Microsoft, the maker of the Windows Operating system, increased its already high market-share by 0.7 percentage points to 78.6% of the total worldwide operating system market, Gartner said. Total operating system (OS) revenues for Microsoft jumped to $23.85 billion dollars in 2010, higher than the total turnover of most big corporations in the world, according […]
India has fired a salvo at Pakistan after US President Barack Obama confirmed that Osama bin Laden has indeed been shot and killed ‘deep inside Pakistan.’ India’s home minister P Chidambaram (in charge of homeland security) said the development “underlined” India’s position that Pakistan “shelters” terrorists. “We take note with grave concern that part of […]
Reports emerging from Kabul says that a spat between the officers of Afghan National Army (ANA) and soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) resulted in firing that has claimed some lives and wounded few. In a telephonic interview with the RTN the spokesperson of the ANA,General Mohammad Zahir Azimi confirms the death of […]
After giving hope to anti-POSCO protesters by putting the project clearance on hold, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has abandoned them again, pointing out that the protestors’ resolutions did not have the requisite number of signatures. On April 15, Jairam Ramesh had announced that he intended to put the forest clearance to India’s biggest foreign investment […]
Mageia Linux, the community fork-edition of Mandriva Linux, has announced the second beta edition of its first ever Linux operating system release. The release, available for download here is the last ‘test’ release before the split-away group releases its final Linux distribution. The development has come six months after most of the senior developers of […]
India has more than the usual quantity of water in its mega dams at the end of April, according to statistics released by the Water Resources ministry. The numbers crunched by the ministry shows that at the end of April, the average water level of 81 of India’s biggest dams is around 60% higher than […]
Info Edge, the company behind Naukri.com and one of the few Indian firms to survive the dotcom bust, has announced a Rs 9 crore investment into group-buying portal mydala.com. The investment is the sixth as part of the Info Edge strategy to invest in internet start-ups. “Online deal sites have now emerged as a platform […]
India’s biggest industry body, the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has criticized the raising of interest rate by the Reserve Bank today, pointing out that the relentless inflation is caused by factors external to India. The Reserve Bank, in charge of controlling price rise by managing the amount of money pumped into the market, raised […]
Eight international soldiers and one contractor were killed in a fight at the Kabul airport today.Some sources say that six were killed. A gunman wearing the uniform of an Afghani pilot came into an argument with soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) early in the morning around 11 o clock local time (06.30GMT) […]
Word of God Fellowship Inc, a controversial Christian evangelistic group with a global TV empire, has been given approval today to set up a fully owned Indian company to redistribute TV channels in the country. The Fellowship, led by Christian evangelist Marcus Lamb and his wife Joni Lamb were in the news four years ago […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has again opened the subject of interconnection charges, much to the consternation of big operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar etc.. Interconnect charges are paid by the mobile operator from whose network a call originates to the mobile operator on whose network it ends, i.e., on whose network […]
The French Asset Management firm Natixis Global Asset Management has sought the government of India’s approval to enter the Pension Funds management business in India. The Government’s foreign investment promotion board (FIPB) on Tuesday deferred the proposal to its next meeting. The investment by Natixis will be done ‘indirectly’ through another company, the FIPB said. […]
India’s top Patent officer, the Controller General of Patents PH Kurian has announced that India will join the Madrid System of Trademarks within one year, setting off a warning to Indian companies to ‘register it, or lose it’ as far as their brand names are concerned. India had been negotiating with the World Intellectual Property […]
Indian IT outsourcing firms, including TCS and Infosys, grew faster than their global peer to increase their share from 4.8% of the global outsourcing market in 2009 to 5.5% in 2010. As a unit, Indian outsourcing firms grew 18.9% in 2010 while globally, IT services industry grew by just 3.1%. Indian firms, however, continued to […]
The second ‘Freedom on the Net’ (FOTN) report by the Washington-based Freedom Institute has expressed concern over the decreasing freedom of expression on the Internet in India. The Institute, which put India in the company of states like China, Egypt and Iran which saw a deterioration of freedom of expression on the Internet since the […]
The prime minister Manmohan Singh put down his foot firmly in favor of the Jaitapur Nuclear Project today, four days after environment minister Jairam Ramesh called for a ‘pause’ on the project. After talks with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chawan, V Narayanasamy, the junior minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s portfolio (which include Nuclear […]
Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has removed a clause requiring compensation-seekers from depositing 1% of their requested compensation upfront with the application. The move came after a media report that criticised the provision as the Government trying to “make the victim pay for justice.” Ramesh said the intention was to deter non-serious applicants and there […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chawan flatly blamed ‘outsiders’ for “instigating” trouble at Jaitapur, the site of a proposed Nuclear plant by French company Areva. Chawan said the dangers from the 10,000 megawatt nuclear plant have been exaggerated by those with vested interests and those who are ideologically opposed to all nuclear power. “The agitations are […]
A December 2006 US diplomatic cable leaked by Wikileaks has given valuable insights into what the Americans, at least the then US ambassador David Mulford, viewed as India’s role in the emerging political scenario in Asia. Not only did Mulford see India as a counterweight to China, “which it can never match,” but he also […]
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) — the powerful industry lobby of India’s software and BPO industry — appointed Rajendra Pawar, chairman of NIIT group as its new chairman. Som Mittal will continue to be the President of the organization, arguably India’s most successful industry-lobby. N Chandrasekaran, the CEO and MD of […]
