Alarmed by the increasing number of large projects falling foul of an ‘activist’ environment ministry, the largest industry forum in the country took its gripes right to the doors of the environment minister Jairam Ramesh. However, after holding closed-door discussions with top industry heads from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), however, said laws are […]
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 93.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010, a 3.1 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2009, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. These figures were below Gartner’s earlier forecast of 4.8 percent growth for the fourth quarter of 2010. “Overall, holiday PC sales were weak in many […]
Despite decent numbers, Infosys has put out a disappointing guidance for the March quarter – forecasting just 1-2% growth in revenues to $1.6-1.62 billion, compared to the 6% growth posted in the December quarter. The company seemed to be worried about the economy in general as well as with the currency fluctuations. “The weaker economic […]
HP has regained the crown as India’s number PC and laptop brand, nearly a year after it first lost the laptop crown to Dell. HP’s marketshare zoomed to 17.3% from below 15% during the previous quarter while Dell’s share hovered around the 14% mark. Acer remained at the third place at 11.5% during the quarter. […]
IT Bellwether Infosys Technologies has reported a 6% sequential jump in dollar revenues and a 6.1% increase in net profits during the December quarter, in line with expectations. Year on Year, revenues jumped 28.7% and profits were up around 19%. Total revenues were $1.585 billion and net income was $397 million.
State run fuel retailers have increased price of petrol by around Rs 2.5 per litre, barely a month after a Rs 3 per litre increase in response to rising international crude oil prices. Petrol is likely to cost around Rs 63 per litre in Mumbai after the hike. The hike was prompted by a global […]
In what may be a hardsell, iBall has launched iBall Slide 3G 7334Q-10, a 3G dual SIM-enabled, 7-inch IPS display tablet at Rs 11,500. The tablet is a successor to the similarly priced dual-core iBall 3G 7334i. However, the improvements, besides in the processor, include quality of display (IPS) and 3G (on both SIMs). Ram, or […]
The technology of 3D “bioprinting” (the medical application of 3D printing to produce living tissue and organs) is advancing so quickly that it will spark a major ethical debate on its use by 2016, according to Gartner Inc. At the same time, 3D printing of non-living medical devices such as prosthetic limbs, combined with a […]
A new survey, conducted by C Voter in Delhi, seems to be showing that the mainstream media seems to have got it entirely wrong on how people saw Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s protest outside the Parliament. Conducted last week, the survey that involved close to 5,000 people taken to represent the Delhi electorate, found […]
Persistent Systems reported another strong quarter, with 2.2% quarter-on-quarter growth in dollar revenue and 5.6% rise in profit after tax. The company, which provides software product related services, is one of the few that has lived up to Street expectations, especially in the mid-cap IT space. “We have delivered another strong quarter with 3.8% Q-o-Q growth in […]
MTNL, the telecom operator, will restrict its upcoming WiFi service to those of its customers who already have a landline broadband from the company. According to official information, MTNL will not be offering any WiFi connection as a new, or a standalone service. Instead, anyone who wants to make use of the WiFi service will […]
The recent monetary and fiscal policy tightening in India is likely to help India and Indonesia cope better with the impact of the upcoming withdrawal of the US Federal Reserve’s stimulus program, ratings agency Fitch said. India and Indonesia had seen their currencies swoon last year after commentary from the US indicated the Federal Reserve would soon […]
BSE’s upcoming platform for small and medium enterprises, BSE SME, has got its 45th stock listed today – that of Mumbai-based Suyog Telematics Ltd. Suyog had raised Rs 4.53 crore in its IPO at 25 per share on January 7. The stock listed today, and will be traded at a lot size of 6,000 shares, […]
Sessions Court Greater Mumbai today granted anticipatory bail to Michael Ferreira and stayed proceedings on the lookout notice issued against him earlier by the Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police in the QNET multi-level marketing company case. Michael Ferreira, who has been out of the country, had missed an earlier summons by the Mumbai police […]
Shares of Zensar Technologies Ltd are likely to fall on Wednesday as the company has reported a decline in both revenue and profit compared to the preceding quarter. The company, which provides outsourcing and IT services, said revenue fell 1% to Rs 594 crore, while net profit fell nearly 30% to 50.7 crore. The company […]
Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday announced that the government intends to create nearly 10 million hectares of forests in the next ten years under its ‘Green India’ program. India currently has 69 million hectares, or about a fifth of its total area, under forests and had a long term plan to increase it […]
India and Japan inked a “Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA),” short for a trade agreement that is just short of a free trade agreement. ” This Agreement is the most ambitious agreement signed by India so far and covers trade in goods, services and investment under its ambit,” the government of India said in a […]
Untitled document No MOU SIGNATORIES 1 Urea Manufacturing Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia H.E. Mr. Mohamad S. Hidayat, Minister of Industry VS. Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers India H.E. M.K. Azhagiri, Minister of Chemical & Fertilizers 2 Development of Industrial Complex Based on […]
As Western governments are cracking down on those who use unprotected computers to steal data and send spam emails, many of these ‘botnet’ networks have been successfully transplanted to countries such as India, according to Kaspersky Labs. While the US and Western Europe have fallen drastically as the areas from which spam and harmful viruses […]
India is likely to soon have one more auction for wireless broadband spectrum, according to sources in the Department of Telecom. The Department on Wednesday released details of how much spectrum is available in all circles across all the three categories of 2G, 3G and 4G or wireless broadband. Only wireless broadband has close to […]
