In an attempt to plug the hole in the LPG subsidy system, the government has forced the three oil companies — Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum — to put up the exact details of cylinder allocation on their websites, for everyone to see. The three companies had initially built separate portals that enabled […]
In a big push to concretize the operational contours of the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP), the Government has established a Manufacturing Industry Promotion Board (MIPB) for matters pertaining to the implementation of the National Manufacturing Policy. Along with the MIPB, the Government has also notified Board of Approval, Green Manufacturing Committee and High Level Committee. […]
Google has launched a unique $1000-guarantee scheme for online shoppers n the United States, called ‘Google Trusted Stores’. Under the project, consumers can opt in to get up to $1,000 “lifetime purchase protection” per shopper. Google has a dedicated customer service team to resolve online shopping disputes between customers and stores that have the ‘Google […]
If you have always wanted to know how Google works and how you can use the world’s biggest search engine to your advantage, your chance is here. Google Inc is bringing its marketing conference, ‘Google g|days’ for the first time to India. The free conferences are aimed at both businesses and developers, with the first […]
India, under the Congress-led UPA goverment has faced scams, corruption, controversies, mass movements, a doubling of petrol prices and relentless inflation. But through everything, there was one thing that held it all together — economic growth. Even as the rest of the world was mired in recessions and slow downs, India congtinued to grow at […]
Indian fans of AMD finally have something to cheer about – the latest AMD Trinity laptops are here in India. However, only one model, from HP, seems to have been launched yet. AMD Trinity is the most advanced version of AMD’s ‘Fusion’ series of chips that combine both the CPU and a graphics core or […]
The World Bank has tied up with India’s largest industry association, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in a program to double India’s tiger numbers by 2022. Under the joint program, the World Bank group and the CII will set up an India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC). The size of the fund was not disclosed. […]
Sprint will offer Samsung Galaxy S III beginning on Thursday, June 21. Samsung Galaxy S III will be offered in a 16GB version for $199.99 and 32GB version for $249.99 (excluding taxes) with a new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement at Sprint Stores, Sprint Business Sales, Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1) and Web Sales (www.sprint.com). […]
Lenovo, India’s No. 1 PC Vendor has launched the IdeaPad U310 and IdeaPad U410 ultrabooks across the country. Lenovo’s new U Series Ultrabooks are the first to ship with Intel’s new 22-nm Ivy Bridge processors in the Indian market. With 17-watt processors, both U310 and U410 have an extended battery life of up to 9hrs. […]
Virgin Mobile USA has launched what has to be one of the most value-for-money, no-contract smartphone handsets in the country — the HTC One V. Priced at just $200, the phone is available for about the same price as what other carriers charge for smartphones such as the Apple iPhone on contract. Being a prepaid […]
The following are the main points of the government’s announcement of 2012-13 supplements and changes to India’s Foreign Trade Policy – 2% interest subvention for Handlooms, Handicrafts, Carpets and SMEs Last year the government had agreed to create a special dispensation for labour intensive industry by extending the facility of 2% interest subvention for Handlooms, […]
Budget in numbers: ITEM 2012 2011 Gross Tax receipts 9,32,440 crore 7,46,651 crore Non-tax revenue 1,25,435 crore 1,48,118 crore Total expenditure 12,57,729 crore 11,08,749 crore Plan expenditure 4,41,547 crore 3,73,092 crore Fiscal Deficit 4.6% (proj) 5.1% (actual) Real Revenue Deficit 1.8% (proj) 2.3% (actual) Total Gov borrowing 3.43 lakh crore 3,45,010 crore Government debt/GDP 44.2%
Tata DOCOMO has cut the prices of its CDMA-EVDO high speed internet service to bring them in line with the reduced tariffs offered by major competitors like Airtel and Idea. It has introduced two new plans, mirroring those of its main competitors. Like Idea, users of Tata Phone Plus (+) can now get 6 GB […]
Google said it has acquired mobile office-suit software maker Quickoffice for an undisclosed sum. Quickoffice makes programs that allow users to open documents such as spreadsheets on any platform, such as Android, iOS and Symbian. Google seems to be planning to integrate Quickoffice features into its own offering built around Google Docs. “Today, consumers, businesses […]
It’s finally here – the first major global Cloud-based platform rolled out by an Indian IT services major. Wipro Technologies, the fourth largest Indian IT services provider, announced it was expanding its Cloud platform by offering a global-level Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) product. IaaS is the basic level of Cloud offering. On top of IaaS is built […]
Smartphones will make up about 25% of the total Indian mobile phone market by 2015, ‘Research and Markets’ has predicted. The research firm said sales of smartphones in India will grow at 60% every year on average till 2015, while overall mobile handset sales will grow at about 13% per year. It estimated smartphone volumes […]
ASSOCHAM has called for a big dose of political courage to halt the negativity being spread by vested global agencies and reverse the on-going decline in investor confidence. At a meeting with the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today the ASSOCHAM President Mr. Rajkumar Dhoot submitted a memorandum suggesting measures to tackle issues like high […]
The Indian domestic IT market, including hardware, software and services, was worth $30.4 billion, according to the latest study by advisory firm Zinnov. In the enterprise sector, 53 per cent of the money spent was for hardware, followed by IT services (32%) and software (15%). The study, which focused on the Banking, Financial Services and […]
Asian Americans are the American minority most unimpressed with how they are portrayed in mainstream TV, according to a survey about 1,500 households in the United States. 27% of the Asian respondents felt the portrayal of their community in mainstream media was inaccurate, while only 22% felt it was accurate. The rest were neutral. Similarly, […]
Subash Chandra-owned Zee Groups’ DTH platform Dish TV has bowled a googly in the ongoing scamper for snapping up subscribers during the cable digitization wave. While the whole battle was seen as DTH operators fighting with cable operators to lure away the latter’s customers at the time of digitization, Dish TV has unveiled a new […]
