 1%), hundreds of millions of Indians are logging on to the Internet through their humble, tiny mobile phone. The latest ‘state of the mobile web’ report from Opera, whose browser accounts […]
The Indian Premier League or IPL, the country’s most successful domestic sports event, has broken its exclusive deal with Google-owned Youtube and decided to partner with Bennet, Coleman & Company’s Indiatimes as well for the current season. Google had managed a unexpectedly successful debut for the first live webcasting of any major sports event in […]
An important new recommendation made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) may unleash the era of the “small scale” or “boutique” telecom brands in the country. It will also offer a way for the new telecom operators — who don’t have the appetite or funds to start operations in India’s hyper-competitive mobile market […]
Fruits and Petrol led the items seeing highest rise in wholesale prices during the first week of April, according to the latest data released by the government. Price of fruits went up by 25% compared to the same week a year ago, while petrol prices were up 22%. Overall, inflation in primary articles — which […]
Gaz guzzling SUVs giving 5 km to the litre may soon become a thing of the past in India, as the government prepares to notify India’s first fuel-efficiency norms in a few days. Even before the notification, however, the norms are under fire from environmentalists. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has termed the […]
Traditional outsourcing firms, such as Infosys and TCS, may need to pay attention to the ‘depth’ of their professionals as companies are increasingly disappointed with outsourcing partners and are mulling going back to captive centres, according to a report. According to a report on the ‘re-emergence’ of the captive center by Forrester Research, more and […]
Important recommendations made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Wednesday. Reduce VAT on mobile handsets, increase duty on imported handsets Service providers to declare their carbon footprint half yearly, cap placed on power consumption of mobile towers Operators should reduce Carbon emissions by 8% by 2012-2013, 12% by 2014-2015, and 25% by 2018-2019 […]
IMD expects monsoon to be normal this year for June to September. It sees a very low probability of seasonal rainfall to be deficient. Rainfall, on an average will be 98% of long period average, from 91-2000. IMD said the cooler than normal summer or intermittent rainfall in North India has not been correlated with […]
Jairam Ramesh’s environment ministry has said that it will await the decision of the Bombay High Court before proceeding with the demolition of the Adarsh Society building in Mumbai. Responding to the decision by Bombay High Court on Wednesday to take more time to arrive at a judgement, the ministry said it too shall wait […]
After setting itself a modest target of growing its exports by just 15% to around $200 billion, India beat the target by a margin of 23%. In the end, the rising goods exports also helped bring down the trade deficit — the shortfall between exports and imports — to just $104.4 billion against the upper […]
