Indian foreign minister SM Krishna has reassured Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi that the Indian government is tracking Chinese activity on the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra on the other side of the border. He, however, assured the chief minister that the Chinese have claimed they are not damming the waters for diversion, but only for power generation. “We […]
The Posco Pratirodh Sangharsh Samiti (The Posco resistance committee) has called environment minister Jairam Ramesh’ bluff today by pointing to his complicity in the entire episode. The PPSS, in a statement, pointed out that Jairam Ramesh was responsible for giving an “illegal” clearance to the project and had no right to be the advocate of […]
Barely two weeks after the Russian operator MTS slashed STD charges to around 27 paise per minute (half paise per second,) Uninor has followed suit, though only in the Mumbai circle for now. However, unlike MTS customers, Uninor customers will have to pay an extra Rs 36 per month for availing of 30 paise per […]
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 […]
Baba Ramdev’s condition has worsened further. “He is suffering from dehydration.. His weight has come down by five kilogram… It has gone down by 1.5 kg since we have been examining him,” said the doctors examining Baba Ramdev. “He has to break his fast immediately.. He must be moved to the hospital for cardiac monitoring..” […]
The Supreme Court of India has adjourned to Monday Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi in the 2G scam case. The decision means that DMK Supremo Karnunidhi’s daughter will remain in the Tihar jail for at least another week, unless the Court adjourns it again. She is accused in a Rs 50,000 crore telecom scam case. The decision […]
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 […]
